I can’t believe, once again, that it is so long since I updated my blog!!!
IVA continues ok at the moment but we will be hitting a few snags soon but that’s a whole new blog!!
Last weekend saw another Frugal Friends Christmas meeting, my third since finding the forum. There would have been one last year but the weather was against us so it was cancelled.
This year was booked at the Travelodge in Northampton with a meal at the Toby Carvery attached to it so we could have a sit down meal rather than a buffet.
Once again, many thanks to Melanie Giles for funding the evening, especially as she couldn’t be there. She was missed.
There were fifteen of us who attended – myself and my hubby, Tracey and her fiance, Lesley and her husband, luluj and her husband, Roadrunners (Michelle and Kevin), djw and his lovely son Jordan, Skeef and last, but not least, Andy and his wife Bev.
It was great to meet up with old friends again and also to make some new ones. It’s amazing how we all get on so well considering we’ve never met in the flesh before.
The evening got off to a dramatic start when one of the barmaids fell and knocked herself out!!! I think she was ok but was taken to hospital for a check up.
Wasn’t impressed that we weren’t allowed to open a tab behind the bar so poor Andy had to go out and find a cashpoint to get money to buy the drinks!!!! Stupid thing is that we were able to open a tab for the meal!!!
The meal…………….what can I say? Mediocre would be about the best we could say. Meat was tough, veg not good and you had to hunt to find the gravy!!!! As for dessert – luluj will tell you that her Eton Mess was just that, a total mess with very little meringue!!! Rhubarb crumble was cold and custard for it was served in the same sort of bowl as the pudding – where on earth did that come from? Many complaints were made and I believe there was some sort of reduction but not a lot. Unfortunately I was ill later in the evening so made my excuses and went to bed.
We thought the evening meal was bad? Breakfast was even worse!!!! Not out on time, food was cold and the baked beans were burned!!!!! Needless to say everyone in the restaurant complained and none of us had to pay.
All in all, not one of our better Christmas get togethers food and location wise, so I think next year a room and a buffet will be better so that we can all mingle rather than be sitting at different tables.
I’d like to say the weather was kind but although we had no snow, the fog was quite bad.
I felt awful that the food was so bad, as I was the one organising it but I think everyone had a good time anyway.
Next year will be different!!