Friday, November 9

Melbourne Cup

Did anyone have any luck on any horses? I risked getting fired and skipped a day at work for an "exam" *wink wink* to attend the local festivities at the Brewery on Newcastle Harbour.
Although I didn't win on any horses or the best dressed (I was robbed! I was wearing a dress that was once owned by the ravishing Eileen Roff- with the aid of some extreme stomach-sucking-in underwear) I did happen to win a bottle of champaagne and a $50 bar voucher. My friends and I managed to make our way through half the voucher before being kicked out. Apparently this is not a classy way to redeem a voucher:
*milly* "I'll have $50 worth of vodka"
*barkeep* "no"
*milly* "alright. $25 worth of vodka and $25 worth of champagne"
*barkeep* "...ok"
anyway- here is a picture of the most important win that happened on Melbourne Cup Day

ps- does anyone know who actually won the race?

5 comments:

ash and cathie said...

Milly
Don't you look fabulous! Great picture and good times.

I'd like to report that for the first time in 40 years (since Piping Lane in 1967) I have made a profit out of the Melbourne Cup courtesy of a 1st and a 3rd in a work sweep and not having enough time to get to the TAB. Efficient? Not really.
Ash

Anonymous said...

trash bag

grant said...

"Trash bag"? You look great, Milly. I'm going to print the pic and put it on our 'fridge. We had all our money on Zipping - such is the way of gambling.

Newcastle Roffs said...

So that's where you were on Tuesday! Thanks Roff Report for helping me know where my kids are and what they are doing (although sometimes I don't WANT to know!)

Dad

WA ROFF's said...

Rock won 2 of the school sweeps and mum finally dined out on a win at the races....we lost on all the bets we actually chose for ourselves...

k8