Being (almost) 21

Well I am loving that my friends decided to start my birthday off 10 days early, it's like one big long birthday, next weekend I am home to celebrate with my family and then back up to Durham to celebrate the actual day with my friends....Well you are only 21 once!

My friends had done such a good job of keeping last night secret, I had no idea what we were even doing anything until the night before, I didn't know where we were going till we were half way there (when I found out it was the Gala theatre) but I still didn't know what for until we were sat in our seats. The clues had been very cryptic indeed!!!! They took me out to a Jazz night in aid of a children's charity. It was such a good night, I love jazz music and especially enjoyed staring in awe at the sax solos (if only.....) I thought it was so sweet that they would do that. There were 8 of us (Naomi, Annika, Helen, Helen, Nicola, Rachel, Cathy and me.) A highlight of the night was that Annika and I ordered cocktails and then discovered the colour of the cocktails matched our outfits!!!!! It was very exciting! Another thing that made the evening really great was that there was a raffle. They read out the names of the winners from the stage and my name was drawn. I won a voucher for a neck, back and shoulder massage at a spa in Durham. So it was a great night, such a good surprise and a really fun way to kick off the celebrations!!!