My First Melbourne Cup And It Was Shocking!

The first Tuesday of November is Melbourne Cup Day! It is considered a holiday so Paul and the kids had off of work and school. Who knew you could have the day off for horse races? Monday night Paul and I went to a TAB to put some bets on for the next day. He also put some money in his phone account so he could bet from home on the computer. Paul won some races early in the day. One particular race he backed a horse named Strawberry. If you've ever met Paul, you know how loud he can be. Well Strawberry was winning, so Paul was yelling out 'GO STRAWBERRY! GO STRAWBERRY!!' and so Andrew, who was in the other room and had no idea what was going on, starts yelling out in the other room 'GO STRAWBERRY!!!'. We had bought a party pack of meat pies and sausage rolls, as well as mini dim sims, money bags, and spring rolls. We had those for lunch and brownies for dessert that Chelsea and I made. The big race started at 3, so we all made sure we were paying attention. The horse that won was named Shocking and second place was Crime Scene. I had backed Crime Scene each way so I won a little bit a money because he placed! When I say a little bit of money, I mean a little bit of money. I won $15! All in all it was a good day. We made back our money that we spent on the bets and then some. I can't wait until next year!