Sometimes last minute plans work best.

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A couple of weeks ago I decided to have a party. Over the summer, both girls had had a bunch of their friends round for their respective birthday parties, and I was starting to feel that I was missing out to my children (I suspect this is a common experience!) I decided to do something for myself, but when I looked at the calendar I realised that the upcoming weekend was the only possibility since there were other family events coming up that might require our attendance. So I contacted a few friends who we regularly get together with and invited them over for a ‘back-to-school barbecue’. A couple of them were available, but a couple of others replied saying they were away. So then I thought again of the people who we hadn’t seen for a while and invited some of them. There was very little response, so then my partner suggested other friends from a bit further afield, but again, little response. It was looking as if it might be quite a select get-together. Then, on the Friday, several people who had presumably been thinking about it or waiting for a chance to talk to their families about weekend plans, suddenly decided they would love to come! A quiet meal for 5 or 6 friends turned into a gathering of 30 – we had to look for extra plates! It all turned out to be a great success and was lovely to catch up with some people I hadn’t seen in ages. It was just a shame that most of them left before 9pm, many having youngish children, so I didn’t get enough time to talk to everyone as much as I would have liked. Now though I am inspired to do it again before too long! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2017.