Another year, another friend getting married. This time it was the wedding of Mary and Derrick Compeau. To be honest, I have only met Derrick once before and only twice for Mary through Georgia Goodrick. The couple are the founders of "Buddies" hot Sauce/bbq sauce.
Derrick Compeau and Albie Espinola
Georgia Goodrick and Mary Compeau
I had the pleasure of trying the sauces at their BBQ a few weeks back. It's such a yum sauce. I'm used to quite spicy stuff but some of Mary et Derrick's friends couldn't hack it but all still love it. I think they appreciated /were surprised I ate so much! Anyone who can feed me like they did are definitely friends of mine.
Buddies Sauce
Foy Vance taking a pic after the wedding
The wedding was a small affair but amazing nonetheless. Singer/songwriter Foy Vance sang a song as the bride walked down the aisle. I couldn't stop saying, "aww, that's sick". Of course, I said it in the most complimentary way ever. He's the man!
Buddies for all
I've only started getting to know Mary et Derrick and already they are moving country. They will be heading off to Australia to launch Buddies and their range of sauces and recipes. Good luck and shall miss you guys when you leave.
Albie Espinola and his chicken wings
chicken wings, Compeau style
FYI, the reception food was of course chicken wings with a healthy dose of Buddies as well as some other culinary tricks.
Georgia and I got home early about 9pm as we both were meant to be going out. Georgia was in the living room and I was getting changed out of my formal clothes in her bedroom. From the living room, Georgia shouted "Someone's broken in. My laptop isn't here!"
the last recorded smile from Georgia Goodrick all weekend
I thought she was joking but then realised MY laptop was missing too! Piss take.
The pricks got in through Georgia's kitchen window. They left shoe-prints but no fingerprints were found. Georgia's two laptops, my laptop and some of Georgia's money got taken. They also stole my big leather bag to put all the laptops in. My swank new-ish rollerblades were in there but they took them out.
We should've learned our lesson because only a couple of weeks ago 2 guys were putting their dirty hands through the letterbox trying to unlock the front door...while someone was in!
The scary part is that the robbers now know the plan of the house, what else there is in there and will probably try and strike again being more "prepared" next time. Considering the incident happened while it was daylight, we think someone had been watching our movements. They knew this time no one would be home.
The house is now more secure. Hopefully the pricks won’t get in again or that’ll be really dumb.
Something funny (in a very not funny way) happened shortly after. Only an hour after the police came to check out the scene of the crime, we were chilling out in the living room. Suddenly, we heard this huge smash as if someone was again trying to enter by breaking the window. We ran for our lives into Georgia's room and I locked the door while Georgia shouted for someone to call the police out her window.
The police came to the house AGAIN but turns out it was just the top shelf of the fridge breaking and all the stuff falling on the floor. Pretty funny in hindsight but at the time I shite myself.
All the signs pointed to something bad happening with all my rambling about Crimewatch UK recently.
I hope them burglar b******s get taken off the street and burn.
xx
Albie!!
Derrick Compeau and Albie Espinola
Georgia Goodrick and Mary Compeau
Buddies Sauce
Foy Vance taking a pic after the weddingThe wedding was a small affair but amazing nonetheless. Singer/songwriter Foy Vance sang a song as the bride walked down the aisle. I couldn't stop saying, "aww, that's sick". Of course, I said it in the most complimentary way ever. He's the man!
Buddies for all
Albie Espinola and his chicken wings
chicken wings, Compeau styleGeorgia and I got home early about 9pm as we both were meant to be going out. Georgia was in the living room and I was getting changed out of my formal clothes in her bedroom. From the living room, Georgia shouted "Someone's broken in. My laptop isn't here!"
the last recorded smile from Georgia Goodrick all weekendThe pricks got in through Georgia's kitchen window. They left shoe-prints but no fingerprints were found. Georgia's two laptops, my laptop and some of Georgia's money got taken. They also stole my big leather bag to put all the laptops in. My swank new-ish rollerblades were in there but they took them out.
We should've learned our lesson because only a couple of weeks ago 2 guys were putting their dirty hands through the letterbox trying to unlock the front door...while someone was in!
The scary part is that the robbers now know the plan of the house, what else there is in there and will probably try and strike again being more "prepared" next time. Considering the incident happened while it was daylight, we think someone had been watching our movements. They knew this time no one would be home.
The house is now more secure. Hopefully the pricks won’t get in again or that’ll be really dumb.
Something funny (in a very not funny way) happened shortly after. Only an hour after the police came to check out the scene of the crime, we were chilling out in the living room. Suddenly, we heard this huge smash as if someone was again trying to enter by breaking the window. We ran for our lives into Georgia's room and I locked the door while Georgia shouted for someone to call the police out her window.
The police came to the house AGAIN but turns out it was just the top shelf of the fridge breaking and all the stuff falling on the floor. Pretty funny in hindsight but at the time I shite myself.
All the signs pointed to something bad happening with all my rambling about Crimewatch UK recently.
I hope them burglar b******s get taken off the street and burn.
xx
Albie!!
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