My chest wasn't at all painful when I woke up today so it would appear this isn't a sign of my 50's being a downward decline of my health :-)
Today's #30DayPhotoChallenge was something beginning with S, so I chose the Sun since it's always nice to see it in the UK.
I managed to crack on with some more painting in the back garden ready for the BBQ on Saturday, in between responding to work emails and designing labels for own-brand candles. I have decided that I will pretty much take this week off for my birthday so I can get my party organised without being stressed.
Eddie popped over for a brew and to collect the external hard drive. He brought over my card and one of my presents. He said it was just one of my presents as he didn't want to turn up empty-handed. Not that I would have been bothered it's just nice to catch up.
Received a nice surprise when there was a knock at the door at I got a delivery of flowers from Elena. Totally unexpected as she has already said she wants to pay for the DJ for my birthday.
She has also sorted a bloody cake for me, as it wasn't something I had even thought about. I am more concerned with making sure that the guests have something to eat lol. I have managed to get Cartright's booked to do meat & potatoe and cheese and onion pie for the buffet. They have another booking that night so are going to drop them off at 8pm with warmers. At least that way I can just announce it is ready when I think enough people have arrived.
Got an email from NielsenIQ to say my scanner had been dispatched and I had been accepted onto their shopping panel. I sued to scan for them years ago but stopped it when I went traveling. You basically scan your shopping each time you buy something so that they can record the products bought by different demographics. you get rewarded each month for participating and when you have enough points you can choose from the various prizes available. I got many good home appliances and vouchers etc in the past so its definitely worth doing if you can be bothered. Let's face it what else will I be doing when I'm putting my shopping away lol. The scanner should be here tomorrow.
So the birthday is pretty much organised, I've sorted balloons too so just need to arrange to collect them next Friday. Hopefully, the VIP step and repeat banner will arrive tomorrow. Then people can have a photo against the backdrop on arrival. I've got a photographer booked so he can capture the event without me having to worry about taking pics of everyone all night.
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