It's been a glorious day with non-stop sunshine, blue skies and a lovely breeze. Once Sophie returned, she made herself some lunch and we spent the afternoon relaxing. I applied a face pack and we watched an episode of Masterchef, which was lovely.
Sophie and I were out this evening to a "Til Death Do Us Part" Murder Mystery dinner at the village hall, so I had a soak in the bath and we managed a game of Scrabble and a cocktail before we went at 7pm. I hadn't a clue what to expect but it was lovely to enter the village hall and see it set up for a wedding, with a top table, a huge (fake) cake and decorations everywhere. Everyone attending had dressed up and some women were wearing fascinators or hats!
Our friend from a few doors down, Lynn, had said we were on a table with our new neighbours next door, so I was quite looking forward to getting to know them properly after parcelgate! We were at a table with a couple from Old, another couple from our estate and the newbies.
We were given a glass of fizz on arrival and the menu for the evening was printed on a sheet of paper by each place setting. There was also a sheet about the evening, and we learnt the characters' names, their roles and a bit of background information. It looked great fun!
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| The bride - Jill Tidagain |
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| The cook - Liza Lott |
The "newbies" on our table were the last to arrive, only they weren't our neighbours at all... they were a couple I'd never seen before and didn't even live in the village! I knew there'd been some confusion previously with names but I was a little annoyed that there had been a complete mix-up! The man was the spitting image of our MD, and his partner (wife?) looked very high-maintenance and barely ate any of her meal. They didn't take their hands off each other all evening, though, so not a well-established relationship!
First up was a speech welcoming us to the wedding, but the groom was missing. He then stumbled in with a knife sticking out of his back and "died"! We had to work out who the murderer was!
The food was delicious and we started with four slices of bruschetta with different toppings, followed by a lovely chicken casserole served with rice. Sophie and I bought ourselves some wine and enjoyed the proceedings. The cast mingled with us all, and we had to guess who killed the bridegroom, with each member of the cast trying to convince us it wasn't them!
It was a great evening and we all had to write on a piece of paper who we thought the murderer was and why. We took a vote on our table but we got it wrong. Sophie guessed correctly, though!
It was all over at 10pm and although they cleared the floor for dancing, we called Keith to come and collect us. I think we'd had enough fun for one evening!
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