Finally it was our turn to host the slab party, we decieded that an afternoon one would be best as we tend to go on forever and last time we were trying to pack up in the dark...not good. So 2pm it was! we headed out there at 12.30, giving us an hour once there to organise ourselves.
I had bought a new gazebo complete with walls for the dog shows, so this would be the perfect opportunity to test it out......didn't allow for how windy it was when we got there......very windy in fact, it took all 3 of us to erect it while trying to hold it down with sand bags, then we tried to erect a wall.....no, not good! we turned the gazebo into a parachute....so strike that one down as a bad idea....back into the car the walls went.
We had just finished organising ourselves when our first guests arrived............these slab parties are BYO then we share...so thank you to our guests who turned up; Jan & Terry, Rita & Jim + kids, Chris & Paul + child, Bec & Rob + Wendy (Bec's mum), Ian and finally Glenn & Julie our over the road neighbours who we all went and introduced ourselves to on the day.
We thouroughly enjoyed ourselves, eating, drinking and looking through some of the houses (mainly our groups).
The only downside to the day was the horrible winds....as you can see in the pic below there is a house on the alfresco side but unfortunatly on the other side there are no houses at all, with the wind we kept getting hit by dust storms...in the end alot of the food didnt get put out due to the dust...everybody was covered in it...I had the misfortune to be wearing white on that day.....oh dear, when i took my top off at home it was brown all over, even inside it!
Oh yeah, we had to tie the gazebo down so it wouldn't blow away.
Great idea! I can't wait til we can have ours :)
ReplyDeleteThats what we thought too...it was an open invitation on our facebook group....but so far it has only been the same regulars turning up, not that we mind cos we have a great time.
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