A birthday surprise!

Yesterday I celebrated turning 28 years of age and it was a pretty awesome day.

Tom made me this amazing paper bunting!

With teeny tiny little skulls!

My very good friends Katie and Alice had organised a birthday surprise for me. I'd known I was getting a surprise but had no idea what it was. Tom was in on the secret and I'd tried so hard to break him but to no avail. So FINALLY Sunday morning came around and I received a text from Alice "We are coming to pick you up and Larah is with us too because it needs 4 players!"

Now dear readers, this kind of terrified me. I hate any kind of organised sport...and was scared they were going to make me participate in rounders or something. I continued to bug Tom all morning to which his response was "Do you trust your friends??"

So we all got in the car...and off we went, me guessing all the way what it could be. At one point (after asking about a million questions) I asked what the pound stuck in the dashboard was for "It's a secret!!!" Katie yelled. "Oh god...you guys love this don't you? This is what's going to happen forever now." I replied. I am such a control freak - I hate surprises! Needless to say, the girls were all loving it.

So what was the surprise? A carboot scavenger hunt!!!! I was so excited! As you probably have guessed by now I love carbooting and treasure hunts/scavenger hunts are even better! A few Christmases ago - when Katie and I were living together - we decided to do a treasure hunt with clues for each other on Christmas day. It was amazing. We were running around our house like children!

So we randomly picked our lists and were assigned either "Team Fox" or "Team Badger". Katie and I were on Team Fox and off we went - ready for the hunt! We quickly lost Alice and Larah consumed with the lust of victory! I was so excited!

Me looking very excited!

Each team had a different list of items they needed to find. There were 52 items on each list, 2 for each letter of the alphabet. Each letter had an item worth 2 points and an item worth one point. For example the letter J - an item of Jordan merchandise would gain us 2 points, and a Justin Timberlake CD would reward us with 1 point. The team with the most points would win. Oh and we had to take a photo of every item to prove we weren't cheating.

Katie busy hunting out our items

There were some pretty brilliant items on the list including knickers (luckily we found some packaged) and a hideous ornament.

 

Of course we also wanted to hunt through the items for things we wanted too! You'll be pleased to know we all found some amazing buys!

After a good few hours on the hunt we stopped for ice cream and a rest. Oh and of course had a good nose at what we had all bought!

Sadly Team Fox lost to Team Badger. We got 34 points and they got 39!!! Katie and I had managed to find some (fake) medals - so we were glad we got to give them to Alice and Larah. A massive thank you to all 3 of you ladies for making my birthday so memorable!!!

So what did I get I hear you cry!

Black suede shoes: £1 (bartered from £2 - but sadly they are too wide for my feet! If anyone is a size 5 and lives in Brighton, you are more than welcome to have them!)

Maroon and Black 3 Strap T Bar shoes: £3 (bartered from £4)

Cat Toast Rack: £1 (reduced from £1.50 as bought towards the end of the carboot)

Cupcake manicure set: £1 (reduced from £2 as bought towards the end of the carboot)

4 Vinyl Placemats: £1 (bartered from £2)
Red Lemon Juicer: 20p (my favourite price!!!)
Turquoise Horse Belt: 50p (offered before I asked)

Small measuring jug: 50p ( offered before I asked)


White PVC Clutch Bag: £1

Pirate Hat: £1


All in all - a very successful car booting session and my most enjoyable yet! I had such a lovely birthday - and this was only a small part of it! I had some fantastic presents too - including a hot air balloon ride from Tom! Cannot wait to do that - it's something I've been wanting to do for so long!