I have to go to a birthday party tonight. It's a themed party. The English love a good theme. They dress up in costumes a lot (they call it 'fancy dress') For eight years, I have been able to avoid the whole fancy dress thing, but tonight I can't avoid it! Tonight's theme is the 80's! Of all things I have to dress like I did as a teenager! Crap, I just aged myself! Anyway, I have a tiny denim skirt, some footless stockings, stilettos and a black lace accented shirt to wear. My hair will be bigger than it's been in years and so will my earrings. I'm not at all looking forward to it. What's really scary is that a few of the party guests were born in the 80s and seem to be mixing up 80's clothes with 70's clothes because they are too young to know better! This makes me feel old. What will make me feel older is seeing my self dressed like I would of a million years ago. I'll feel ridiculous and to add insult to injury, we don't have babysitter so I have to go by myself in a taxi, looking like a 80's throw back! I may have too much to drink - note to self: Disable email on your phone before you leave. You already wished him a happy birthday...
My in-laws just left after a five day visit. I don't mind it being a five day visit, but then again, five days of your house not being your own is always a bit unsettling and although I don't look forward to their departure when they are here, I can't say I'm sad to have things go back to normal. As a treat for my son's birthday, we took him to the Museum of Natural History in London on Thursday. He chose to go because we took him last year (he's been crazy about dinosaurs since he was three years old). They give out adventure packs at the museum which consist of a back pack, safari hat, and binoculars with an adventure to follow during their visit. The back pack has clues in it to solve a mystery. Last year it had a dinosaur claw, a tooth and a sample of dinosaur skin he had to match up to one on display. He had a great time solving the mystery and even remembered which dinosaur it ended up being. Last year's trip was wonderful. We walked right in,
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