I don’t often give myself permission to live in regret about things that have happened in my life. Sure, I haven’t always got it right and could easily fill a notebook (or two) with things I could have done differently, but my theory is that wasting energy regretting things doesn’t really add anything to your future. Learn and move forward. But, if I’m really honest I do regret not maintaining some of my friendships in a better way. Life only brings you along a certain number of truly deep and connected friends and they should be treasured – which does take effort on your/my behalf.
I think, for me, as I became consumed in the business of raising a family, the sleepless nights and drain of being ‘needed’ 24/7 took their toll and I struggled to have the extra energy I needed to maintain and build friendships. You see I’m an introvert by nature. I need time alone to feel balanced and energised so I can meet the world head on and dazzle it with my smile. When the pressure grew and the ‘me time’ stopped I no longer had the energy to tend to some my friendships and time has left them feeling disconnected and a little distant. That makes me sad and is something I want to change.
A few weeks ago the team at SOUP contacted me to see if I’d like to participate in their Nescafe Menu promotion – which is all about catching up with friends over coffee. It was this that really got me thinking about my friends past and present. I’ve got some beautiful friends these days. Wonderful women I’ve connected with through my children, through blogging and through my free range relationship with God. (That’s just an entire other story for another day.) But I also feel like I’ve lost some of my pre-kids friends. Wonderful women who added so much to my life and in the words of Donna Roberts, “knew the song in my heart and sung it back to me when I forgot the words”. I need to reconnect with these women.
Do you have friends you miss in your life too? Well the Nescafe Menu promotion is all about connecting more with those you love. One of the greatest joys in life is sitting down and sharing with a friend over a good coffee. Nescafe Menu and SOUP have provide me with a $150 voucher to giveaway to someone who comments on this post. So this is what I’m thinking. If you have a friend or friends you’d like to reconnect with and you think $150 would help make it happen tell me how. Write a comment below letting me know how you would use $150 to reconnect with an old friend, or enrich a current friendship, and the best and most do-able answer will win. Maybe you could put it towards a flight to see a friend in another state or a grocery voucher to buy supplies for a special ‘friends dinner party’ or even for a florist so you could send your friends flowers to let them know how much they mean to you.
Be creative, be meaningful, but please remember it needs to be something I can source a voucher for too. And come what may let’s all think a little more about our friendships. It’s easy to believe good friendships don’t need to be maintained and will always be there. But these days I’m not so sure. Three runners up will also receive three boxes of delightful Nescafe Menu coffee to share with their friends.
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- Giveaway is open until Midnight on the 8th of August and has a total value of approx $180.
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Shop up a storm for ingredients and good coffee – then cook up a storm and invite them all over. Time spent together is the most precious gift ever!
She’s now on her own but never alone
While friends can still hop on a train.
And enjoy a few days in so many ways
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I have an old friend who always insists on paying when we go to lunch because she knows we have been struggling to get our business off the ground for years, and I would love to turn the tables and shout her to a lovely lunch or dinner, especially since she has recently gone through a heartbreaking divorce.
Been meeting up for coffee every fournight for 30 yrs with the same girlfriends..i would celebrate those years by putting on a fabulous morning tea for us all!
I’ve just moved 5.5 hours away from my family, boyfriend and friends. Just looking at return flights for a surprise weekend – $180? It’s fate.
I’d use it for a dinner date to mend broken hearts
Heaps of friends have just had or are about to have babies. I’d put the money towards a flight to meet them all and their little ones.
A really treasured elderly lady in our neighbourhoodhas always been there for everyone. I know she loves the theatre & art galleries and sharing a cuppa, so a visit to QPAC and a Southbank coffee shop would be the ultimate thankyou gift.
My best friend lives in the UK so we send each other packages throughout the year as a way of keeping in touch via more than just airwaves! Unfortunately Australia Post is becoming so expensive that my last parcel cost $80 to mail and I haven’t been able to afford to send another one for a few months
I would love an Australia Post voucher so that I could send my best friend a few decent parcels, particularly as her birthday is coming up and we miss each other more and more every day!
