That Awkward Moment When....

... you accidentally steal someone else's birthday cake.

Yeah. This happened. And it was really, really awkward.

One of my new colleagues had a birthday today, so a group of us went out to dinner to celebrate. We had all finished eating and were just chilling at the table and talking, when this really amazing looking cheesecake is brought out and over to our table, complete with candles.

No one admitted to buying the cake, but we all sang Happy Birthday regardless. They hadn't brought out serving plates or a cake knife, so we just sat there for a few minutes, talking about this cake that came from nowhere. We considered maybe it was a complimentary cake from the restaurant for the birthday, or maybe someone just wasn't owning up to arranging it, or maybe it had been organised by the Head of the Faculty, who couldn't make the dinner.

Finally, they brought out the plates and knife, so we ate the cake. It was delicious.

About halfway through, someone noted the table behind us kept looking over and were whispering, and maybe it was their cake. But they didn't say anything, so we just laughed about the idea and wouldn't that be awkward?

When we had all finished eating (and someone had had seconds), the waiter walked past- like the tenth time he had done so since bringing out the cake), and then.... the lady at the table behind us stops him and tells him that yes, the cake we had just eaten was theirs.

And then they asked the birthday girl why she would accept a cake that wasn't hers? She explained that it was actually her birthday, and our boss had mentioned a surprise because he couldn't make it, so we just assumed the cake was it.

After that it got really awkward, so we paid and left.

It was a genuine accident, and we just assumed that if it was their cake, they would have said something before we had eaten it. The restaurant apologised to the other table and took the cake off their bill, so they weren't out of pocket but.... Awkward.

We managed to laugh about it after, but still... so awkward.

Don't Tell the Bride: The Rings

I have a little of gold jewellery, but I prefer silver. (My Dad once said I'm his favourite because I prefer silver over gold- which is cheaper). But my favourite thing is the white-gold ring my parents got me for my 21st birthday. 

Fiyero's Choice:

Fiyero's ring for Elphaba

The Ring Fiyero chooses for himself

Elphaba's Choice:

Elphaba's choice- simple silver.

Don't Tell the Bride: The Wedding Favours

Here's all the songs that Corin took his lyrics from.

1. "The Power of Love"

The power of love is a curious thing
Makes one man weep, make another man sing.
Change a hawk to a little white dove
More than a feeling, 
that's the power of love.

If you don't know this song, A) be ashamed, and B) go watch Back to the Future. ASAP.

2. "Chapel of Love"

Going to the chapel
and we're gonna get married.

This song is annoyingly catchy, just FYI. Also, Father of the Bride (The remake with Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Kimberly Williams-Paisley is a great movie featuring this song, and you should watch that. Before you watch Back to the Future because this is better).

3. "Listen to your Heart"

Listen to your heart, listen to your soul.

Inside you'll find the answer, to take you to the place you need to go.

Listen to your heart, your heart will let you know.

No matter where you are, the truth is never far, 

just listen and your heart will lead you home.

No movie with this one. This is by Anthony Callea, original Australian Boq. He was runner up on season 2 of Australian Idol, but he totally should have won. And has done much more than the girl who did win that season. This is his version of the winner's single, as performed on the show.

4. "Wheel of the World"

God put us here on this carnival ride
we close our eyes never knowing where it'll take us next.
Babies are born and at the same time, 
someone's taking their last breath.

Because Carrie Underwood is awesome.

5.  "Affirmation"

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument,
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands.
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you,
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do.

By Australian band Savage Garden. They were big in the early 2000s (and maybe late 90s... I definitely remember them being around in 2000 and they were big).

Writing Confession #2

I've only noticed when re-reading some of my stories that I've written characters based on people... that I hadn't actually met when I first wrote them.

Seriously, Zofie? She is so much like Laura, a little adorable girl who was at the first school I taught at.

And I only realised a few months ago, that Kasmira is very much like my Head of Faculty at my last school, Rachael. And I created Kasmira over a year before I met Rachael!

I don't know how it happens, but it does!

Don't Tell the Bride: The Hen's Night

There's not much to say here for this one, but here are the photos of all the dresses the girls wore.

Kellye's dress

Nessa's dress

Galinda's dress

Kasmira's dress

Elphaba's dress

Updated: Wicked Works in Progress

The Ghost of Kiamo Ko: "Last night I dreamed I went to Kiamo Ko again." While working as a companion to Nessarose Thropp, daughter of the Munchkinland Governor; Elphaba meets Fiyero Tiggular, a widower still mourning the loss of his perfect wife, Sarima. After a whirlwind romance, they marry and he takes her back to his beautiful Vinkun estate, Kiamo Ko. But the honeymoon doesn't last long. The staff still worship the first Mrs Tiggular, and Elphaba knows that Fiyero only married her out of pity. Most disturbingly, is the shadow of Sarima who fills the castle and haunts Elphaba's every move. AU. Inspired by the novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. There's also a movie.

The Right Thing to do: It's a matter of honour, of doing good. But sometimes doing the 'right thing' hurts more than anything. Especially when it comes to love. As they graduate Shiz, Fiyero is dreading it. He knows what comes next- marriage. But he knows he can't marry a woman, when he's in love with her best friend. While everyone is spending the summer at Kiamo Ko, waiting for an announcement, Fiyero decides he can no longer live a lie. And then all hell breaks loose, and no one will escape being hurt. All in the name of doing the right thing. AU.

What a Girl Wants (although title may change): Elphaba Thropp met Fiyero Tiggular, fell in love and married. But they were torn apart by Fiyero's disapproving family, lies and secrets. Ten years later, her daughter runs away to find the father she's never known, forcing Elphaba and Fiyero to come face to face for the first time in a decade. Inspired by the movie of the same name. AU.

The Stories We Tell: Elphaba Thropp is now the Wicked Witch of the West. A fugitive, named as a terrorist, feared by all and hunted by the Wizard's Gale Force. Whilst working to free persecuted animals all over Oz, Elphaba comes into contact with someone from the life she left behind- Fiyero. The reunion between the two will shape the course of history. And what does the story of Elphaba and Fiyero have to do with artist Alyssah "Lyssa" Scarlett, living in the Emerald City a century later,in a time when the Wicked Witch of the West is more myth than history? 

The Vow: Not long after their wedding, Elphaba and Fiyero's world is shattered when Elphaba suffers a head injury and lapses into a coma. When she awakes, her last memory of her husband is when a scandalacious prince arrives at Shiz, dancing through life. Can Fiyero make his wife fall in love with him all over again? Written with Team Wicked. Inspired by the movie of the same name.

Knocked Out: Intermission fic. Still have no more details than this.

War: This is literally all it says. Don't have all the details planned yet. It's going to be some kind of wartime romance fic between Elphaba and Fiyero.

Writing Confession

In my brief considerations of a 40 Weeks follow up; when Ashur received the journal on his 18th birthday, one of his parents was not around.