Our Aussie friends, Rachael and Mike, organized a table for the Aussie Ball. The theme for the party was the Ultimate 80’s.

Rachael organized and dressed our table as Pac-Man. She is our expert Taobao (Chinese version of Amazon) buyer and she found wigs for 8rmb ($1.30) and coloured feather eyelashes.

We started with drinks/appetizers on our deck. The event was close to our house at the Shangri-la. We were able to do our final dress before arriving at the party. Rachael put the feathered eyelashes on for me as I had no idea how to get those things on. We had Eleri take a few quick photos before she ran off to her sleepover with Ellie. Emersyn had already left to babysit for another family going to the Aussie Ball.

Then, off to the party!

The wall to the dinning room was blocked off. When it was time to go in, the wall came down.

The dance floor with the giant rubric cube.

There were various prizes for costumes, themes, etc. The best dressed table went to the Mad Max table…they were the best table!

Another award went to the best clay theme from the 80’s. Jim put together our Pac-man clay, but we lost to Gumby.

Dinner was an Australian beef. Everyone enjoy the good steaks from down under. Desert was a chocolate walkman. The entire walkman was edible…good and rich. I could not eat the whole thing! The head pieces were filled with a mango filling. It was my favourite part!

Photos from the night:

We dance all night to the music of the 80’s. Jim loved having hair to toss around.

Everyone had fun dancing the night away!

We danced until 1:30am…because our feet were so comfortable in our high-top shoes!

At the end of the night, Jim and I walked home…it was 4 blocks and a nice night for some fresh air. Another fun evening spent with friends in Shanghai!