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MN September Shindig

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FrankWippery · 09/08/2012 11:15

Ok, so we have a venue, a growing list of those coming and Dances making lists.

I'm not going to give the address of the venue on this thread, but will put it in the FB Meet up Group and PM those who are not on FB. If you are and are not already in the group, please click the link and ask to be added and we shall do just that - just as soon as you have confirmed that you are coming and have made a payment of £20 to the Meet Up PayPal account.

The £20 will cover food (12-14ish decent sized canapés), anywhere between 2-4 drinks and, most importantly, cake. Depending on final numbers we have yet to decide whether to have a stock of paid for drinks - wine, beer, soft drinks perhaps, followed by a pay bar; or to do tokens of a set value that can be used for any drinks, again paying once you have used your tokens up.

The venue is just south of the river, next to Tower Bridge; BIWI, Pistey and I selflessly went and checked it out last week and it is lovely, great position and with easy transport to all London main line stations. Tube wise it has Northern Line, Jubilee Line and Circle/District lines running very close by.

With regard to food, when you have paid (please PM me or Pistey for the PayPal details as, again, I don't want to publish it for the world to see), could you please let me know any dietary requirements - allergies/vegetarian etc so that I can finalise the menu accordingly a couple of weeks before the bash.

Accommodation - we are hoping to sort out a group rate at a Travelodge, so if you are in need of a bed for the night, please do let me know and we can add you on to our list.

I will C&P the list of who is coming after this post. If you are coming and are not on it, please add yourself.

I think that's everything..... Any other questions, just let me know and I will, hopefully, be able to answer them.

OP posts:
Hullygully · 02/10/2012 16:01

I once crocheted egg cosies for everyone for Chrimbo. Imagine their pleasure and delight.

GetOrfAKAMrsUsainBolt · 02/10/2012 16:12

I once made pomanders for Christmas when in my days of skintness. They were not well received. Bloody hurt my fingers stabbing bastard cloves into oranges.

Hullygully · 02/10/2012 16:14

It would be a toss up to imagine which was better and more gratefully received.

GetOrfAKAMrsUsainBolt · 02/10/2012 16:18

And pinning bits of ribbon to make it look christmassy.

My mother: 'seriously, getorf, what the fuck is this?'

Me: 'it's a pomander'

My mother: 'an orange with bits of old cack stuck in? You can take it home with you'

Hullygully · 02/10/2012 16:23

My family were much kinder, they said they were lovely and when we caught them guffawing and weeping they said it was about a joke one of them had told. That none of them could remember to tell us.

BigStickBIWI · 02/10/2012 16:24

If we could round up 165 of us we could go here

Hullygully · 02/10/2012 16:29

They've got shooting!

Do they provide the peasants?

I'm in.

I have been trying out them things wot you spoke about, btw, wot you learned in parts over pond.

TheVermiciousKnid · 02/10/2012 16:32

So this is where you're all hanging out, gribbing, grunning and gurning, you feckers. I was just about to post in AIBU, wondering it it's unreasonable to ask whether the meet-uppers were all lost in inaction because (a) Hully had been pushed into the Thames and the rest of you had been arrested, or (b) you were all still too hangover to find your way onto Mumsnet.

Not that I've missed you. Oh no. And I'm not at all :( or Envy that I couldn't come to the meet-up. Not one bit, oh no, definitely not.

Anyway, it sounds like you all had fun. Grin Even without me.

KnottyLocks · 02/10/2012 16:32

And an 18 hole golf course! Think of the damage we could do on a midnight round.

BigStickBIWI · 02/10/2012 16:34

Hully - things of wot I spoke? If so, have only vague memory, for some reason ...

Hullygully · 02/10/2012 16:34

Now.

Knid is a tip top organiser.

Aren't you Kniddy dear?

TheVermiciousKnid · 02/10/2012 16:36

I am far too disorganised. :( You should see our house - complete chaos.

I might just be able to organise something in a carvery in the middle of nowhere?

TheVermiciousKnid · 02/10/2012 16:36

I could make a few lists though. As long as people tell me what to put on the lists. Would that do? :)

Hullygully · 02/10/2012 16:37

But that's simply not true, dear.

You do such beautiful, alphabetised lists, List Master Vermicious.

BrainSurgeon · 02/10/2012 16:37

Blimey BIWI that looks lovely! and only £20/night!?!?

Wot with all the talented chefs on MN, the self-catering won't be a problem!

I'll just pay for the ingredients as I can't cook for the life of me

TheVermiciousKnid · 02/10/2012 16:38

Well yes, I could do a beautiful list - as long as I don't need to do anything else. You supply me with the items for the list, and I'll put them in order. :)

TuftyFinch · 02/10/2012 16:45

I once covered my grandma's tub of toothpase in stickers and gave it to my mum and dad for Christmas. They were so pleases.

needanswers · 02/10/2012 16:46

We do regular bunk house meetups - it's great fun - the cooks provide food, the rest provide food, those who cook don't clean or wash a dish - cocktails abound.

They are usually very drunken!

BrainSurgeon · 02/10/2012 16:48

Shit - I hate washing up too. I can fill up the dishwasher at a push

TheVermiciousKnid · 02/10/2012 16:48

In that case, you could be the organiser! :)

Hullygully · 02/10/2012 16:50

I would have been very pleases with the toothpase, tifty

Hullygully · 02/10/2012 16:51

WHAT ARE BUNK HOUSES?

needanswers · 02/10/2012 16:55

*provide booze

Bunk houses - basically private youth hostels

They can have hot tubs and everything

ExitPursuedByJKR · 02/10/2012 17:15

Bunk Houses - no, you won't like those Hully at all.

Hot tubs in a bunk house - Hah!

More likely a sheep dip.

TheVermiciousKnid · 02/10/2012 17:24

How about going somewhere for a few days over Christmas? That way we could avoid all that Christmas hassle. And we could do a secret Santa and decorate-a-tub-of-toothpase competition.