A Night with the Stars!

What an awesome weekend... It started off on Friday night going to see my pretend nieces Courtney (13) & Laura (11) in the production of High School Musical @ the Aotea Centre. They were both high school kids and they did perfectly. It was wonderful seeing them afterwards buzzing with excitement despite having done the show three times that day! So well done girls - I've been singing 'soaring, flying...' all weekend.

And then on Saturday we had the Pharmacy Awards Night - which was a Black Tie Dinner. There is one category for hospital pharmacists - and Rob had entered this in 2002 and won our honeymoon (a trip to Thailand) so we were excited when Rob was a finalist again this year. The night started off with cocktails for the finalists at the Rendezvous Hotel we were then transported in limos to the Old Town Hall. The theme of the night was 'a night with the stars' and you felt a bit like a star when there was red carpet and a photographer while hoping out of the limo! Once inside there were a lot more people 480 it was wonderful seeing so many people all glammed up.

With Rob being a finalist we had a good front row seat - we were sat at tables and served a gorgeous meal between categories. Unfortunately Rob didn't win this year - but there was still plenty to celebrate as others at our table won their categories. I even managed to spill wine all over the gentleman beside me which must have been good luck cos he won his category ( I didn't have any more wine for ages after that!) We then enjoyed a night of great company & dancing and before we knew it it was midnight. We stayed at the Rendezvous hotel which was also all paid for - which meant a yummy three course breakfast this morning! What a perfect night!

If you're wandering where Emma was for all of this... Well Grandma came to stay the night. Thankfully Mum was able to lend me lots of glamorous stuff too - like makeup, jewels,a purse and even the black cape (which is beaver fur - I know it's naughty to wear fur but it kept me very warm! It's over 100 years old so I figured it was ok cos the beaver wasn't killed especially!!) Emma was an angel for Grandma and slept beautifully. She seemed to enjoy watching us getting ready yesterday too - very fascinated by panty-hose and nail polish! And as usual my makeup!