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I would give it to my local Aged care facility so that a party could be thrown for all the residents. Most of them lose friends each day. Its a way of celebrating the NOW, the present and them.
A Nescafe coffee and chocolate cake cake up would do the trick!
I was lucky enough to learn the joy of real friendship at school in the UK through my silly, crazy ‘gang of four’. I came to Australia, but we have kept in touch, by mail then email then Skype and it has been strange to see my squealy girlfriends experience ‘grown up’ problems. One of them has been through a particularly rough time with a hysterectomy and the inability to have children though she wanted them desperately, then her rat fink husband left her for a younger woman and is having a baby with her. She has bravely changed jobs, bought and renovated an apartment and saved for a trip to Australia to visit me (yay!) all by herself. Her family say she’s just “running away from her problems”. But I say she’s running TO something and would love to buy her an experience to enjoy while she’s here. I’m thinking a Harbour Bridge Climb so she can feel on top of the world again!
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I would throw a dinner party and cook my ‘famous’ mexican, which always turns into a feast!
To have a nice bbq and a few drinks, and most of all, to catch up!!
I spend it on tickets for gold class cinemas with dinner and drinks to chat beforehand
I would buy $150 worth of Skype minutes so I can chat to my granny back in the UK as she gets pretty lonely and calling the uk can rack up the bills so this means I can chat more, so think of my Gran called Kitty and give her a buzz!
I grew up in London from age 7 to 22 and I made those very special school friends during those years! Now, 30 years later, when we chat on fb, it’s like we’ve never been apart even after all that time … still giggle and laugh about the most mundane things that only we understand! One special friend’s mother died recently and I’d put my $150 towards sending her the biggest bunch of flowers filled with love and hugs
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I have a good friend who is forever doing things for others but oh-so-reluctant to receive in return. As she is not well it would be wonderful to spoil her. With a grocery voucher I could (a) buy lots of cleaning supplies and spruce up the house – elbow grease provided free; (b) create a lovely meal for her to make her feel pampered, and (c) fill her freezer with home cooked dinners to make life a bit easier.
Me and my girlfriends all have young families now so it’s difficult and a very rare occasion for us to get together and have fun like we used to (partying in pubs and clubs until the sun came up and then some!). We’re kind of past those days so I’d love to book a hotel room and grab a few bottles of wine, some yummy platters and drink, chat and giggle all night with the girls.
wotif voucher/flight centre/last minute – these would be perfect.
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Moved interstate and I miss my mates so much. Just need an excuse to fly back for a coffee and a chat!
I’d spend it on a luncheon for my husbands family that live up the coast. He never get’s to see them…
One of my best friends just moved to melbourne. I would love to be able to fly myself and our other best friend down to see her. It would be so great for all three of us to catch up together because all three of us haven’t been together for almost a year!
i would make a nice dinner for the whole family and buy some new kitchen utensils
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I would have a huge girls night in and use the $150 to buy drinks, dinner and nibbly’s so we could talk, laugh and dance all night. I would charge each girl $20 entry and donate it to Breast Cancer Research!
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Put it away til October. Both mine and my oldest daughters birthday are October 29th so we usually invite all the family over for combined bday celebrations. A Coles voucher would make it bigger & better
My beautiful friend always gives of herself for others. She and her husband are constantly working to help the less fortunate, their lives are dedicated to this. I would love to bless them, with a lovely dinner out together, where they can relax and enjoy each others company and just rest for an evening. It would be a way to show them, how amazing they are.
My daughter has a best friend who lives a bus ride away. I would like to be able to give her a go card so she can travel to visit her bestie whenever she wants
i have a friend who is suffering after a virus killed her pancreas and now cant venture outside as she cant know how her body will react that day to food so she just stays home Id love to cook her a lovely meal in her home and invite a few people so she feels like she is part of society again
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I’d grab an interstate flight & catch up with all my girlfriends. I’m the only one who moved away, so they’re all in the one place. Then I’d shout them to our favourite wood fired pizza place we used to frequent together. We haven’t been all together since having children and it would be great to show the little ones also our place of happy memories.
