Hen Do? Hen Don't...

So Hen Nights. Supposedly a night of fun and freedom just before you sign your life away to live in marital harmony...



Not this one.


There's been a lot of the 'Bride Wars' type of thing going on between my cousins this year, three of whom are getting married this year.


My 25 year old female cousin is getting married this coming saturday and had her Hen night this saturday just gone. Sadly for her she's a bit of a bitch and consequently hasn't got many friends... Thanks to the lack of friends she invited a few of her female cousins and her aunties to attend her 'Hen Night'.


Bear in mind the Mormon-ness of my family...


She chose, for her 'hen night' to go to a tiny, horrible little greek restaurant in St. Albans called 'Anastacias'


It was unbelievably awkward. We all just sat and talked amongst ourselves.


Me and my mum had decided to give a hen-present - traditionally something amusing that'll help the hen in their married life.


We gave 'The Good Housewife Kit' and included things like clothes pegs, aprons, wooden spoons, cookbooks, dustpan & brush and air freshener with funny tags on them. For example, the pegs said 'For putting on your nose when you haven't done the washing', and air freshener said 'Hurts less than pegs'.


The moral of this story is: Never go on a Mormon Hen Night to which the family is invited and which is being held in a nasty little restaurant. (See below for my review of the restaurant)




Anastacia's: 97 St Peters Street, Saint Albans AL1 3EN, UK


My Review of the Restaurant on Trip Advisor:
"We were a group of 14 people. We first walked in and were shown to our table, in the middle of the restaurant. We were squeezed in, there was definitely not enough room to swing a cat. We ordered some drinks, but were then told that we were not allowed to add them to a tab, and had to pay then and there.

The toilets were filthy. They need major cleaning, and a good lick of paint. They were tiny, nowhere to even put your bag, and I was certainly not about to put it on the filthy floor. And a major hazard, if you are washing your hands and someone comes in quickly, you're going to get bashed by the door.

The food was awful. We had some kind of meze/tapas thing. The pitta bread was very dry. None of it looks particularly appetising. The most appetising looking part was the calamari, but it was majorly over-cooked, very very rubbery and tough.

The greek salad of feta cheese and olives was the nicest part, and the olives had the stones left in! We were then told that in the £25 per person price, that dessert was not included and that it would be an extra £5 per person.

Half way through our meal, a larger, rowdier hen party arrived, their table just across from us. There was no room to get in between the two tables. Ridiculously noisy.

We were told that When we were ready to leave (myself and my mum left just before the rest of the group) we went to pay for ourselves. The owner/waiter told us that we had to pay for other drinks that had been left on the tab even though they were not ours and we had been told to pay for our drinks earlier. He was very rude and would not accept that although the rest of the party was still seated, that the drinks would be paid for by the people that had them. We had to go back up to the table and get one of our group to accompany us back to the till to explain that they would pay for their own drinks. They were extremely rude to us and it was just yet one more thing to convince us to never return."

It's All Greek

As previously stated in my 'about me' section, I get random obsessions with topics of learning and research it endlessly until I get bored and move on to the next thing - I kind of miss primary school for this reason as it was the time of 'Victorian Week' and 'Farming Week' and 'Roald Dahl Week'. I often find short projects much more preferable due to my somewhat short attention span and fluctuating motivation levels.


This week I have had a bit of an obsession with Greek mythology. No wonder really, the Greeks are pretty interesting running around naked (literally, google 'greek olympics') and getting with every man, woman and family member possible. This educational googling madness all started when trying to decide what to name this blog, wanting something witty yet descriptive, but also with deeper meaning.


I was considering something to do with the 'nymphs'. For those of you who do not know, nymphs were basically gods of particular nature groups, for example oak trees, fountains or clouds. Always young, female and beautiful they are protective of their designated location or landform and consistently appear as sexual predators or victims throughout greek mythology (see this link for the story of Hylas and the Nymphs).


You only have to open Urban Dictionary to see all the modern sexual connotations of 'nymphs'- from the more innocent 'sexually desirable young woman', to more explicit 'horny female', 'girl that craves sexual satisfaction constantly'.


Ultimately, in life I probably am what some would call 'a bit of a nymph', and where as I would like to say I am merely a 'sexually desirable young women' I'm sure a fair few would disagree and say the connotations extend much further than this. No doubt as I open up to the 'blogosphere' and followers get to know me they will get to know just what I mean!


Currently my account photo is also of Disney's depiction of 'Megara' from Hercules (also related to this Greek Mythology melarkey!)
I must admit I do love her just a bit. She's got a lot going for her really - her history of selling her soul to Hades in exchange for the release of her lover from Hell (turns out to be Adonis, favourite mortal of Aphrodite - God of Love, Beauty and Sexuality), all in all proof she's a romantic. She's also got strong independance and ability to trick a demi-god in order to get what she wants from Hades - her freedom. Ultimately though, she is a total damsel in distress needing to be saved at least twice in the Disney film (and more but other times she'd set it up herself). Also for a cartoon character she's pretty damn attractive what with her slim waist and lovely thick curly hair - and an awesome dress! She also sings what is definitely up there in the top 5 best Disney songs of all time! (See below)