I spent most of yesterday getting ready for the ball last night. Lots of pampering first, did my hair, got all my bits together. I was really looking forward to it, and decided to start getting ready early.

So I put on my dress, and looked in the mirror, something looked wrong... It was the zip, it had broken... Suddenly I was stuck in the dress, couldn't get it off, desperately trying to get the zip back to normal without breaking it. But it wouldn't budge, so in the end I had to rip it off... It was awful! Of course I didn't have a back up dress, what to do??? By now it was nearly 5 pm, and we were leaving just before 6...

So I phoned a friend, and she was kind enough to lend me her dress! Great! Except, she was in a pub about 20 minutes away, her house was another 10 minutes away, and then I'd have to drop her off again, and get back to get dressed and ready on time... Panic!

But it had to be done. I was back just about 10 to 6, got dressed, got my make-up done, and was ready by 10 past 6. Not bad methinks.

The ball was really nice! I had a lovely time. IRP had a good time too I think. The food was good. We were there with some other friends, which was nice. It was all a bit painful this morning, but not too bad so it was worth it.