the rain barely dampened our day... and definitely not our spirits!!!

it started rather strangely for me... following on from the text conversation of the night before, i texted JL in the morning again to ask what the go was. last i heard JYS, wasn't going to make it but JL thought she might?

so i sorted that out, and found out that for some strange reason, JL was already on her way down to the H-ville. so got a lift... as you do!

we ended up being a bit late to D's. a normal occurrence and it hardly mattered in the long run. anyhoo, set the gps and we were on our way... after cleaning janice's most hated 'T-intersection'. hehehehehe the signs of road rage began to show . . . . . .

anyway, it was a really nice trip up there, lots of curves and windy roads and a fair amount of traffic too.

stopped for lunchies first where donna's iced coffee was initially an iced chocolate. two thumbs up for the fish n chip place: one for the awesome fish and chips and two for having pure protein options... prawns!!!

headed to palm beach after that. and chickened for a while by staying dry in the car. a very SENSIBLE choice imo...

but of course, we joined the kids after not too long. it was fun. lots of it. like the hair flipping. and the break dancing. and running like weirdasses. jumpin up and down... blending in with the sand... :) :)

nice to relax and think about nothing. except maybe trying to own one of the many pretty houses lining the foreshore...

 we were supposed to stop by a cafe that donna claims to have seen on the way up. apparently, i seconded her comment too. i don't recall. . . but we never found it. so it is going to be a great excuse to go back one day for the coffee!!!

anyway, we ended up back at castle towers to get dinner. chicken, spinach and carbs (pasta and potato). not that we were in a hurry to cook.

i hate horror movies. and 28 days later  is DEFINITELY a horror movie. i screamed. a lot. and i would never think about watching a horror movie by myself. ever. ever ever. never. is that enough reinteration?

then we made dinner. was pretty easy since it was pretty much just cooking pasta and mixing sauce through. so we sat in the kitchen and i freaked myself out about zombies and the infected. couldnt even manage to go to the bathroom until later... HAHAHA. sad.

and then...... it was the much-anticipated boardgames time!!!

janice and i rocked in taboo!!! =D =D =D too bad the ones that were epicly awesome didn't count. but it did build our confidence :) :)

BIG MASSIVE THANKS TO "Nicknames beginning with D" for "Dondon" FOR PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING =D:

Scattergories highlights (mostly courtesy of Janice Liew)

• excuses for being late ('e'): An elephant squished my car
• ice cream flavours ('e'): Egg-plant ice cream (googled to double check and...lol!)
• colours ('j'): Jaundice (LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD IN MY LIFE AT JANICE'S DESPARATION: come on wynnie! come on! jaundice is a pigment! pigment is colour! come on! come on!!!!!!)
• halloween costumes ('f'): Freaky pumpkins
• desserts ('j'): Jello and jelly are totally DIFFERENT things!
• sports equipment ('r'): Racquet - squash (me and michelle had racquet, then janice and lily both had racquet and specified squash, thinking they were super smart xdddd)
• types of dance ('a'): Appropriate and advanced dance
• things to save up for (r'): radish (must once again reiterate to janice liew that a radish is probably the only thing in the world you don't have to save up for)
• hidden things ('r'): Rainbows and unicorns
• sports team ('t'): Tigers (LOOOOOL both lily and janice put tigers, even though they were talking about different teams)

Taboo highlights

• Janice and Wynnie: When you expunge bad records, you something the something something! Immediately after: Cleaning the slate?
• Michelle: Janice always talks about this! ...It has those...those things! Umm...Light sarbars?
• Janice and Wynnie: The word was "Detour". Janice gave a clue. Wynnie guessed Alternate Route. Then Janice clued France bike riding. Wynnie got Tour de France. Janice motioned for more. Wynnie said: Indirect tour?
• Random popping up of Floriade and Palm Beach related words (spooky!)
• The race was so close, we decided to show our collected cards one by one to see who had one. SO EPIC! Janice and Wynnie won by ONE WHOLE CARD. 

i had such an awesome time, couldn't even believe it was like the next day when we left. and damn you daylight saving, i lost one VERY VERY VERY important hour of sleep!! ARGHHHH!!!!!! mind boggling.

and in anticipation of the next awesome board games day and night, bought trivial pursuit in like a poker-style boardgame today. should be good!!

=D