*******XMAS PARTY UPDATE, FORGET ALL OTHER THREADS, THIS IS THE ONE, ALL DETAILS HERE, SIGN UP HERE FROM NOW ON, EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP ALREADY PLS READ******

[CountessDracula]

Those who have signed up so far are

1. Eleusis
2. Countess Dracula
3. COV
4. Kewcumber
5. Flame - PAYPAL
6. Mustrunmore - PAYPAL
7. rbj949703
8. MarsLady - PAYPAL
9. Gomez
10. littlelapin - PAYPAL - Portsmouth
11. StarryStarryNight - PAYPAL
12. deweydell
13. Bubble99
14. CODDY
15. Carmenere
16. custardo the poet - PAYPAL
17. wickedwaterwitch and her dog
18. Mummymagic - PAYPAL - London (N16)
19. newlifenewname - PAYPAL
20. legalalien - PAYPAL
21. CantSleepWontSleep - PAYPAL
22. VVVQV - PAYPAL
23. BreeLGJ
24. Jas - PAYPAL
25. Sophable
26. scummymummy
27. serenity - PAYPAL
28. JeremyVile
29. Mhamai - PAYPAL
30. IntergalacticWalrus
31. Yeahinaminute
32. kimi
33. bluesarahjayne
34. pyjamaqueen - PAYPAL
35. hunkermunker
36. Beetroot - PAYPAL
37. ladylush
38. posey
39. adorabelle
40. Mamazon - PAYPAL
41. cylonbabe
42. elesbells - PAYPAL
43. ThisIsDavinaPleaseDoNotSwear
44. MrsRecycle - PAYPAL
45. zippitippitoes warwick no paypal
46. chopster
47. tranquilamanana/nappiesgalore - PAYPAL
48. Bluestocking - PAYPAL
49. edam
50. Squiffy
51. WelshBoris - PAYPAL
52. Rosmerta - PAYPAL
53. MegaLegs - 1st Dec is my birthday - I want cake and the bumps - PAYPAL
54. Boco - PAYPAL
55. Kif - PAYPAL
56. LittleBellatrixLeBoot
57. mollymawk
58. missyhols - PAYPAL
59. iMum - PAYPAL
60. BBBee
61. Sugar34plum
62. SleeplessinthestaceyM11house
63. Imaginaryfriend - PAYPAL
64. Paulaplumpbottom
65. Eddas
66. Normabutty
67. Whoops - PAYPAL -Southampton
68. Mamapyjama
69. theslownorris - PAYPAL -Poole
70. Psychomum5 if she can share with me at MRM's
71. MilfAKAMonkeymonkeymoomoo - PAYPAL
72. massivebigpantsface
73. Ladytophamhatt - PAYPAL
74. Pinkchampagne
75. Pinkbubble
76. Neverwithoutmascara
77. UCM - Essex and with paypal
78. Wilbur - PAYPAL and in Balham
79. Hallgerda - PAYPAL applied for (takes 3- 5 days o fellow ebay virgins), in Streatham

We are going to Latin Square and Club Havana in Clerkenwell on 1 December

here is the website

\link {http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=1368&threadid=369378#7532791\My review of the venue is here}

oh fuckity fuck

here is the review

Why are we listing place names... is it where we are coming from for car share etc?

Is Cod really coming?! She's down at number 14 ...

SO THE UPDATE IS

I have spoken to the Venue today and asked a number of questions, the upshot of which is:

1. They will be issuing the xmas party menu on Thursday, it will be £24.50 per head and will comprise platters of 6 tapas choices (ie we choose 6 between all of us, they divvy it up into platters and each table gets one) for starters, then platters of main courses again to share, things like steak, chicken etc on platters, we can choose 5 and there will be veggie options.

Alternatively we can have a buffet of the same food (not table service) for £2000 for 100 people.

2. They need a £200 deposit which I am happy to pay myself and recoup when the cash comes in.

3. If we have between 90 and 130 people we can have the restaurant exclusively from 8pm all night to ourselves. If we dip below 90 they may put other tables in the restaurant too.

4.The adjancent cocktail bar and the club downstairs will also be open to the public. He said that there will be other parties (smaller) in the cocktail bar so we will not be on our own in the club (which is what we wanted I believe)

5. I will collect all the money via paypal as much as possible and others can send me cheques. I will then pay for the FOOD ONLY upfront. There will be no table service of drinks, you will have to go to the bar if you want wine for dinner. All wines avail from the bar. This means there will be NO faffing around at the end of the evening over money.

6. A week before the party we MUST confirm numbers. I'm afraid anyone who drops out after this time WILL LOSE THEIR MONEY as I will still have to pay. Obv if you can fill your place with someone else then that will be fine. If anyone else suddenly decides they want to come in the last week I'm sure that would be fine but I would have to check.

If you wish pls put where you live so that others from your area can arrange travel with you (if you like)

There is an accommodation thread here

ALSO WE NEED ANOTHER 10 OR 20 PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE WEEK!
PLS EMAIL YOUR MN FRIENDS AND BADGER THEM

I AM NOT PAYING DEPOSIT UNTIL WE HAVE AT LEAST 90!!

MNHQ are any of you coming??

hi cd don't want to leave you amnically shouting on your own lol

When are we going to ahem........... check it out without enjoying ourselves, dancing and drinking ourselves stupid?????????? Forgot to write the date in my diary!

Hi Marsy

Feel free to organise any time!
I am booked up for quite a while at weekends now though

Well as you're booked up, you choose the date and I'll make sure my 'mums' use corks!

And aren't we supposed to be going with Eleusis and a couple of others? Not that I mind being out with a Gooner all on my lone!

Well I think it needs to be soonish and my next free weekend is at the end of Sept!

Excellent! So last weekend of September then! Friday or Saturday?

NO I MEAN HAS TO BE BEFORE THEN AS I HAVE TO PAY A DEPOSIT!

I have been already don't need to go again
Eleusis was up for it

I could do a week night maybe?

Happiness is mine!

my brain is going to explode at the thought of organising flights and hotels
and i have no money

79 PPH aka Minty. [memo to self - get tiara out of vaults in good time] PAYPAL

oh hurrah
well done pph!

Any news on you know what?

Minty - blog update please

my life is b-o-r-i-n-g and needs some excitement ..

much appreciated and all that

x

Oh Minty, are you coming to theChristmas bash?

CD, I think everything looks fab. Well done!!

Come on people, sign up and recruit allof your MN buddies. In fact,recruit buddies whare not yet on MN. We can get them hooked.

And,Marsy,oh the cheek. I started a threadeven put your name in the title, but it was silent as could be. So I gave up on the night out and suggested to CD that her review was more than enough to proceed to book it if that was okay with everyone else.
And now you want to know when we're going...not to mention you are only interested in going with CD...hmpf!! I'm going to tell EVERYONE about your ASDA lemon drizzle.

when do we pay the dosh? presume we pay the 24 quid up front ???