Party RSVP or Not

In my efforts to get down my jubliant one up on my son I neglected to mention my own stupidity, well its not stupidity in a stupid way, just in a Dur and Huh kind of way.

C and I managed to attend a ceilidh without our lovely chaperons (they have been wonderful and introduced us to the locals) and found we could actually talk to other people without too many gaffs, so much so that the following morning as we port mort'ed the evening I heard my voice say "you know we ought to have a BBQ and invite people over", it was one of those moments where you discover you have your hand in the air and volunteered to make 200 cupcakes for the PTA bring and buy stall, or worse agreed to man one of them for an 'hour only' (yeah right been there too)

Give C his due he did say yes and it could be for your birthday too, great idea, all we needed was a guest list, food list and good hot Scottish sun.

However several days later as I was hoovering the carpet, I realised that this carpet was badly stained from the previous owners dogs, and worse the bathroom one stank (why carpets in bathrooms for godsake?) - so I decided to rip up the bathroom one, afterall its not a huge room and wont cost much to replace, BUT and there is always a BUT I decided I couldnt possibly have people over with the hall carpet so minging. C agreed we could replace it and it did take him a few days to realise he also wanted solid wood floor.

So here I sit with cases of wood flooring waiting to be laid, having removed the old carpet - OMG it was dreadful, the underlay virtually rotting from god knows how much dog piss. C is due home this evening as is Oldest Daughter to celebrate my birthday, The party is a week away, so if you have any skills at laying wood flooring now is the time to shout out!

Speaking of birthdays, Ive been requested to supply a 'list of stuff Id like' and found I couldnt think of very much, Id already had a new telephoto lens for my camera and mightly pleased with it I must say (see picture of heavy traffic passing by my house) - The Grand Princess heading up the Clyde to Greenock at 7.10am this morning

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So what does a 40 something want for her birthday?  well I needed some make up bits, and asked for some plants for the garden, Id love a pink handbag to go with my pink shoes - which are the wrong shade to go with the pink dress I bought for the party....

So back to the party, well Ive invited people we have met and like, but now I feel a little like a stalker, will these people think Im some kind of English nutter who invites people randomly to parties, or will they be pleased that they impressed me enough to be asked? Im also having random panic attacks, mostly because I opted for the funny approach when sending out invites, "BBQ for K's birthday bring a brolly and sunglasses you know the drill, blah blah" - would I respond? well yes because Im a sad case and want to be liked, and yes Id be a little concerned that some 'almost stranger' has invited me to their party.

So Im either going to be sat here with a shed load of burgers and salads waiting for people to arrive, or everyone of the buggers will turn up - C said no more than 20, I thought he meant couples - dur he meant people, opps well Ill just deny that I knew they were coming........