I was greeted by a fantastic book launch balloon and 'Mummy Misfit' bunting.
There were a couple of catastrophes on the night! Firstly, my hair. I'd decided I wanted to ditch the boring bob and go a little wild. My hair had other ideas. It quite simply refused to conform and I spent a long while battling with it. Hubbie to the rescue! Is there no end to his talents? I think he did a jolly good job and I applaud his patience.
The next drama was broken gently to me with an 'I'm afraid we've got some bad news,. My blood ran cold - what could it be? The oven had decided to breath its last and two huge chickens for our lovely roast were cooking slowly. So slowly, it looked like we might settle to eat at midnight! We moved to plan B and ordered a fantastic Indian takeaway - yes, the chickens were cooked by about 11.30 but we were all stuffed by then.
My beautiful God-daughter made me a launch cake - which miraculously complimented my dress. 'Because we're so tuned in,' she told me!
Great fun was had by all - we blew champagne bubbles, covered ourselves in fairy dust (which I'm still finding now!), decorated my hair with party poppers (the streamers again miraculously matching my dress!) and played daft games.
Here are the rest of the pics - hope you enjoy:
THE HOSTESS AND THE AUTHOR.
WITH HUBBIE
SON ON THE LEFT, HIS BEST FRIEND ON THE RIGHT
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE TOLD TO LOOK ANIMATED!
A DRINK WITH A FRIEND UNTIL THE WIND BLEW AND MY HAIR MISBEHAVED.
THE MEAL WAS YUMMY!
ONE OF MY FAVE SHOTS.
MY GORGEOUS BOY JUST AFTER HE'D RECOVERED FROM A GIGGLING FIT.
THE HAIR IS JUST ABOUT HOLDING OUT - DECORATIONS COURTESY OF GOD DAUGHTER, SON AND FRIEND. GLITTER EVERYWHERE AND MY HAIR IS NOT ORANGE, IT'S THE LIGHT!
SON TUCKING INTO CURRY, ME DEEP IN DISCUSSION WITH HIS FRIEND.
LOOKING AT A BABY NAME BOOK! NO BABIES ON THE HORIZON, A NEW PUPPY FOR OUR FRIENDS. VERY EXCITING!
THE MAN BEHIND THE WOMAN - COULDN'T DO ANY OF IT WITHOUT HIM.
So there you go - my lovely launch with my lovely friends.
My new book is available to buy at Amazon for Kindle and at Lulu in paperback. I have two 5* reviews already!
Yay! Looks like you guys had a fab time! You look fantastic! It's so nice to put faces to names. Thanks for sharing your shots, and best of luck with book sales!!
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Mandy #2
xoxo
Ah great pictures! Looks like you had a fabulous book launch!!
ReplyDeleteDespite the slight mishap with the oven (I don't consider your hair to be a mishap at all as I reckon it looked great), it sounds like you had a lovely time. It's great to see your face! Congratulations on the book launch, one of these days I will read all your books once I have a second to myself (you may have written a fourth by then), in the meantime I love getting your Wednesday updates to my inbox and this special edition today.
ReplyDeleteIt's really great to 'see' the people I feel as though I know, you looked lovely, and it must have been a lovely evening. Well done you on Book 3, so glad to have followed you from the start...roll on Book 4 :-)
ReplyDeleteAww all looks wonderful (I want your dress!)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on launching another great book my lovely friend xxx
Thank you all for your lovely comments. It was a great night and I was made to feel very special :)
ReplyDeleteLooks and sounds like you had a great time! Well deserved!
ReplyDeleteColette
It's great to see those pictures. Looks like a thoroughly deserved celebration. Am putting in my order pronto and looking forward to a good read. PS am linking again to you on my next post - will send it over X
ReplyDeleteThat is so lovely! You are gorgeous and your hair looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAs you know, I've already read your new book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Congratulations on the launch and best wishes for huge success.
CJ x
What a fantastic launch party. I have to say though it all seems to point towards a new story!! Lol only you could have so many disasters! But your hair looked amazing, but not as amazing as you did. It's great to put faces to the "behind the scenes" helpers.
ReplyDeleteLoved the new book I just didn't want it to end. Another 5* review will be posted soon.
#Baggiesbeta xx