Ok, so it’s 2.30am here in Florida, St. Petersburg & I just got home from a cocktail party thrown by Joe’s friends for the soon-to-be wed couple. Hmmm….maybe I should start from the beginning.

Today started with shopping at the mall, a tad before lunch. The shops there are AMAZING!!! I got to visit Bath & Body works, Victoria’s Secret, William Sonoma, Abercrombie & Fitch, Swatch etc. I bought SSOOOOO MUCHHHH!!!!!!!!

Proceeded to lunch at a place alled ‘Piazza’-they serve real cool italian food. Of course had pre-lunch drinks, as always. I had a ‘The Godfather’-fantastic. It consists of Bailey’s & Butterscotch something. It’s not overtly sweet, just nice.

Went back to shopping, passed by Cinnabon so bought my boss some as promised! Hope it stays good till I get back home!

I met up with a friend who drove up specially from Miami to see me!!! I’ve never met her before-today’s the first! So happy!!! It was great to get to meet up with her.

We all proceeded back to my aunt’s place to freshen up for the cocktail party. Dropped by at the Don Cesar(beach resort) where Joe & my aunt is gonna be holding their beach solemnisation & dinner to check it out…!!!!! The sunset there is SO romantic. AWESOME!!!!!!! Had some champagne there before we set out to Joe’s friend’s place for the party. Learnt that a strawberry in a glass of champagne really does make a difference to the taste!! Sweeter!!

Turns out, Joe’s friends are all in the high-flying, rich category. The party was hosted by Rick & Beth Evans & their house is HUGE!!! With a big backyard that has a playground, swimming pool & straight after the backyard is the lake/river/water-body. They own at least 1 boat….

They have a big & classy kitchen good enough for a cook show…a game room with a pool table & a popcorn machine, inset speakers around the whole 1st floor of the house!! The house, from the outside, looks like a resort!! Geez…!!!!

They even got in an in-house bartender for the party!! A Brazilian U-grad in IT whose parents are doctors!!! Best of all, the people are awesome & very welcoming. Not the typical rich-ass snoots. I’m pretty comforted by the fact that they’re accepting & welcoming towards my aunt.

We’re even planning a bachelorette’s party for my aunt. The secret plan was to fly all 11 of us gals down to Miami on Rick’s private plane(he flies & owns his own small private plane!!), go for dinner at a nice restaurant, head down to a strip club & do a last minute hosting of a private strip thing for her!! Hahahaha!!!! And of course, if I find the time, to head down to Miami Ink to do a tattoo!! Oh, and to visit my friend’s house at the same time.

We ended really late. So, so so tired. Fully busted!!! My friend drove home back to Miami…pretty worried about her going home so late though. But she text me when she got home-so glad she’s ok.