I would post my friends a beautiful coffee mug along with an invitation to bring it along to a high tea at my place, where I’d spoil them all with yummy biscuits, cakes and hugs!!!
Buy lots of nescafe caramel latte packs, a few good chick flicks and plenty of chocolate and have a girls night in
Our 20year school reunion is coming up soon (god I feel old now) so I would use the money to make sure all the girls in from our ‘group’ can make it to the reunion. There would be no excuses about no babysitter, can’t afford it, nothing to wear. This would cover it!!
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get the girls together for coffee, sweet treats to nibble on to supply, and lots of time for a natter chatter
A house warming gift for my best friend who has just moved back to Hobart after 15 years away!! It is time for us to re-learn how to be friends that can drop by at a moments notice rather than just for big events …. I am looking forward to the next stage of our friendship.
I’m searching for my long lost friend from my early childhood days who I spent most of the time hanging out together after school back in the early 80′s. I lost contact after I moved from the city to the suburbs and now that I live in a new state and a family of my own, I would like to see how he is and catch up on the good o’l days.
My best friend is feeling very overwhelmed at the moment, she is going through a really tough time. Her normally spotless home is getting messier and messier and I know that it bothers her, but it’s just got to the point where she doesn’t know where to start. I would love to hire her a housekeeper for the day and taker her out to lunch while her house gets back to order. It wont solve everything, but I think it will help.
I have moved to a little country town with my young family and i sometimes ache because i miss my friends so much! With not much family of my own i have a handful of very close, long term friends – one of which for 32 years! I would use the prize to put towards my birthday in november and invite them all up for an old fashion pub jukebox session =)
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The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends therefore indulgent ice-cream and a DVD is how I would spend the money.
Because it’s my best friends who brings out the best in me.
I’d throw a Mexican Fiesta
Serving tacos, burritos and more
Have everyone stay for a siesta
Surrounded by those we adore
I’m craving a catch up with my best high school friends over dinner. We don’t catch up all that often, but the laughs come thick and fast when we do. I’m feeling that I need a good laugh right now! $150 should feed us and even stretch to a bottle of something to get those giggles going
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I’d spend it shouting a couple of my great friends out for coffee, Mum’s like me, who these days all to often seem to “connect” my facebook or texts.
I’d send them a hand-written invite to spend a couple of “us time” hours together for some real fun, chats and reminiscing about the “good ol days”
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With Hubby’s working crazy hours, my BFF and I rarely see each other at night without our kiddies. I’d love to book babysitters for us both, and even if we sit in a coffee shop for 4 hours chatting, it will be the best night out in ages!
Are you kidding me!? This is AMAZING timing! We are heading back to the States on the 15th to reconnect with friends. I would use this for all the coffee dates I’m hoping to have… would be so much more fun to go out than stay in!!!
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I’d use the voucher to have a morning or afternoon tea for my friends- new and old. I would then ask them to make a donation to our Relay For Life team. A win-win situation, as we all know someone who has been touched by Cancer.
It’s 35 years since we left school, and time for our school reunion, I’d have a after reunion party so we can all laugh and cry and go over lifetime memories with school friends,
Maybe put the $150 towards a food parcel for a friend and have it delivered to them, as a surprise. And then pop round, as it would be a fantastic conversation starter!
I would love a webjet voucher. My best friend got married last year in the USA and cannot leave until her residency comes through, so has not seen any friends or family in 12 months. I am going to be in the USA for a conference soon and would love to fly her out to be with me. It’s like we are so close but so far when I am there.
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I would take a week off work and spend one day catching up with a person that I havent spent enough time with lately, I would treat each person to a special day where neither of us have to worry about money or time.
I would use it for petrol for my niece to bring her little baby down to visit all the family, we have not met him yet, and he is 7 months old!
An afternoon of beaching and bbq’ing for myself and my closest girlfriends!
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My Sister is my best friend and we live so far away from each other that a bus/train trip to have a holiday with her. I miss being with her.
