Well what a weekend, an absolutely wonderful weekend and a must to put on the calender for next year. I will start at the beginning shall I!! hang on, has everyone got a cup of tea or coffee you will need it!! Friday night went to the airport with miss Debs (chauffeur driven by my lovely Pete and son JJ) The flight was delayed by about 45 mins, however we made the most of it had some dinner and Debs tried to pick up a guy....... yep any guy (no seriously she was a little picky and couldn't find one) finally it was time to board and a little goodbye kiss to the fam and we were off, it was a good flight and going over Sydney by night was quite spectacular, (and there was no camera in sight, I told Debbie to keep hers down lol) The wonderful Miss Lorraine B (Her Royal Majesty's Tours) was there to greet us with the lovely Miss Loretta herself. Chatting all the way back to Lorraine's and when we got there we were given red wine and got stuck in to helping her pack kits, yep we had a late one. Up early Sat morning got ready, packed the car and off we go for a great day...yee hah and long awaited for I might add, we got to the location of Crop Royale itself, a little shop called Fantasia, and when we walked in I was gobsmacked the shop was huge and so full of wonderful goodies it took awhile for me to lift my jaw. What a wonderful start to the day, huge shop, lovely staff and great people, all waiting to start a scrap filled day. There were four lovely girls from Maitland in there coordinated printed T's looking like little princess with all the added bling. So, Set up begun, registration begun and then classes, the classes were amazing, and the kits were amazing so much product (luckily I took an extra suitcase) we were sooo spoilt, and let me say the teachers were exhilarating and we managed some serious scrapping, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, supper were all scrumptous and delightful. Lollies on every table chocolate bars thrown at you.... so much food, let me tell you, we rolled out of there. Prizes, prizes and more prizes Lorraine and the girls were giving these away prizes every 1/2 hour all day and all night (thanks to the wonderful sponsors) I was very tired come 11pm and my brain wasn't functioning very well, but still on a high from a tremendous day, packed the car back up and headed back to Lorraine's where the four of us sat and chatted about the day over a coffee on the back veranda. Sunday morning Lorraine woke us at about 9.30 and her wonderful hubby had cooked everyone bacon and eggs on the BBQ for breakfast, and after breakfast he took us for a spin in the Mazda convertible (check out the photo,I look good in it, don't I)I told you we were spoilt.Then we met up with a few of the girls and headed to Yum Char, we were the dumb char's at the yum char's and ate ourselves silly..... Now did I happen to mention to anyone that I was and the ultimate word here being was on a diet!!! after lunch it was off to Bondi Beach for the arvo................ WOW and guess who we had photo's with, Yep you guessed it the guys from Bondi Rescue itself, yummmo (and yep Miss Debs tried to take on of them home too) Traffic on the way back leaving Bondi was horrendous but as always and never failing Miss Debs made sure the trip home was entertaining to say the least, It started Lorraine mentioning how lovely these purple flowers were on the medium strip, to Me mentioning that Pete would love a cutting of them to grow in the garden. Well Miss Debs was off, out of the car over to the medium strip, bum in the air and taking pieces of this plant and back in the car, than she proceeded to do it again this time she thought she would give the car beside us some cuttings as well and yep you guessed it, it was a car full of guys and she was even giving them planting and growing tips (seriously do you really think they were interested) shortly after that she just strolled up to some random guy walking along minding his own business and pulled on his towel, he jumped 20 feet and than she told hime she just needed to light her smoke(it was a bit windy), must have said a few other words as he walked off with the biggest smile on his face, as if that was the best think that had happened to him that day. In to the city to drop off the Miss Loretta as she was spending Sunday night in the city and doing some sight seeing on Monday before going home on Monday night, than onwards back to the lovely Miss Lorraines where darling hubby had made a gergeous roast for dinner.... yum yum, played with computer and than a must do early evening. Monday up early and the very lovely herself Miss Sherry took us to the airport, so then it was back home to tell all, of the wonderful adventures and people met. The absolute biggest biggest huggs and kisses to the wonderful Baite family for the wonderful hospitality we were shown thank you for sharing your family and opening your doors for us, my home is always open for you guys and thank you for showing me that there are still beautiful people out there, and to the lovely Miss Loretta its was so nice to meet you and I can't wait to catch up again...........Bring on Crop Royale 2009........Yooh Hooooo!!!! Both Miss Debs and I are there with bells on.
