38) Have a day of J ness

I know, it sounds mad doesn't it. But it was an idea of my friend's - make a day all about me - but also all about the J. The letter J.

And so we did. It seemed appropriate that while I was on my weekend away with the girls so we decided that the Saturday should be all about J related food, drinks, games - you name it.

Preparation in advance was key - lots of J purchases made - not sure as many Jelly Babies, Jamaican ginger cakes, jam tarts, Jammie Dodgers, Japanese rice crackers the works. Trust me, if it was something that began with a J we totally embraced it. In fact my bessie mate Tash was busy in the off licence on Fri pm buying things like Joe's cocktails and Jacob's Creek cos you know they begin with the J.

My sister however chanced it with a bottle of Jinro. No, we didn't know either but figured Waitrose couldn't be poisoning us. It was a type of Sake. Rachel happily carried it around Center Parcs for the day but excelled herself by decanting it into an empty Evian bottle for the Just Jhoom dance class. Looks like water, not quite the same refreshment....

You never know when you'll need Jinro...

As you've seen from my blog on the new sport we 'partook' in Just Jhoom well what other physical activity from the list could we pick (and aqua jetting was sold out) and then headed back to the gaf!

After being told I HAD to have a bath - mainly so I could get out of the way while they decorated the place - my mate Ellie cracked on with the evening food - Jambalaya and Jalfrezi both dishes I hadn't had before either! And then on with the fabulous costumes! Yes I was joined for the evening by Jesus, Judas Iscariot (we tried to keep them from kissing each other) Jack Sparrow and a Jester. Me? I was a jockey. Well I'm 6ft tall, what else was I going to be!?!?

We played Scattergories making answers with the letter J (then realised this was fairly hard!) but drank much, ate much, and frankly had a brilliant time! Thanks ladies so much for embracing it - it's a pretty mad letter but we did good!

A Jester rocking out the drinks and her Just Jhoom moves!

J selfies with the crew!

Horsing around as a jockey!