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NEW OCTOBER XMAS PARTY THREAD - IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS, ALL DETAILS HERE.... YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP HERE TOO IF YOU WANT TO COME!

270 replies

CountessDracula · 01/10/2007 11:20

The Mumsnet Xmas party will be in the evening (8pm I guess?) at Latin Square and Club Havana in Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell

VENUE

Details here of the venue. We have exclusive use of the restaurant for the whole night, we can use the cocktail bar too and get free entry to Club Havana all night. I have been and checked it out, my review is here

FOOD

Cost - £26 to include a tip
The food is the Xmas menu, we have chosen:

Starters

Smoked salmon and asparagus - smoked salmon wrapped asparagus spears served with cream cheese
Goat?s cheese salad - with rocket leaves, Goat?s cheese, tomato and olive oil vinaigrette
Selection of Cured Meats - A selection of cured Spanish meats with manchego cheese and melon
Vegetable skewers - Lime-flavoured char-grilled seasonal vegetables with fresh basil, olive oil and balsamic vinegar
Spanish omelette - A traditional Spanish potato and onion omelette
Turkey Breast & cranberry sauce - Turkey breast wrapped with Serrano ham served with cranberry sauce

Mains

Mix Sea Food - Deep fried seafood mix served with lemon, sea salt and aioli
Chorizo - pan fried in red wine sauce
Paella rice with chicken - Traditional paella rice with chicken and traditional herbs
Quesadillas Fiesta - Grilled tortilla parcel with vegetable mix and double cheese filling served with sour cream and salsa mexicana
Spare ribs - pork spare ribs in a hickory bbq sauce
Stuffed Bell Peppers - stuffed with rice, tomato sauce and authentic herbs topped with buffalo mozzerella

Pudding choices (you must choose one)

  1. Organic mango and coconut cheesecake
  2. Lemon meringue pie with a scoop of strawberry ice-cream made with double cream
  3. A shot of Christmas Slammer made with our imported tequila to get you in a great party mood (as opposed to English tequila one presumes)

BOOZE

No booze is included. You have to order and pay for whatever you want on the night

All come on platters to share served at tables.

PAYMENT (for new people signing up and those who have not yet paid)

IF YOU HAVE PAYPAL

  • Pls send £27.08 (NOT US Dollars which is the default) to countessdrac at gmail dot com. This is £26 + 3.4% plus £0.20 GBP which is what I will be charged to use this.
  • Ensure you put your MN posting name in there somewhere so I know who it is from.
  • Pls post on here to say you have paid and post your choice of Pudding (choices at bottom of this post) at the same time.

IF YOU HAVE A BANK A/C FROM WHICH YOU CAN MAKE A DIRECT TRANSFER EG INTERNET OR TELEPHONE BANKING

  • Pls email me at countessdrac at gmail dot com, I will send you sort code and a/c no which is all you need to make a transfer.
  • Pls post on here to say you have paid when you make the transfer and post your choice of Pudding (choices at bottom of this post) at the same time.
  • Pls ensure you tell me the name of the bank a/c that you are transferring from so I can identify your payment. If you are transferring from Halifax pls tell me as I don't get ANY details of who the payment is from, so will need to look out for your payment.

I will post details of who is coming....

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FluffyMummy123 · 01/11/2007 14:58

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NotQuiteCockney · 01/11/2007 19:46

HM, I haven't paid CD, I'll take your place, and pay for it, no problem. Sorry to hear you can't make it.

Slubberdegullion · 01/11/2007 21:03

Have e-mailed you cd

adorabelle
aura
BBBee
Beegie
Beenleigh (do you have paypal/where do you live?)
Beetroot - PAYPAL
bluesarahjayne
Bluestocking - PAYPAL
Boco - PAYPAL
BreeLGJ
Bubble99
Bunglie
CantSleepWontSleep - PAYPAL
Carmenere
ChippyMinton - paypal, west london into waterloo if anyone wants to hold my little hand
chopster
Countess Dracula
COV
custardo the poet - PAYPAL
cylonbabe
DanielJohnston - I have paypal
deweydell
Dinosaur - a local Dino for local people - do you ahve paypal?
Drea sister in law of Drea100 (she is a member but don't know her nickname will update)
Drea100 - can access paypal
edam
elesbells -uxbridge.{can sleep 2}PAYPAL
Eleusis
ELR, croydon, got paypal, can offer
Flame - PAYPAL
Genidef + 1, possibly two. Probably PAYPAL, DH says will sort for me.
Gingermonkey (coming from Wakefield, 'oop north' on train, fingers crossed for a babysitter) - PAYPAL
Gizmo - PAYPAL
Gomez
Hallgerda - PAYPAL, in Streatham
hunkermunker
Imaginaryfriend - PAYPAL
iMum - PAYPAL
IntergalacticWalrus- PAYPAL- Coming from Ponceville, Bath.
Jas - PAYPAL
jura - Paypal - SW London
JustineMumsnet
Kaloo20 PAYPAL - will try to get SoupDragon to come along (shh don't tell her)
KC1
Kewcumber
Kif - PAYPAL
kimi
Kneehighinnappies-paypal-from OXFORD
ladylush
legalalien - PAYPAL
LittleBellatrixLeBoot
littlelapin - PAYPAL - Portsmouth