If i win this giveaway then I would love to take my friend ( who has given birth to a baby boy a month back ) for a movie and lunch to make her day special and different than her regular day.
I’d go on a shopping spree and give each friend money!
I met my first best friend when we were seventeen on a train, of all places, and we stayed close for so long, but after having husbands and kids and different lifestyles over time we lost a little of that connection. It’s been a while and I’d love to fly to Newcastle, go for a walk on the beach and relive some old times with her, I know she would be thinking the same thing.
I’d treat my best girlfriends to share a special lunch as a treat as we rarely find the time to catch up with family and financial demands. We would all enjoy the girls time out.
In a cafe – over a cuppa the perfect catcheruppa!
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I would take my friend/s to a high tea that is on once a week (but very hard to get into) and eat & drink until our hearts are content
I haven’t seen my friends and family in such a long time, due to moving interstate. I’d love to buy a airline ticket to visit them once again.
My good friend has just lost her job… it’s drained her confidence and her ‘cash reserve’… I’d love to treat her to a “hair-do” at a salon, and then take her out for a nice lunch. She deserves it.
With $150 I can reconnect with friends by being able to afford a new mobile plan and be able to chat with friends more often
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It’s our 15(!) year reunion this year! This would be a perfect opportunity to re-connect with my high school girlfriends for a pre-reunion coffee, dessert and cocktails (to help warm us up for the night ahead!)
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I’d shout the girls a trip to the movies to see Magic Mike then have a catch up over coffees and cake afterwards.
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I would use the money to go towards a way of finally catching up with my oldest friend – who is a friend I have actually not met! I know that sounds more than a bit odd but we were online friends from when I was 13 years old and we still keep in touch now (admittedly its more via facebook than anything else) and I have been planning to go to the UK and visit her finally after all these years! It would be amazing!!
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I have a little crush on my bestie you see
A voucher to Crown Casino Melbourne it would be
To see him all handsome dressed up to the nines
A delicious meal and maybe a few wines
Dancing all night at a hip club
Would be a perfect way to catch up with my best bub!
I would love to have my friends over for coffee and some delicious treats.
To re-connect with my true friends would make me feel like I belong.
That they care and in return so do I.
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Id love to go back to bootcamp with my friend who is still doing it. We were workout buddies and I can no longer afford to go. Nothing better than getting fit with friends. It makes the time go faster and the pain not so unbearable. $150 would give 15 weeks of bootcamp along side her.. great value for money if you ask me!
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A girls night in sleep over with the kids tucked in bed! Chocolate fondue, sparkling wine and some DVDs, to remind us who we are besides being Mums!
I would use it to go on a shopping trip with my son, who is 3. We love spending quality time together, and we love spending money!!!
A nasty marriage breakup and custody battle.
One friend that has been there for me.
A lunch together is how I’d love to reward her.
they way i would spend $150 would be to fly to sydney and meet up with my cousins have not seen them for years
My pre-kids friends seem like distant memories, so many of them I would love to see… I’d like them to meet my children three and would invite them over for a fancy dinner party!
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I moved away 4 years ago to be with the love of my life leaving an amazing friend behind. Since being here I have had a daughter and am expecting number 2. My friend has always made the effort to come and see me (at least once a year) but I have not financially been able to return the gesture. She is now engaged and getting married in September. I would love to be able to go and watch her marry the love of her life. I would use the $150 either towards petrol to drive to see her or towards a flight to show her my support and to reconnect as she has always been there for me.
Jump on a plane and fly and see her and give her all the love that she needs right now
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I would use the money to meet with my best friend for a lavish high tea. We really cherish our very few catch ups and this would be really special.
It is really hard to create a true friend. It is important to invest time and effort with it.
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I would hold a Beautiful Dinner Party with my Nearest and Dearest who I don’t see often enough. This would be the perfect Opportunity
High tea with the girls.
