200. Throwing my first dinner party

This reason relates to reasons 35, 64, 115 which are all meals Literary Friend has cooked for us on this day as our moving day loomed ever closer I decided it was time someone threw him a dinner party and that person would be me. The guest list basically contained the people living in my house at that point (Mother, Little Sister, Older Sister, Long Distance Friend, Trini Friend) plus Best Friend and Literary Friend as I thought even eight was pushing my skills as a first timer. For starters I made a salad with bacon and parmesan, for main a chicken pie and for pudding elder-flower and rose wine jelly. It was a lovely evening and as I pre-prepared everything it wasn't as stressful as it could have been. I don't feel I can give an objective view on the food but everyone seemed to enjoy it and now I can add chicken pie to my repertoire. Making a three course dinner for eight by myself was quite a nice experience also getting flowers and bread from Literary Friend as a thank you was wonderful. It really made me smile.