Friday always brings a warm fuzzy feeling to the team at Focus PR but even more so today for one particular pod which consists of Holly, Sasha, Lauren, Dettie, Preeya and me (Ali), plus guest diner and desk neighbour Hilary, whose office is next to our pod. At our marathon auction fundraiser a few weeks ago we outbid all rival pods to secure a four-course lunch extravaganza, courtesy of Petrina (financial controller) and Adrienne (executive assistant). Petrina donned her apron all morning and somehow managed to juggle ice-cream making, data inputting, lamb stewing and invoicing – this woman is a dream, Nigella Scmella! We all wanted to marry her until we found out it was actually her husband who had spent all day Thursday preparing the dishes, and now we want to marry him! Big shout out to Mr Day – nice croutons!
Adrienne was the perfect hostess, pirouetting in and out of the boardroom with tray upon tray of mouth-watering dreamy goodness, topping up wine glasses with a tasty Wairau Cave 2011 sauvignon blanc after every sip, and plugging us into the lunchtime broadcast of Home and Away – rock ‘n’ roll I know!
After a first course of smoked salmon, second course of Moroccan lamb or poached chilli salmon, and boozy berries with zesty ice-cream for dessert, the last thing we needed was a cheeseboard the size of the boardroom table! There was ZERO chance any of us could possibly eat another morsel…..oh, hang about…er…whoooops….in it goes!!
Well done podettes and a BIG BIG thank you to domestic goddesses Petrina and Adrienne – DREAM TEAM! The Blue Cross and Beating Bowel Cancer will share the £87 + gift aid donation we raised today.
