Older

We are definitely getting older. Had a dinner party last night (30 grown-up-points), for Tim's boss and our landlady (120 gups). They arrived with a flower and expensive wine (10 gups). As a main, we (read: I) served organic Scottish salmon (80 gups). For dessert we had crackers and fancy cheeses (200 gups). We (read: all but me) talked mostly about the Firm (70 gups), and about what to serve at an upcoming event ("How many cucumber sandwiches does one person eat?" = 400 gups). The dinner was eaten on normal plates, but with silver knives and forks (2000 gups).

Yes, it was a great opportunity to finally use our silver. I (somewhat involuntarily) started collecting at an early age - being given one piece at a time, by my grandparents (and considering that I/we now have 6 knives, 6 forks, 6 table spoons and 8 tea spoons I was probably very young when it started). But this still made me feel very grown up, and very old.