A Day Full of Surprises....

After days of anticipation my birthday finally arrived!

For days now Blair has been quietly making plans and arrangements, and despite my best efforts (and hours of snooping around) I was unable to figure out what he had planned.

The day started early (ish) with a massive bouquet of beautiful red roses from Blair and was followed by a big Gray family conference call. It was really wonderful getting to speak to everyone, including Roslyn and Cameron who stayed up late to wish me a happy birthday.
After more than an hour of mainly girly chat, Blair's Mum restored some order by sending everyone (on that side of the world) to bed!

Next up was the phone marathon with my family in Greece. When Blair finally managed to get me off the phone it was time to start getting ready for the picnic with Olga, Geoff and Ellie.

Or so we thought…. What was meant to be a small little picnic turned out to be a huge feast with Olga and Geoff preparing food for an army! Ellie was of course the prettiest little girl in town (if not this side of the world) and for the occasion sat on her high chair to share the festivities. And when I thought I couldn’t possibly eat any more out comes the most sinful chocolate cake I have seen! (Thanks to Blair!)

A few hours later we finally managed to roll home in time to start getting ready for the evening. Blair was planning to take me to dinner at an undisclosed location. Every time I tried to find out where we were going he answered either “Burger King” or “McDonalds” so I finally gave up. Well, it was definitely worth the wait.
After a brief tube journey we arrived at La Trompette (http://www.latrompette.co.uk/)
in Chiswick, the most amazing restaurant, and just when I thought that the surprises were over and the night could not possibly improve Olga and Geoff appeared!

So thanks to Olga, Geoff, Ellie and especially Blair today was just the most amazing of days. Thank you!