6:05 am
Grey apocalyptic clouds today. Earth Day and kids supposed to walk to school. But am scared typhoon type weather might hurricane them away. Sent Snippie Birthday sms saying ‘ Hi Head Girl. Hope you get spoiled rotten. Nice weather you organized for your birthday!!!’
She sent this back, : ‘Thanks! The weather is better for old skins that need the extra moisture …’
Hmmm … don’t know if she was talking about herself or me.
2:45 pm
Called Snippie to wish her Happy Happy and ask if she is home so I can drop off pressie. Have two crates of herbs for her new herb garden…tied up with bright ribbons ...nice but not really appropriate to haul them to the restaurant tonight. Might get a splinter or trip on my heels and then will have to have a Pink Basil and Mint Tulep memorial service instead of happily birthday singing candles! Called her up and said “Are you home and can I drop off
She laughed …nervously …
3:30 pm
Dropped off pressie and Snippie’s forehead gleaming. She had botox birthday pressie that morning. Snippie upset cos she was secretly hoping that doc would say she didn’t need anything ..instead she got 30 of the little suckers… at 37! I am turning 40 and have never graced botox parlour before ….am too scared of what a Doc might say to me!!!
4:05 pm
Snippie happy with pressie… showed me spot for her planned herb garden and I told her I got lots of stuff but alas, couldn’t find Rosemary, Basil or Coriander. Sadly it was precisely Rosemary, Basil and Coriander that Snippie wanted (seeing that she is an uber domestic goddess of note!) …. Well at least she got curry plant, oregano and rue (which is great for repelling insects!)…
5:23 pm
Oh Crap! Have just come down with snot explosion type flu! Feel like an aardvark has gone into hibernation in my nasal passages… not the glamorous look I was going for tonight’s shindig! Need fluex! Need Corenza C! Need TLC from yummy hot man who looks perhaps like Gerard Butler or that gorgeous dude from The Mentalist!!! Oh yes! Am sure that would make me feel better!
5:27 pm
Ok …suppose a box of twinsaver tissues will have to suffice….
7:08 pm
Lucy Dover picks me up and we go to Mythos where Zenda Whittington as booked table for Snippie’s Birthday dinner. Mythos is Mediterranean restaurant with cool white furniture, bouganvillia pics on walls and strange octopussy –medusa- head type lights. Lots of frivolity…. Despite chilly weather.
7:47 pm
I stand and listen to Snippie and Gugiwithers Abicorn talking about BOTOX!
Gugiwithers: Did you go to a reputable person?
Snippie: Oh yes …I wouldn’t let just any body touch my face…went to a doc…
Gugiwithers: Well you should have seen the first guy I went to ….Went for injections and then had supper with my hubby that night and my eyebrow started drooping. Spent the whole evening holding it up with my finger and trying to eat my food with the other hand…
Snippie: My doc said that you musn’t scratch or touch your face or it will marr the effect…
Gugiwithers: Yes you are not supposed to sleep for at least 4 hours after treatment and then for the first hour you should constantly smile and then frown and then smile and then frown….
(we all do this smiling and frowning on tap …the waitress comes up to ask us for drinks ..she looks a little scared)
Snippie: Well I was driving home and a mossie sat on my nose so I rubbed it off….does that mean I am gonna end up looking funny?!!!
Gugiwithers: Am sure it will be fine darling …at least you went to a reputable doctor…
Snippie: Oh yes …but 30 injections later?! At least I wont have to go back for another 6 months…
Gugiwithers: Oh …I think maybe make that 3 months darling…
An uncomfortable silence follows and I am relieved when the dolmades arrive!
11:45 pm
Has been a lovely evening. But my snot factor has ruined it slightly. Couldn’t taste much from the meze platter as nose was blocked and my tongue on strike. Not even Zenda’s shiny, beglittered almond torte ingnited my tastebuds. People start looking at me funny and I realize that my very own eyebrow is drooping …and I haven’t even had botox ...just a severe head cold…Think that’s my cue …time to go home!
Cheers everyone and try not to trip over the elephant on your way out!
Roxy's WHASSUP for March 2010!
Roxy's WHASSUP for Feb 2010!