Oh What a Night!

We had a bit of a girls night out over the weekend and the best part was it was the whole night and we didn't even have to come home until Sunday lunch time. We celebrated Desiree's, Donna's ,Danielle's and Narelle's birthday. OK so there was no cake and no Donna or Rell but the thought was there.

Drove into the city and eventually found the hotel we were staying at after passing it a couple of times. Parked the car and went up to our rooms. What a nice view. Over looking Darling Harbour. After a quick switch of rooms we decided we didn't have enough alcohol or snack food for the evening. We went back down to the lobby to inquire where the closest bottle shop was. Well lucky us it was just around the corner. Also around the corner was a convenience store. What a great score. We could go straight back up to start our drinking. Well we ducked into the convenience store first. Hotel snacks can be very expensive so we thought we could save some money. Alas this was not to be. I chose a bag of cheese and onion chips, a pump water (large but not humongous) and a packet of gum. I popped my purchases on the counter and was promptly told that would be $10.80. My mouth flew open with the only response I could muster "WOW." Nat was next. Smaller bottle of water than I got and a the large bar of Cadbury Chocolate. $7 she was told. We asked if it was gold plated. Not to the man behind the counter of course he only had one good eye as it was we didn't want to make him grumpy. We left to check out the liqueur store. When we got back Dan had spent $12 on a tub of ice cream and some water. I am not sure how much Des ended up spending.
Well the liqueur store was not much better. They didn't have what we were looking for but the lady behind the counter told us there was another shop just up the road. So off we go. The next shop was no better and they had less to offer. We sighted a few pubs but no alcohol to be found. We did find another convenience store and he was nice enough to tell us if we walked up another 2 blocks we would find a Coles with a Liqueurland inside. Yeah! So off we went. After much discussion a purchase was made and back down the hill we went to the hotel.

Well we had a great time sitting out on the balcony have our very expensive snacks and drinking. Finally we were up and getting ready for dinner. We had a great dinner at a restaurant in Cockle Bay. The only problem was the people smoking at the next table. The cocktails were great and the company even better. Off for a few hours of dancing and people watching we were back to the hotel about 2. We sat and had a few more drinks to unwind and by three we were all exhausted. We had trouble sleeping and unfortunately had to be up again by 8:30 to be out by 10.

It really was a great night out. There were a few people that were very missed but hopefully next time they will come too.

Thanks girls for a great night.

Helene
xoxo