Party!

My sister-in-law has a birthday tomorrow, and we're all off to the nature reserve for a 30-strong picnic! I'm in charge of 2 trays of choc brownies, one of which I'm going to try something new with..if they give me permission! :)

Trouble is, after 2 weeks of hot and dry weather, there's a cold front moving in - and rain is expected in the evening tomorrow. In the Cape that could mean rain from morning to evening, or rain in the morning, or rain here and there throughout the day, or no rain at all. One never knows. But we're hoping for the final one - no rain, at least while we're sitting on the grass and munching goodies.

Next job is to find her a small gift this afternoon - I gave her a gift subscription to a great magazine a while back as an early present, but would like to give her something small tomorrow too. Gives us all the more reason to wonder the entire mall this afternoon, searching in all our favourite shops! :)

Tomorrow I also get to see my nephew again for the first time in a month ahd a half - cool! I really love being an aunt.

But I've also suddenly realized my birthday is a mere few weeks away, and I've planned absolutely nothing to celebrate it. I'm still not sure if I should, but have learnt (from my son's parties) that the more people you have around the more gifts you get! :) Yeah, sounds bad, but who doesn't love getting things. Last year I ended up with loads of lovely goodies. This year I'm suddenly short on regular friends, so am not sure if I should invite those I haven't seen in a while, or just do nothing. We'll see.

Can't believe the year's nearly gone already!