I’m guilty as charged..my crime? slowly loosing my friends due to becoming a buy Mum who just wasn’t coping too well and not allowing myself time with my old friends as much as I should have. I’ve only just started reconnecting with a few lovely people who I’d like to catch up with over dinner and a movie and it would be a nice gesture if it were my treat
Def want to use that to see my sister later this year when she has her bubba (due xmas day). I live in rural SA and she’s in Rockhampton (4 flights away)….. miss her dearly and would love to be there for support and help in the first few weeks. But we have 4 kids and flights are darned expensive!
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I have an amazing friend who has been there through thick and thin, is always on call when needed until lately when she moved to a rural town and her net connections a bit beyond dodgy. The thing is…. IVE NEVER MET HER! Im in Adelaide, she’s in QLD. Love her to bits and would love to be able to fly up one day and meet her… but this last month she has sent me beautiful flowers in memory of my passed daughter even though shes been going through a bad time of her own. I would love to be able to travel to see her but i know its a few years off yet, but in my place i would love to help give her a few months of free internet to continue chatting and skyping and send a bunch of beautiful tulips to show her just how much shes loved
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I would not be worried about how much the phone call to England was going to be and ring my very close friends, who I miss dearly, chatting about everything.
Love this blog Caz and love your description of your relationship with God….free range!…I might steal that one if you don’t mind lol.
This blog really hits home for me right now. My husband has a degenerative brain disease and I’m his fulltime carer. This has changed our social life ALOT! Infact, it’s all but killed it! We have some absolutely wonderful friends, but slowly over time the phonecalls and invites stop. And who could blame them after we’ve turned them down so many times due to hubby feeling unwell or us not having the cash to go out. And our topics for conversation have all but run dry, so sometimes when I think of calling them I don’t, cause I figure I don’t really have anything to say and don’t want to bore them with stories of drs, wheelchairs and medications!
So, i think it’s about time this family threw a party! A get together for all our wonderful friends. An excuse to ask them to all come over and catch up and not focus on the things we can’t do or afford, but refocus on the good stuff. A good old Aussie barbie would do the trick I reckon. Nothing fancy…just some snag, steaks and onion on the BBQ with some salads and breadrolls. That’s what I’d do with $150! Throw an Aussie barbie so we could reconnect with our wonderful friends
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I haven’t seen my main group of high school mates altogether in about six years, winning the voucher I would organize a chicks movie night something gold class so that popcorn & champagne are included…..and I wouldn’t say no to it including Magic Mike!!
My BFF from school is coming back to Perth in September and i have not seen her for 12 years it would be nice to be able to go out for a nice meal and catch up on lost time
My best friend is my sister. We lived together for so many years (we bought out first place together in our early 20s) but since we both got married and had kids we only see each other every couple of months. I’d send her a fruit and vege hamper and in it there would be a leek (unwashed, full of dirt – just like she put in a risotto once, ongoing joke) and some bananas because I can’t stand them (even the smell) so she didn’t get to eat them for 6-odd years.
My oldest and closest friend lost her father recently and I googled florists and gift hampers wishing I had enough money to send her a present beautiful enough and wonderful enough to reflect how beautiful and wonderful she is to me. Although I’d love to fly down to see her, $150 wouldn’t cover the costs of flying both myself and a two-year-old there and back. But it would be great if, in the meantime, I could send her something special.
We are ten mummys who have met every Wednesday morning for COFFEE since our kids started school seven year ago. They are seperating at the end of the year to go to high school so I’d spend the $150 on one last coffee for all WITH CAKE!
There is a get together on the Gold Coast in September for a group of us that i would love to attend.As a single mum of 5 the $450 plane fare is just out of reach.I have a $100 webjet voucher i received for my birthday-$150 here and i could scrape the rest!!!
I would take them out for afternoon tea!
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My shout at the pub!! They’d all be there, like in the good old days of BM (before Mortgage!).
I’d put the money towards a gorgeous puppy to surprise my friend with. Since her little dog passed away a few months back, she’s drifted away. I need to give her a new excuse to come back out again for our daily walks and gossip sessions!!!
