Gracie’s Life Experiment

Had a small soiree (ooh that’s a bit posh).  Actually it involved me cooking dinner for friends, copious amounts of wine (not for me though) and playing board games.  Rach and Lou have a new game called Ticket to Ride and it’s about trying to build railway lines between cities in the US.  The gameplay is actually very simple (you try and build railroads across the country to gain points).  You collect a different number of coloured carriages in order to build from city to city.  At first it seems pretty trivial until you realise that you COULD concentrate on building your routes to gain points, or you COULD just sit there scuppering other people’s lines by building between crucial cities!!  Mwa ha ha.

So what was on the menu for our party?   Well we had antepasti for starters (consisting of a salad with feta, sundried tomatoes and olives, onion chutney, oven roasted cherry tomatoes and peppers, salami and ham with warmed ciabatta).  Salmon carbonara for mains (oops I cooked enough for about 10 people so we’ll be having derivations of this for our meals for the weekend now).  Then cheese and crackers for dessert (in between the games playing). 

Summary of the day:  Went to Boots to find my free changing bag (they had none in store – boo), Went to pick up some bits and bobs for Antepasti, Prepared and cooked dinner, Served up and played board games all night (went to bed past midnight!!)