Its my Birthday: Celebrating my 30th with a Fiesta!

On Saturday I turned the big 3-0 and whilst I will have a post on how that feels later in the week I wanted to share with you some photos of the night!

It was a huge hit, and most of the guest came dressed according to the invite which was to come dressed in your Mexican best.

A huge thank you to all that helped with the success of the night, including the amazing taco truck who as always did not disappoint with awesome prawn tostadas and fish and chicken tacos. My guests were shocked to see the van in the driveway and even more surprised by the festive decorations which overtook my outdoor space.


I think in total I would have had 80 or so friends and family, and it was so great to see them all and celebrate such a important milestone. As i mentioned in my speech the last year has certainly been challenging for myself and my partner and without the support of my family and friends I certainly wouldn't be in the place I am right now. As such, the party was more of a thank you to them more than anything.

I had ordered Jaritos soft drinks for the kids and a range of alcoholic drinks for the grown up, party punch, tequila, margaritas, and plenty of coronas. I really should have hired a bar man as it was hard to keep up with the drinks, and everyone was having such a good time that we didn't want to stop dancing. It helped that I hired a dj at the eleventh hour, (great idea get onto starlight dj)

It was great to see all the different interpretations of Mexican dress, some did the red lips and roses in the hair and others went all out on hiring costumes, regardless the party was cheerful and full of colour. Special mention to my brother who may have been slightly confused between spanish and mexican, I have to say even with that he may have still won the "Best Dressed Award!"

Later in the evening my brother poured me a shot containing the worm and felt a little pressure to consume, needless to say I instantly regretted and took care of it moments later.

I certainly felt an overwhelming sense of love and joy that evening being surrounded by all the people that love me and more importantly I love dearly. I received some amazing gift including two new charms for my bracelet.

Thank you to all the made the night the best one yet!

Babs

Touch Down Celebrations

As we touched down in Melbourne on Saturday morning I rushed to get some ingredients to make some mini Panacotta and Blueberry shots, Sorry no pics, I forgot as I was exhausted from the lack of sleep on the overnight flight.
I will be making them again this week so will make sure to take pictures this week. I had a friends kitchen tea party, and really wanted to make something as I wasn't able to make her cake. Here are some pics of the event, the styling was great, a lot of work had gone in to this and the end result was great.

 Afterwards we made our way to my friends 30th at Mon Bijou, once again no photos, I think the sleep deprivation made me forget to take at least one photo of the place, It was gorgeous but hidden in some dingy ally off Flinders Lane. I did however managed to snap my outfit before heading out the door

Zara Jacket and heels and Target Skirt, J Crew Necklace

New arm candy, Bvl bracelet my sister bought me a couple of years ago and Toy Watch

On Sunday we attended my cousins wife's 29th birthday BBQ. The weather was shining a vast contrast to saturday rain. I was absolutely in love with the rainbow cake Birthday cake she had and was nice to spend a little bit of time with the family

It seems that October and November is a busy time for birthdays and in general celebrations, I need to fit in study and looking for work, so hopefully I still get time to blog.

Signing out Babs