Crepey Corner

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Where the cool and the discerning hang out. New one.

Chat now, innit.

Oooh champagne bar sounds great

I could try to slip out and meet you earlier - it''s easy for me to get to Kings X from here, or somewhere nearer the venue?

Rubes, it will be absolutely fine! I'm looking forward to meeting you, so, I'm sure, is BTM, you've met BIWI before (she's lovely, isn't she?), so there are at least three of us who will talk to you.

Actually, some of the people I had the best chats with at the Spring Meet-up were people who I didn't even know from the threads. There were loads of people there who didn't know anyone. It'll be fun, honest.

BTM, I haven't given my travel plans any thought as yet, but, trust me, I won't be wearing such ridiculous shoes this time, after that trek down the road looking for cabs.

Sounds like a great plan ruby! And I am, of course looking forward to meeting you!

CV, if you do fancy meeting en route, let me know - hopefully the journey won't involve looking for a bloody cab for hours this time

Wish I was coming! I'd like to meet Ruby, too! I often occasionally go to the Champagne bar at St P. I don't think it has taken off as they expected. The last time I went there was a small crowd of 60+ people, in that well known uniform of pastel fleeces, pastel top and comfy grey or beige trousers, all saying "Well, Maureen and Brian said they came here the other week, but they never said anything about it being this expensive. Derek, would it be cheaper if we shared a bottle, do you think? Or should we just get a coffee before the Eurostar downstairs?" Because it never seems busy, it is a nice place to have a drink and a read, or just people watch, I think. And I do like my Champagne...

MrsS, is it too late for you to get in on the act? You would be the star party-animal

Ooh, that champagne bar. The best bit is the heater under each seat. I went to a press do there once, and got disgracefully pissed.

QUIMMING QUIM. Rather than give lots of DS's old clothes (nice stuff, BNWT, Monsoon, etc) to chariddy, I thought I'd make myself a few bob and sell them on ebay. Took photos, uploaded them, wrote lists, blah blah... They sold last night for a grand total of.... £5. By the time I've paid for jiffy bags, and inevitable postage cock-ups, I'll make a net loss.

We have rivals, crepeys. There are not one but two threads on the dreaded turkey neck syndrome.

Ah, but we are the original and first Herbs...
Champange - mummmm........ :) I had two fab cocktails on Saturday night -

Rattlesnake Margarita
Herradura Resposado tequila shaken hard with root ginger, fresh lime juice & honey water. Served
straight up with an orange sugar rim. A Margarita with a fierce bite!

Double yummy
Scorched Lemon & Vanilla Margarita
Burnt lemon wedges are muddled down with vanilla infused Sauza Hornitos tequila, Cointreau and a
touch of vanilla sugar rim.

Am now on a diet as need to lose weight as have spare tyre with its own spare tyre............

Ruby, all this talk of the lovely champagne bar is making me

Are you going there at lunchtime or just before the do? If it was later, I could probably make it......

Herbs, I have an odd wrinkly patch on the side of my neck. Not quite turkey, more slightly shar pei. It itches a bit, so am slapping La Roche Posay on it.

I cannot drink Tequila. It has something in it that means I cannot stop. On one occasion in my wild and mis-spent yoof, after a night of Tequila Slammers (classy, moi?) I err, put on a bit of a floor show in the pub with a friend's boyfriend. I then took him home - back to mine, not to hers, and we carried on where we left off. Another time I had to call the doctor out to give me a jab as I couldn't stop throwing up. Apparently I had been similarly entertaining on that occasion. I haven't touched the stuff since.

Nah, tequilla's not my thing. It was all the rage in the 80's

I am dreaming of an amaretto-sour cocktail...

MrsS, there are 2 free spare places now for Sat night, pleeeeeeeaaaaasssseee come

Alas I cannot. We have house guests this weekend.

BTM - it's inner thigh my jeans have gone through. Not a Good Look.

Although I am thinking that instead of paying an arm and a leg for Levis I may go for Uniqlo again...and get them properly altered, locally, to fit. Hmm. Should easily be cheaper, frankly. And I'd have to shorten them in any case...

MrsS - I can't bear tequila. I alway think it tastes the same going down as it does coming back up again - no doubt you can vouch for that.

I did one of those tequila shots with the little pickled worm in the bottom once. Got a free tee-shirt!

Am I the official Crepey Lush?

I think the wormy would have come straight back up with the tequila, CV.

I agree re tequila slammers etc, but margaritas are fab :)
Is this the MN meet up you are all going to?

God, the worm! And the blade of grass peed on by a bull in the Polish vodka. Mmmmm, not!

MI where is good to park when one has to go to Argos in your neck of the woods?!

Having spent part of my wild and mis-spent yoof in Poland, I quite like Bisons Piss Vodka.

I am grumpy and having . My grumpiness is entirely hormonal. I am also whingey. I have also spent a large chunk of my Christmas budget on a v. v. lovely (so lovely I have built them a shrine) pair of boots. Therefore I am also feeling guilty. Altogether, I am a complete grotbag and am consequently not saying much at the moment. Just so as you know...

Do you think everyone will hate me if I give them a bag of dust and a jar of farts for Christmas?