Surprise visit to Vancouver

Ok - so Portugal was a total throw-off, I had never planned a trip out there, it was just a little story that I came up with to trick my Mom and my sister so they wouldn't suspect that I was coming to Vancouver. The surprise was for Nic's 30th birthday but if I told my Mom I was coming, she'd definitely let the cat out of the bag and tell my sister.

Nic's birthday was on June 4th and we wanted to do something really special for her. So instead of coming out the weekend before (which she would have suspected we'd do), we planned her birthday night for Saturday June 9th.

I arrived in Vancouver on Friday afternoon and our mutual friend Bonnie came up from San Fran on the Saturday. Unfortunately me and Bon were booked into the same hotel, the Fairmont, as Nic and Dary which made it a bit difficult for us to get in and out of the hotel unseen.

So after trying to find out where they were and having no luck, I speed up to the hotel, jump out and throw the keys at the valet. Then we run into the hotel and check in faster than I've ever done before and tell the girls at the front desk to call our room when the Bakers arrive. Upstairs, we're getting ready, throwing on the make-up, doing our hair and getting changed. Then the phone rings and it's the girls downstairs saying that Nic and Darcy had checked in. Great - so we know where they are but we don't know if they're going to stay in their hotel room for a bit or if they're going to dump their stuff and head straight out. So again...Bon and I race downstairs and jump in a cab to get manicures and pedicures before going out.

After that was done and we'd relaxed a bit, we headed over to the restaurant and put up all of the decorations and had some pre-drinks. Nic and Darcy showed up pretty much on time but we didn't get the phone call saying they were 2 minutes away so the surprise wasn't all that it could have been but I think that Nic was surprised none the less. And of course she was definitely surprised to see me - much better reaction than last August!!

Dinner was great and there was a great turn-out. Then we stumbled over to Celebrities to do some dancing and watch the pretty boys strut their stuff. My bar bill was insanely huge as I was on a bit of a shooter kick that night and dead set on getting everybody completely wasted *grin*.

We danced from about 11pm - 3am and had a wicked time. Then when Celebs closed down we went back to the hotel for more drinks - not the wisest idea - and finally hit the hay at 6am. And here I thought we had all gotten too old for that..... Wicked night was had by all especially the birthday girl.