"When the working week is done, Oh, girls just want to have fun..."

I always thought that at some point I'd get too old for a sleepover, but there is nothing like a girly night in with friends : )

I remember having sleepovers when I was still reasonably young (as in between 11-14 years old) but honestly can't remember which friends of that time they were with.  All I remember were things like staying up really late for that age (like 2am) and watching things like "God's Gift".  If you never got the pleasure of seeing this program, it was a show for I'd say women in their 20s upwards, where men did sexy things to gain approval from the female audience members.  It was kind of like a sluttier version of "Man-O-Man"  hosted by Chris Tarrent in the 90s and played in prime time.  It was basically a chance to giggle and joke at men with their tops off and then to go silent if you thought your parents were going to come downstairs.

My next memories of sleepovers were being 16-18years old, when it was all about daring friends, fake saonsis, watching horror films and talking about boys.  These years had fond memories, as I started to make decent friends, who I could have a joke and a laugh with whilst growing up.  One of the funniest memories from this was definitely when we made a pact that whoever fell asleep would be drawn on.  We all tried so hard to stay up but then one of the other girls fell asleep.  It seemed really funny at the time that we should draw on all her limbs where her pj's didn't cover.  Shortly after we all fell asleep.  In the early hours of the day (as in 7am ish) she woke up to find the drawings on her legs and arms.  I can't quite remember if she screamed or just woke us up, but we were soon all laughing and giggling, even though we were so tired.

The years of 19-23, were mainly alcohol fuelled and there is probably many an occasion that I can't remember.  However there is one night that always comes to mind.  Ages ago I had the idea of Anti-Valentines day (or alternative, as I kind of call it now).  It was the idea that anyone should have fun with friends, family or loved ones).  On the first Anti-Valentine's day celebration, a group of us stayed at a friend of ours.  It was a mixed group of girls and guys who were all friends and single and we listened to music, drunk alcohol and just had a laugh.  One of our male mates feel asleep and the whole idea of drawing on his face was suggested.  The other lads got in first, drawing on a moustache and I think colouring in his eyebrows - I think some of it was with biro : s  Then us girls decided to add some eye shadow etc.  We decided we wanted him to look like William Shakespeare.  After finishing out master piece, we let him sleep and carried on having a laugh.  When he finally woke, he was still quite tipsy and being an English Student, we asked him to recite his favourite shakespeare quotes and talk about the man.  He was so hard to hold in the laughter, especially as the alcohol was well and truly in all our systems.  Being the mean people we are, we even let him leave the house and get in a cab wearing all the make-up.  We heard the next day that when he got home, he saw his face in the massive mirror that was in his parent's hallway and managed to wake up his family at silly o'clock.  We also didn't realise he had a big interview the next day and I think he had trouble taking it all off before the meeting.  Oops : s

The last big sleepover I had at mine was for my 25th birthday.  I invited round about 8 people to celebrate getting older and being a quarter of a century.  It was reasonably chilled watching films, chatting, drinking and eating.  It was really cool and a nice way to catch up with everyone.

Between then and now, I hadn't been to a sleepover (other than crashing at people's houses when I'm too drunk or can't get home).  Then a few days ago I went to a mate's house for one for her 29th birthday.  There were 6 of us who all roughly knew each other and the night consisted of a board game, karaoke on the wii, one friend was painting peoples nails, drinking, chatting, eating and laughing.  The thing I liked about it the most is, we all might be mid-20s to early 30s and doing all different kinds of jobs, but when it comes to a sleepover, it's all about having fun.  For our ages, we all managed to stay up until about 1:30-2pm - which is impressive, as we mostly find late nights quite difficult now.  One mate also decided to go with a onesie, whilst I decided to wear my Selk bag (a sleeping bag that has arms, legs and a hood - its very cool!)  

The thing is, you are as young as you feel and although we had a sleepover, it is completely different to when we were younger.  For me, it was just nice to have one night where you could forget about everything else and just have a night in with the girls.  After all, "When the working week is done, oh girls just want to have fun".

Blog title is from this 80s song (and also the title to a film I like from the same period : p): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A