pre-emptive exhaustion

[deird1]

Most of this week will be dedicated to preparing for my housemate's kitchen tea.

(For foreigners with different vocabulary: when getting married, women have a hen's night, or a kitchen tea. Some have both. A hen's night is generally wild, raucous, and very silly; a kitchen tea is also wild, raucous, and silly, but involves less alcohol, more cupcakes, and a different time of day.)

I have to:
- make caramel slice
- make brownies
- make butterfly cakes
- buy dip and things to eat it with
- plan three party games
- gather supplies for the party games
- run the party games
- clean Mum's house, pre-party
- clean Mum's house, post-party
- find something nice to wear
- be charming to a dozen party guests, most of whom I've never met before


And in the meantime, the rest of my life will continue to be busy as ever...

Comments

[louise39]

Sounds like a good time. For the guests.
We call it a shower - usually in the afternoon. Why? I don't know.

There is also a party you can have at night - usually involving visiting a club.

[deird1]

We have baby showers, but not bridal showers. (The term has always sounded really weird to me, actually.)

I hope it does end up being enjoyable for everyone. I've never run one of these by myself before.

[louise39]

We have baby showers, bridal showers, couple showers [bridal showers with guys invited] and I don't doubt house and boat showers!

[angearia]

Sounds like a good time. For the guests.

LOL! My thoughts exactly.

I wish you luck, Deird. I was in charge of something similar two years ago and it was quite a bit of work. I did have fun, tho!

[deird1]

Thanks! *is nervous*

[velvetwhip]

Over here we have bridal showers (during the day) and bachelorette parties (which are at night and generally involve nightclubs/male strippers and copious amounts of liquor...also x-rated gifts).


Gabrielle

[deird1]

Bachelorette parties! I knew I'd heard a word for it before...

Here, the guys have buck's nights, and the women have hen's nights.

[velvetwhip]

I do my best to be educational.

Here it's Bachelor Parties/Bachelorette Parties.

Your names are a bit more colourful.


Gabrielle

[nimthiriel]

In fairness, I will be helping with at least some of that :-p

[deird1]

No you will not. You will be concentrating on looking pretty, feeling lovely, and planning nice ways to thank me.

:)

[nimthiriel]

I like the way you think ;-)

You've got yourself a deal ;-)

[watchingtheaeroplanes.blogspot.com]

"a kitchen tea is also wild, raucous, and silly, but involves less alcohol, more cupcakes, and a different time of day"

And fewer penises penes phalloi strippers.

[vass]

Interesting. I've lived in Melbourne all my life, and have never heard 'kitchen tea'. I've always heard it as 'hen's night'.

Good luck!

[curiouswombat]

We have hen parties - usually involving far too many cackling drunken women staggering around making total idiots of themselves these days! I think a kitchen tea sounds so much better!

I think, though, that you really need a domestic goddess icon. But I can't pass you it from here, you'd have to go to my LJ to snag it if you wanted.