The Day After

Oh, my-my-my!!! Please sit down and pour yourself a cuppa! Lots of

strong coffee is in order this morning, since I had about 23 glasses of

cyber champagne last night. I think it is safe to say that yesterday's

first annual October Ball was a smashing success!! You all looked

simply marvelous in your grand

attire and your guests were

both delightful and

entertaining. I was especially

surprised to meet the

charming W. A. Mozart,

who did that blindfolded,

backwards piano trick for us!

And also an incredibly intense

Pablo Picasso, who kept staring at my sister, following her

around the entire evening! And did you see that mysterious Russian

count who wore the dark mask, except for one wee moment to steel

a kiss from Suza?! One of my favorite surprise guests was the

elegant George Bernard Shaw, who was gracious enough to chat

with me about some of his works. I was even fortunate enough to

have been given a moonlit ride in a silver trimmed horse driven

carriage! It was absolutely thrilling to meet so many new bloggy

friends!

Thank you all once again for making this event such an enjoyable

evening! I will put every one's name who left a comment yesterday

in the hat for the door prize drawing and will announce the winner

on Friday, so stay tuned. The magic is gone and it's back to the real

world of mice and pumpkins. But it was a magical October night,

wasn't it? (Sigh.)

My trusty crew of cyber servants did a speedy job of cleaning up after

all of us last night. I don't know what I would do without you. Great job!