The boys kept going on about getting together for a pool and BBQ double date, so we decided to oblige. them. Which meant that, instead of getting dressed up and going out to a nice restaurant on a Friday night.. we dressed down and lounged by/in the pool and whipped up some food on the BBQ instead. And then spent the whole night lazing around the poolside just chilling out. It actually was rather nice 🙂

I decided to make a Brie wrapped in puff pastry as an appetizer and severely underestimated the amount. Or, rather, it was probably OK for regular people.. but I had 4 rather greedy people that love cheese, so it was waaaay too little. Frankly, 1 wheel of cheese per person would be more like it. Which meant I’d underestimated the amount by four times!! Ahhh… world’s worst hostess, I am.

We then headed downstairs to the pool, and after a swim, the boys whipped up some food on the BBQ. That’s the fab thing about having a BBQ… the men get to sweat over the fire, whilst we girls get to sit around and chat. That’s my kinda dinner party!

I looooove Ptechnix’s burgers. Dunno how he does it, you’ll have to ask him, but it’s just delish. I remember he said a secret was to put lashings of butter on both the buns, then grill it on the BBQ. Whatever it is.. they are GOOOD.

Silliest idiotic quote of the night, after I announced I wanted 2 burgers: “What if you don’t have room for dessert?” Of course, that came from the guys. Because we girls know that there is NO SUCH THING AS NO ROOM FOR DESSERT, right?!! But speaking of dessert, it was a cheat’s version 😉 We used Betty Crocker’s devils chocolate cake premix, which actually turned out really well. I normally don’t use premix stuff, because I can smell and taste the difference. And often they turn out like a dry-ish sponge cake. But this one actually turned out pretty well, and was lovely with the chocolate icing we spread on it, as well as a scoop of Hagen Daaz vanilla ice cream 🙂

I have to admit… sometimes, it’s nice having a Friday night chilling and all casual-like. It’s good to kick back and relax, and be able to wear crappy home-clothes and not brush my hair, haha!