I’d use the money to hire a baby sitter that could handle my friends five evil sons. Then her and I would spend the day catching up and having fun, like the good old days, before her brood of monsters came along.
would love a flight voucher to visit and catch up with my best friend from school, who found and contacted me through facebook.
I would like to win a Coles voucher and host a dinner party for my friends
would love to take my husband out for a special lunch on our anniversary of 56 years
Most of my family live overseas so I’d put the $150 towards my phone bill so I can reconnect with them without worrying about the time and cost. I’d sip on a coffee whilst we talk and take my time to talk about all things that are happening around me and my children and husband.
I have just found a long lost school friend on facebook.We would love to catch up over lunch and share our childhood memories.
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My friends are more than just people I see now and then. They are individuals, who via invested time, help guide me through life’s web. They are the support group I rely on when the chips are down. Sometimes I don’t even realize I need them but they are always there.
My true friends listen and genuinely care about what I have to say. They have “carried” and guided me through my darkest days, and helped me celebrate the brightest ones.
They are an essential part of my life and contribute to my mental stability and happiness.
So as you can see my friendships mean the world to me and this is why it is so important to keep nurturing good friendships and relationships by going out for coffee, enjoying a movie together or just a simple chat!
We all need our friends and they need us especially if I have a $150 voucher to spend on them. I think a trip to Village Gold Glass might do the trick with food, drinks and plenty of popcorn!!!! Whoever said bribery was a bad thing was dreamin’!! ha, ha!
I’d take the girls out for Chinese and a movie, something we rarely have time for now we all have kid’s.
Fly to queensland to meet an amazing person who thanks to face book I talk to every night but cant afford to thank personally for cheering me up at my worst
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I lost touch with my Mum and its now taking a few years of a few phone calls to start the relationship back up. I would love to be able to see her, yet I know that I/we are not ready for that big step (yet)
But I would love to send her flowers/gift to say Hi and thinking of you. Its funny how much I see things differently now that my kids are going through the teenage years. And to say I love you to my Mum is one step I am moving closer to.
Life is too short to think about the past, I am now looking towards the future and creating more memories.
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Join in an afternoon tea with friends
Laugh till my cheeks go red
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Unfortuneately $150 won’t get me and some friends to Paris..so next best thing. Paris end of Collins street, Melbourne for a High Tea experience of finger sandwiches, yummy cakes, champagne and tea.
I would reconnect with a girlfriend and jump on a plane for a girls weekend away. With flights so cheap these days. Why wouldn’t you!
It is really nice to get a long with an old friend. In fact, I appreciate a lot meeting an old friend.
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i would book a restaurant once my selected group of friends confirm they are coming for the booking of course and i would arrange canope’s meals drinks desert so that we can all sit enjoy this meal over some great laughs and good times swap a pic or two give all the kids a chance to catch up and even organize a family weekend away for all including the kids
what a great way for all of us to spend some quality time together over a fab meal with the people we love
Catching up with friends can be difficult with children as it is hard to have an uninterrupted or personal conversation. I would love to use the money to put towards a babysitter, so my friends and I can relax and enjoy each other’s uninterrupted company for an evening.
I would spend the money on a gorgeous dinner party for my friends. I love to cook and entertain, and it’s been a while since my friends and I all took time out from our busy lives to hang out.
I’d have a big get-together with my high school buddies. Haven’t seen some of them for a few years now… would be good to have an excuse to see each other again! Drinks on me, girls!
I’d use it to host a poker night for my old buddies. Lots of drink and dips and stuff.
We don’t see each other nearly as much as we used to.
I would take my friends out for a meal and a few drinks to catch up without the interruptions of our children. Adult time is not a common occurrence lately.
We are planning a weekend away in Brisbane in November – there will be 5 of us from 3 different states, friends since High School – over 30 years ago! This would be a wonderful contribution to a dinner to reminisce and share!
A delivery of our favourite bottle, a card setting a time & date, then the 3 of us long time long distant friends on a 3 way conference call catching up!
To meet my neighbours a meet and greet
Life’s busy and hectic and kids take up a large proportion of time. Friendships and conversations with long-time friends have suffered.
