christmas came early

this past weekend was the Shaftsbury Christmas Spectacular! A reunion of friends for drinks, laughs and a massive Christmas meal. During the time I studied in England Tom lived in a house of seven rugby boys on Shaftsbury Avenue. This weekend was a gathering of that group and girlfriends. However the girls were greatly outnumbered as a one couple couldn't make it and the other is in Australia, meaning it was Siobhan and I with the boys. It was a very busy weekend:

Friday: Cocktails with Siobhan after work, back to ours to meet the others then off to our local for the night.

Saturday: Morning of Wii and a delicious lunch at a hole in the wall that unfortunately was full of kids and had poor service so despite the wonderful food not sure if I would go back. (not to mention they charged us for two of one item, when we told them they said they actually forgot something else and added five pounds to the bill, then wouldn't split the bill between us and only accepted cash, far too much of a hassle. I skipped out to town to finish my Christmas shopping as rugby was the plan for the afternoon and I had to finish pressie shopping to ship everything in time for Christmas. Then back to get cleaned up for a night out, after watching X Factor semi finals of course. That night we went to a couple of bars but as everyone was tired clubbing just didn't happen.

Sunday: Christmas Meal! Thanks to Siobhan and her Tom for using their skills that morning in the kitchen, and to Siobhan's access to wonderful M&S food, also thanks to my Tom for spending hours prepping the food the day before. And we can't forget to thank Shaun for his cauliflower cheese. The meal was massive and delicious! Gammon, Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, parsnips.... then the Christmas pudding, and even a cheese and biscuit board later on. So much amazing food. A very gluttonous day!

Now friends are gone and it is back to work until real Christmas day, or at least until my work Christmas party this Friday.

Love