Monday to Friday was work and school for everyone and honesty it dragged so much. In someways I was thankful because it meant that having so much to do, I actually felt like I had time to do it, but at the same time a week of work seemed never ending! Not only that but I started to feel sick towards the end of the week and that made everything worse!
Megan was actually off ill on the Monday and Mum had to look after her for the day. This meant that Lily didn't end up staying for Singing Stars after school - which was nice as we all got straight home. I spent the evening working on costumes (as I did most evenings this week) and of course catching up with X Factor and I'm a Celebrity. Lily had pizza for dinner and we got to use our new Slice Sabre which I have to admit is very amusing. It comes on promotional boxes of Chicago Town Pizza and there are two different versions. There is even a game to while away the hours, once you get bored of playing with the pizza slice itself!
By Tuesday Megan was back to school again and feeling a lot better. The kids were with their dad so I was home a little earlier than usual. I spent the evening doing more dress making - this time concentrating on Nat's Aurora dress. Wednesday was Megan's class assembly and I got permission to be in work half an hour later, in order to go. It was a very funny assembly based on I'm a Celebrity (but I'm a Criminal) and was all about past punishments through the ages. Sadly I had to head to work afterwards but the day did feel a little shorter at least. That evening I attempted to start on Nat's birthday cake but sadly it all went a bit wrong and I sent the cake with Chris to work the next day!
The following day was Thursday and I had Parent's Evening after school. Mum met me there to look after the kids and I had my appointments at 4.45 and 4.55. The kids are both doing great and not a single bad word was said about either of them. I was absolutely thrilled and a very proud mum. After Parent's Evening, the girls and I headed to Nat's because it was her birthday. I'd bought her some Harry Potter stuff which you'll soon find in a Hot Topic Haul additional post! We stayed for about an hour before heading home and then I spent the evening re-trying to make cake. This time it was successful though so at least I knew I was on my way in the huge process that is cake making and decorating! While waiting for the cakes to cook, I started to print out the murder mystery, ready for Saturday. Unfortunately the printers (both of them) didn't want to play and I gave up as a bad job. I decided that buying a new one (especially in Black Friday sales), was probably the best way to go!
Friday I was so pleased to see, but at the same time I knew I'd not got as much done on costumes as I'd wanted to. Megan and I sat together and picked out some ribbons to order on Ebay before school, but then we headed off - knowing the evening would be a busy one! After work I headed into town to get a new printer and unfortunately got caught in traffic. I called my mum to get the girls from school and it was a good job I did as I was almost an hour later picking them up from her house. With my new printer, we headed back home but then decided at the last minute to head to Tesco for some icing (for the cake). While there, we had the brainwave to shop for the following day's party while we were there and racked up a shopping bill of over £100!
That evening I started to work on my cakes and Megan made a Little Red Riding Hood to top the cake with. I also set up my new printer and got the murder mystery all printed out - killing both my new cartridges. I headed to bed at a fairly reasonable time as I'd been feeling quite rough all day and didn't want to feel bad the next day. Unfortunately my internal body clock had me awake at 8am the next day and so I figured I'd just get up and get on with things. My voice was terribly croaky but luckily I didn't feel too ill in myself. I wrote a list of everything I needed to do that day and then proceeded to get dressed and pop to the Post Office for some parcels and then to Boyes for a few bits of material. After that the day flew by with party preparations, cooking, cleaning and tidying - and of course Amy arriving. Everything went fairly smoothly and at about 8.30pm our Murder Mystery began. It was a fun evening and I was glad to see everyone and catch up. I didn't drink as I was worried about feeling worse the next day but I didn't really mind or care. It was well past midnight by the time we all headed to bed though and sadly I was awake at 8am again the next morning.
Finally it was Sunday though and the end of a long week - if not, the start of another busy one. I officially lost my voice though and spent majority of the day whispering to everyone. Funny thing - when you whisper, its almost certain people will whisper back! The whole household was whispering all day. I spent majority of the morning watching I'm a Celebrity as we had 4 episodes to catch up on. However I then had to take Amy to the station and then girls and I popped to Argos back in Gainsborough afterwards. Though I had big plans for how I would be spending the afternoon, none of it got done. I spent majority of the afternoon helping the girls finish their top secret Disney Project (all will be revealed later) and watching more I'm a Celebrity and X Factor. Afterwards I had some dinner, then a bath and finally spent the evening blogging while Chris was on his X Box. I have so much to do but being so ill I knew I needed some time out for me. However that now means I have Monday-Thursday evenings to get this mystery party sorted, not to mention all the costumes finished. It's going to be a stressful week but fingers crossed I'll get it all done!
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