Wrote by Tristane on Thursday, January 10th 2008 at 10:37 am

Well, I did promise and you did ask so I couldn’t get out of it… Life’s like that sometimes - a simple “I’m up for it” and then you find yourself dressed as Snow White on New Year’s Eve!

Except that once we were in our glad rags, we noticed a very important detail: Snow White obviously doesn’t have guests round for dinner in a small flat that often. Nor does she normally get dishes out of the oven!

Yes, my friends… It was impossible to wear Mrs Westwood’s beautiful creation without damaging it.

So - I changed from my Snow White outfit for the good of Haute Couture!

Exit Snow White. The back-up outfit was found in less than five minutes (time was ticking by and the guests were about to arrive).

So we spent the evening dressed in black, like 70% of people enjoying the same evening - painfully dull in black! I know - we were rather pathetic. But we still managed to save the photos - a great souvenir of a brief fairytale moment!

Finally, next year’s New Year’s Eve will be celebrated at someone else’s house… Because then I can put on my Snow White outfit and have a great excuse to stay out of the kitchen!!

But before recite the entire menu (and you’ll see that I choose the word menu carefully), I just wanted to say sorry that this entry is so late. I caught a special end of the year virus that totally destroyed my computer and everything on it…

There was nothing left - not even this blog entry that I had written on New Year’s Eve and that I wanted to post last week…

But never mind. I have started again - and not just the blog either. After all - a new year means a new beginning… Let’s forget about the past (although I must admit that I’m really upset about all that!)!

Well, now that’s all said, let’s set the scene:

It’s 31^st December 2007, and there are 3 hours to go before our five guests arrive. Our meaning my friend’s guests and my guests, my friend being the person with whom I bought the famous Snow White dress designed by Vivienne Westwood.

The day before (the 30^th for those who are following), your devoted author spent 11 hours in the kitchen preparing, as Snow White would, delightful morsels and titbits for the guests and the 6 spice capon (I promised I would tell you the whole menu!). So with 3 hours to go, my friend and I had just about got everything ready - we’d laid the table, put out the champagne flutes and set up the music.

That’s when we decided to organise ourselves and get made-up and dressed up. As you can see from the photos (taken before the make-up, let me tell you), we took it rather seriously!