Mamapyjama
Mamazon - PAYPAL
MarsLady - PAYPAL

Mhamai - NO paypal
MilfAKAMonkeymonkeymoomoo - PAYPAL
missyhols - PAYPAL
mollymawk
Morningpaper
MrsRecycle - PAYPAL
Mummymagic - PAYPAL - London (N16)
Mustrunmore - PAYPAL
Nailpolish - From Edinburgh - shitting self - coming on plane with Gomez
Neverwithoutmascara
newlifenewname - PAYPAL
Normabutty
novadandypowder - paypal - willing to hold hands with chippyminton as also in west london
mnhq
oops- will paypal you in next cple of days thankyou vey muchly
Paulaplumpbottom
Pinkbubble
Pinkchampagne - PAYPAL
PPH/MintyVomInThePistachiosDix-Charrington PAYPAL
Psychomum5 if she can share with me at MRM's
Quootiepie
rbj949703 - NO PAYPAL
Rosmerta - PAYPAL
SaintGeorge - PAYPAL - coming from 'ull,
scummymummy
serenity - PAYPAL
shinyhappy
shinyhappy's friend
shinyhappy's sister (PAYPAL on 1/11/07)
SleeplessinthestaceyM11house
Sophable
Squiffy
StarryStarryNight - PAYPAL
Sugar34plum
theslownorris - PAYPAL -Poole
theUrbanDryad PAYPAL
ThisIsDavinaPleaseDoNotSwear
Tigermoth - PAYPAL - taxi sharing from South East London anyone?
tranquilamanana/nappiesgalore - PAYPAL
UCM - Essex and with paypal
WelshBoris - PAYPAL WALES
Whoops - PAYPAL -Southampton
Wilbur - PAYPAL and in Balham
Yeahinaminute
zippitippitoes warwick no paypal ZIPPY YOU CAN POST ME MONEY AND ILL PAY VIA PAYPAL

ShinyHappyRocketsGoingBANG · 02/11/2007 16:30

Does anyone know where the Countess is? Is she away? I could just do with knowing if my sister's payment went through ok. Sorry in advance for being a pain!

CountessDracula · 02/11/2007 16:31

yes yes it is here!

Sorry have bween away

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ShinyHappyRocketsGoingBANG · 02/11/2007 16:45

That's ok Lovely Countess! Thank you! Was just concerned because my sister cocks these things up with alarming regularity, despite being the "career girl" of the family! Am also assuming it was fine for her to come/sign up so late in the day...?!

CountessDracula · 02/11/2007 16:50

of course!

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CountessDracula · 02/11/2007 17:04

ooh thanks for pinning this
pinning
a new one on me

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CantSparkleWontSparkle · 02/11/2007 17:25

CD - tracked kimi down on another thread, and she won't be able to make it any more.

MrsRecycle · 02/11/2007 19:09

Oh elesbells just seen you are going. Do you want to come up with me? dh has volunteered to pick me up (we have 6 seats going spare) so if anyone stays at yours they can come back with me. Shinny was going to stay but she's stood me up

ShinyHappyRocketsGoingBANG · 02/11/2007 20:04

What a beeaatch that woman is!

elesbells · 02/11/2007 22:59

mrs r. thanks that would be great

it means i can drink Gin

elesbells · 02/11/2007 23:01

ooops Freuden slip

nappiesLaGore · 02/11/2007 23:32

SSN are you coming now? i really would like to meet you. decided ages ago that you are really v nice and i like you. cant for the life of me remember why, but details arent important are they? (memory like a sieve)

theres quite a few people on the list id be v pleased to meet actch. of course, i could possibly be on form and actually manage to have conversations with people that might even be amusing or enjoyable in some way, but its entirely possible that i wont and will get pathetically drunk again like last time.

still, at least sophable will dance on the chairs with me again and call me thin, which is nice

BeetrootMNRoyalty · 02/11/2007 23:48

countess - seem tohave lost your email addres - think it is in my hotmail account adn I a=cannot access it.

email me at my NOT beetroot account.

or facebook me

CountessDracula · 03/11/2007 10:16

have done beets
or you can contact me on countessdrac at gmail dot com
it fwds to my real address

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NappiesShnappiesPANTSgalore · 03/11/2007 10:49

nothing to add, just posting my bragging namechange

StarryStarryNight · 03/11/2007 19:15

NappiesGalore (I too have decided I like you, and I cant either remember why!!)

I am coming, but I will not stay in hotel in central London, I shall go home after. Tis an attempt to stay quite SOBER.

StarryStarryNight · 03/11/2007 19:16

oh, and fab name!

cheritongirl · 03/11/2007 19:37

umm could i come even though i don't know any others MNetters in RL?!And am i being dense but what date is it on?!

CantSparkleWontSparkle · 03/11/2007 21:53

It's on 1st December cheritongirl, and of course you can come!

cheritongirl · 04/11/2007 09:38

darn i will be immersed in a law course then..nevermind! Have fun everyone!

dividedself · 04/11/2007 20:53

hey! I can actually afford to come after all - will paypal on Monday. Anyone need to buddy up travelling/accomodation wise? I'm coming from St Albans so will be coming through King's Cross.

CantSleepWontSleep · 04/11/2007 21:40

dividedself - Princessmel is coming from StAlbans too. I said that I would get a train (from Luton Parkway or Harpenden) that stops there so that I could meet her en route. Perhaps you could join up with us.

TinkerbellesMum · 05/11/2007 01:26

I really want to come but I can't afford to pay just yet, I'm right in between pay days. Please can we work something out?