T minus 12 hours

Imagine, its the night before the party. Due to the fact the chair covers took so long to make, I still have to buy all the groceries, make the chocolate minted truffles, cook the salmon mousse, collect 6 chairs from my brother and sister-in-laws and get some sleep. I was also supposed to attend the disco run by the P&C that night, but in my state of full party prep, I declined my invitation. Almost straight after school finished that afternoon I left school, drove to the shops, did the quickest grocery shop in the history of grocery shopping and worked on the chair covers. At 8pm I took a break to get the chairs, came home finished the chair covers and then cooked the salmon mousse, meringue and chocolate minted truffles. Not my best work, but it was edible.  By this stage I dragged my body upstairs and fell into bed.
   
Ok its the morning of the party - 7am. I am lying wide awake in bed with sheer panic running through my veins:

List of things to do:
- Collect 4 chairs, a CD player, baking trays, 2 trestle tables and Pyrex dishes from my parents.
- by a gazillion carnations
- buy the bottle of creme de cassis for Kir Royal drinks (after calling about 20 bottle shops in Perth the only place I could find it was De Vine Cellars in Inglewood).
- collect meat from my wonderful local butchers (Wharf st Quality Meats)
- set up the lounge room including covering the walls with black paper.
- clear all the furniture out of the lounge room in order to make room for the party furniture
- Make the entree, main and whip the cream and make the raspberry sauce for dessert.

You know, just the usual Saturday ;-)

To cut a long and boring story short I did manage to get everything done, but only with the help of my wonderful friend Nancy who helped my wallpaper my lounge room walls, by best friend Lisa that helped dress the chairs, put the candles in the vases and is my number one cloud maker, and her fiance Russell and my boyfriend Gavin who covered my windows with black plastic, put the stars up on the walls arranged the flowers in the swan and whipped the cream. So with just 5 mins before guests arrived, I was ready.