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

You can stay with me if you like LL. Flame is staying, so if her friend comes too, that'll be 2 on the sofa bed and one on a cotbed sized mattress unless I can ensure our man-in-spare-room isnt here for that night. Ok, so I'm not selling this well, but the offer is there if you need somewhere!!

Now, no taking friendsback and trashing her house while she's away

i wanted to stay over in London but dh vetoed it

Why?

oh god mustrunmore - we had a massive row about it! he doesn't want me to be away too long, apparently (translation: he's too much of a lazy fuckbag to have ds the whole night! he's 10 months, not 10 weeks ffs!!)

see, you've got me started now...

Hmmm. I think I'm married to a saint really, and I still take him for granted! Mind you, he's not good with babies till they "get interactive" ie about 18months

hope you all have a lovely time,i would love to join but cant,have a great time you all deserve itx

Sorry stacey, yes I do have your payment
my spreadsheet is being a right weirdo

becauseimworthit of course you can come

Anyone can come anytime. I need to know a week before the event final numbers as that is when I pay the rest of the money over. Anyone who confirms after that will have to pay on the night but I don't want lots doing it as I don't want to spend the whole night dealing with admin!

Does anyone have any hotel recommendations. I appear to have left it a bit late to find a twin room I want to stay in. I was planning to share with Comeoveneer... but we apprear to have left it too late.

So if anyone can suggest a place, I would really appreciate it.

how about the malmaison?

eleusis, if you can't find a room, would you consider sharing a cab home with me and Slubberdegullion? Just exploring options

Malmaison is booked.

But, COV just e-mailed me with a hotel so we are sorted now.

And no way am I going back to Sunbury. Firstly because the taxi fare would be more than my annual salary. But, more importantly, there will be small children there in the morning.

can't you just get dh to deal with them??

Ele. Hotel all booked

Right, hotel panic over. Now what is everyone wearing?

Either jeans or a black dress

undecidided9didid

sexy black strappy top thing with extortionate lttile gold bit of stuff fabric over and probably black skinnies unless i get a skirt

I am wearing a long sleeved black dress, and prtertending that 'm 3 stone lioghter

I'll fool nobody, but it will make me fee better

Ooh, what does an eleventh-century Viking wear to a salsa club? I won't be going for woolly authenticity!

hallgerda / serenity - I don't know either of you from a bar of soap, but if I hop on the Thameslink at Herne Hill, can I turn up with you? I hate turning up at things by myself....

Fine by me! We'll have to agree a train and a carriage, and some way of recognising one another - any suggestions?