I cant afford to replace this :(

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My friend came over to ours for new year and brought two bottles of some sort of brut/champagne. It wasn't chilled so i popped it in the freezer. We then drank the booze i had here and promptly forgot about the fizz.

Tonight when i went to make the kids an ice cream desert i found a drawer full of champagne slush and broken glass :(

I cant afford to replace them unless they are much cheaper than i think. I am thinking all i can do is ring pal and confess/apologise.

wwyd?

Yep - phone and explain. If I was the friend I would tell you that you didn't need to replace it anyway, if he/she is any sort of good friend they'll do the same.

You don't need replace bottles she brought to you! You need never mention it. Presumably she was happy to drink YOUR stuff.

Would they be expecting them back? If I'd taken 2 bottles of something to someone else's house for a party, even if they hadn't been drunk I wouldn't expect to get them back.

Why would you need to replace them? Were they not a gift?

Your friend is just as responsible as she left them at your house. You can get a bottle of Champagne for £15 or cava, which is the same, for £8. Cava is not called Champagne because it's not made in the Champagne region of France, there's no other difference. I'd call her and ask her.

Is your friend expecting one of the bottles back, or for you to bring them out on a future occasion when she visits? Or wouldn't she just assume these bottles go back into your 'stock' since you both drank other alcohol you already had in? Just wondering whether you really need to confess at all.

Do you remember what names was on the bottles? Should be able to check the value online.

Was she going to come back and get it? I would think if she left it at your house then it was for you.

I definatly wouldn't expect you to replace it if I were your friend.

Surely it was a gift, and she won't be expecting them back?

Ordinarily i would take them back round to hers. They did drink our stuff with us but it was more gin, beer, cider etc. Just because it was 2 bottles of champagne of some sort i felt i would give them back to her. I would expect she might say 'oh we never got round to having that champagne i brought' and i would then say i'd bring it over.

She's a good friend so i know she'll be fine but i can imagine slightly pissed off that i was stupid enough to put it in the freezer and forget about ither 30 quid. I suppose i am pissed at myself, i hate wasting anything esp something costly.

Another good reason to stick to gin imo

sorry should read-'forget about it if it cost her 30 quid'