THE ALL NEW XMAS PARTY THREAD - SAT 1ST DEC IN LONDON. SIGN UP HERE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!

[CountessDracula]

The Mumsnet Xmas party will be on Saturday 1st December at 8pmat Latin Square and Club Havana in Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell

All details below incl how to sign up and pay

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.

The following people have already signed up and paid me!

Beegie
Beetroot - PAYPAL
Bluestocking - PAYPAL
BreeLGJ
Bubble99
Bunglie
CantSleepWontSleep - PAYPAL
Carmenere
ChippyMinton - paypal, west london into waterloo if anyone wants to hold my little hand
custardo the poet - PAYPAL
DanielJohnston - I have paypal
elesbells -uxbridge.{can sleep 2}PAYPAL
Eleusis
Flame - PAYPAL
Gizmo
Gomez
Hallgerda - PAYPAL, in Streatham
hunkermunker
IntergalacticWalrus- PAYPAL- Coming from Ponceville, Bath.
Jas - PAYPAL
jura - Paypal - SW London
KC1
Kewcumber
Kif - PAYPAL
Kneehighinnappies-paypal-from OXFORD
legalalien - PAYPAL
littlelapin - PAYPAL - Portsmouth
Mamapyjama
MarsLady - PAYPAL
Morningpaper
MrsRecycle - PAYPAL
Nailpolish - From Edinburgh - shitting self - coming on plane with Gomez
Normabutty
novadandypowder - paypal - willing to hold hands with chippyminton as also in west london
mnhq
mnhq
mnhq
mnhq
Pinkbubble
Pinkchampagne - PAYPAL
PPH/MintyVomInThePistachiosDix-Charrington PAYPAL
Psychomum5 if she can share with me at MRM's
Quootiepie
SaintGeorge - PAYPAL - coming from 'ull,
scummymummy
serenity - PAYPAL
shinyhappyschmoo
shiny's friend
Shiny's sister
Slubberdegullion - PAYPAL - Chester
Squiffy
StarryStarryNight - PAYPAL
theslownorris - PAYPAL -Poole
theUrbanDryad PAYPAL
Tigermoth - PAYPAL - taxi sharing from South East London anyone?
tranquilamanana/nappiesgalore - PAYPAL
Whoops - PAYPAL -Southampton
Wilbur - PAYPAL and in Balham
Yeahinaminute
zippitippitoes warwick no paypal ZIPPY YOU CAN POST ME MONEY AND ILL PAY VIA PAYPAL

IF YOU STILL WANT TO SIGN UP PLS ADD YOUR NAME TO THIS LIST

lou is amnd jealous that she isn't coming now lol

lou is amnd jealous that she isn't coming now lol

If anyone wants to go then PLEASE GO AND TELL CD YOU ARE THERE IN MY PLACE.

I Finally found hotel accomodation and as usual booked my train ticket using the trainline who are normally very good when it comes to disabled travellers.

A few days before travelling they post you your ticket or notify you as to which station it can collected from. 2 days ago I ripped open an envelope from them but there as NO ticket.

The new regulations needed the size of my electric chair so I duly telephoned and was told it was 1 inch two wide and rules are rules so I could not use it. No problem I said I would use my manual chair. OH NO! According to the new regulations I would need an assistant, who could travel free! I spoke to my dh and he has said 'no' and was adament, (He did have a good excuse as he had planned a night out with the boys for a mates stag do). So I am stuck as my chair is 1 inch too wide. I was offered a car lift but my chair is far too heavy for the back axel and having sorted out her costs with the garage etc this was prooving very expensive.

The long and the short of it is I have decided to cut my losses now and I would much rather that CD either spends the money I transferred to her. for either to help balance the books OR to pay for another Mumsnetter she knows wants to go but is finding it to costly.

CD, the choice of how to use this money is entirely up to you. I know that you will make the right decission and my only request is that you ask Tech for a spellchecker,as I really can't spell!!

I am really upset about this and have nice red eyes, the only bit of good news I can tell you is that because I can not go in person there will be a 'Bunglie Bullitin' to those of you who want to know the latest good news about my children. Can I therefore ask those of you who do want to know to send me their email address, Mumsnet name that I would know them as, and I am sorry to ask but your real name so I know who has been told what without me accidentally telling my stepmother or any of their new adopted family who both read this board. Please send your details to; bungliepig{at}yahoo{dot}com.

It is very hard to believe that my son is 22 and next month (Jan) my daughter will be 21. This last year we have had ups and downs but I am glad to say that I am very, very proud indeed to have them both as my children my only sadness is that I missed out on their childhood and I often wonder how I got through those early years but more about it all later.

Have a wonderful party and please remember that I wish each and everyone of you a Very Happy Christmas and I am sorry I can not get B.R. to change their regulations just for me to join you all.
Love,
Bunglie

oh that sounds a real shame bunglie

is anyone else going in on their own? i really don't want to walk in on my own!!

just seen that the last train leaves Victoria at half 11. rubbish. i bet i'm the first one to leave....

I'm coming on my own.

Bunglie, where do you live? Can one of us come with you as helper?

I sadly wont be able to make it now. I have to attend a functin witn my husband.

Anybody want my ticket?

wabbit - where are you staying? at your mum's or dh's club??

[panics] We aren't actually supposed to be in possession of tickets are we??!

tUD - neither - I am staying with my baby sister's best friend who I have known for many years - we call her "sister number 4". She is 26. She has informed me that when I get back to her place, we are going clubbing

urban, you have to go home on the last train? that does suck a bit.

Message withdrawn

Which reminds me, as I posted on my sad "excited" thread.. my sister plans to pull in the club after the meal.

I would thereby like, at this stage, to state a disclaimer:

Depsite fact that my sister is five years my junior, I am not in any way responsible for her, or her drunken/lewd/out of control/embarassing behaviour at any stage of the evening. Thank you.

hey bunglie, where are you? maybe one of can come and pick you up?

can't afford a hotel - nowhere else to stay and dh wasn't happy about me staying in london overnight. (see my rant further down)

Oh!! Bloody feck...

Have been reading down..

There must be a way around these issues.. can anyone help out Urby? Who can she stay with/share with?

And Bunglie.. what can we do about the (frankly, shameful!) Britsh Rail issue!

Let's do something.. in our usual Mumsnet fashion! We can't all make merry while some of our friends who wanted to come, can't make it!

cant go looking for rant now, am sposed to be logging off and going to bed... but that sucks. still, youll just have to get there early, wont you??
i think ill be there early.
is much better than walking into a room full of people all nattering and not knowing a soul!

Very, very sorry that I will not be able to come (I hadn't put my name down, but was hoping that I would be able to make it). I have the social life of a gnat usually, but next week I am out on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday already.

I hope you all have a fab, fab time!

QS - just sent an email to your peppers address!!

Bunglie - am complete gutted for you - I was so looking forward to finally meeting you.

Shinny - you can tell you're a novice lol!!Everyone gets drunk at these do's and forgets who they've spoken to/how they embarassed themselves

MrsRecycle, thanks I have seen it, and replied!

Great!

ok. I cant seem to have CDs email addresse anywhere now. Help?

CountessDracula I just email you on your other email addresse.

MrsRecycles friend is taking my place.

I am StarryStarryNight btw.

Buglie - where were you coming from? DH is taking me in the landrover if I can offer you a lift at all?

ah, i wondered who this quintessential bird was...

i am nappiesgalore btw .