I’d love to organise well in advance a girl’s catchup/movie night, where we can all have babysitters organised (so we finally get to finish that conversation we started 2 years ago!). Where we can sit down for more than 5 minutes without having to get someone a drink (unless it’s our own
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I’d supply drinks, food including nibbles and chocolate. Perhaps hire a dvd or two (something other than ninjago or dora!) and chat, reminise and enjoy the conversation with my friends!
It probably should be something we organize a couple of times a year regardless.
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Great giveaway! Defiantely a girls night out (sorry but no kiddies this time). Wine, dine and movie. A night full of laughs
My sisters are my best friends. Id love to take my younger sister to see my older sister who lives in sydney (we live in Vic). My older sister has been through a lot in the last 6 months, being diagnosed with appendix cancer. Having two major operations which the second nearly took her life after complications and a bad reaction to chemo.
We were by her side for a week while she was in a coma and she decided to wake the day after we returned home. She’s been in hospital for 2 months now and I’d really love to surprise her by turning up to her room with a big bag if Turkish delight (our favorites) and a
Coffee for the three of us to sit around her hospital bed and pig out on and catch up on our sisterly gossip I’ve missed so much.
I would give it to my mum, so she could reconnect with her friends, all she does is work and never does anything. It would be nice to give her something to help her have alittle bit of fun.
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It is very good to have true friends that are always in our side during tough times since they really care for us a lot.
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My bestfriend and my daughters Godmother lives in the UK, so we catchup every sunday via skype. Its the most wonderful way to catchup with friends overseas, and the lil ones love waving to their friends on the computer screen!
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My bestfriend just moved with her 4 children up to Brisbane from Sydney so that her son who has a disability can go to the only school in the southern hemisphere that can help him.
I am devastated cause I miss her so much even though I know she is doing what any gorgeous loving mother would do for her son.
I know she is struggling though with no friends or support network.
I would use the money to go up to Brisbane for a weekend to spend time with her and take her out for a lovely girlie evening of a movie and dinner
I just found out we are pregnant with baby number 5 also so would love to tell her in person xxx
This year has been the start of a new adventure for me. I have a handful of beautiful friends that have/still are supporting me and this would be the perfect way to say “I love you, I appreciate you and thank you so much for putting up with me!”
I’m sure they all know how much I value their friendships, even when we don’t see each other often (usually just on school holidays!) Keep up the great blog Caz. x
I have a very close friend who is 29 and was recently diagnosed with Bowel Cancer.. she lives in Sydney and has come to Melbourne everytime I had a baby so she could be there with me…. She has always come to my aide when I’ve needed help and I’ll be flying up there in two weeks to be by her side when she has the cancer removed (hopefully it will work)
I’d love to buy her a gift pack of some sort to make her smile a little more and let her know that I care and am by her side for her during her cancer battle.
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I would love to catch up with a pen pal that, despite hoping that things would improve this year, has, in my opinion, received some unwelcome news that impacts this person’s future. I would love the chance to reduce the cost of a ticket and finally meet in person.
Old friends… we shared laughter, and tears…
then lost each other for twenty three years…
Through facebook we finally tracked each other down…
She’s living in a Queensland town…
I’d love the chance to hop on a plane…
and see my dear old friend again…
this voucher could bring us together one day…
and we’ll laugh once more, over a cup of Nescafe!
I’d like to take my friend out to dinner and have another one of our ‘deep and meaningful’ conversations about life in general. We lost touch (for a little while) as she moved away and she has just come back to town. I value her friendship as she gives great advice and always gets straight to the point of things. This is one ‘friend’ I feel truly blessed to have in my life. Through the ups and downs she has always been there for me, as I have been for her.
Coffee, wine, chocolate and cheese… one fantastic girls night!
I have a friend who is going through a horribly difficult time right now, and some friends who’ve really been there for me lately with my own rough time. I’d by each of them a beautiful card, flowers and chocolates to remind them they are appreciated, loved and valued. We don’t do it enough, do we?
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