Christmas meal at Villagios
Tea at Teelas
Since my last posting we've been out a few times .... The Shanghi restaurant, Taurus, Velvet (I think?), even venturing into TribeCo - and of course Naps; Mrs Kate feels that an evening out, isn't an evening out without a visit to Naps; I tend to agree with her!
It's all a bit of a blur now but the most notable of recent was the Northern Angels Christmas get-together for about 25 girls and partners down at Villagios. It was nice to see a number of new girls joining the usual crowd, many names I can't recall 'cept one in particular who's notoriety now extends to Angels forum, Tea at Teelas, Mrs Kates blog.... more on that below!
Girls came from all parts of the UK; from Scotland, Ireland and glamorous parts of Warrington. Some of the 'Internet Famous' such as Justine Time, the 'New' such as Rachel from Kings Lynn and Emma from one of the moons of Venus. For Villagios, I wore my long green dress; very sedate for going on to Velvet and Naps, but I came prepared - I had my short sparkly dress and matching gold shoes in my bag.
So after the meal, and a quick change in the ladies at Villagios, we briefly stopped off in the upstairs part of Velvet. Some folk like it in there.... maybe I'm getting old or something, but I just can't tell the difference in any of the music that's being played rather loudly in there. Fine if you like that sort of thing, but once you've sat in 'Velvet the restaurant' and had the same music played constantly whilst having a meal (fortunately no where near as loud), you wouldn't want to hear it again for the rest of your life. At least at Naps, the music changes - even if they repeat the same sequence the next time you go, it's better than the bland 'duff-duff-duff' you seem to get in Velvet.
Mrs Kate and I didn't stop long in there, and with a couple of other girls, we walked back along Canal St to Naps. And as Mrs Kate has written in her blog - I had a bit of a 'bop'.... I think it was the sparkly party dress, I just had to dance and party (pronounced 'part-ay' for description purposes here). I even beat Mrs Kate in the 'dance-a-thon' stakes!
It was here that new girl Emma came into her own. We could have made up all sorts of stories about what she got upto whilst under the 'afluence of incahol' - it's good job the dance floor in Naps is small, in that way Emma could safely avoid getting up enough speed to injure herself on the way to the Ladies. As a result, she left a lasting impression (on the girls, not the mirrored walls in Naps!) for which she was suitably embarrassed for by the next morning - don't worry Emma; you still managed to maintain your dignity.
So a meal and show... and what more could a girl want? - plasters for my feet the next day; which brings me to another of Kates tips: There are comfortable shoes and there are pretty shoes, but there's no such thing as comfortable pretty shoes. I blame the sparkly dress, it wanted to dance.
Tea at Teelas By now I was beginning to realise that 'outings' just recently were like buses, nothing for ages and then 3 arrive all at once.
Tea at Teelas was on the following Tuesday after the Angels Christmas meal; held at her new premises which are massive! A lot of the regulars were there and a couple of new girls including the now famous Emma, and Iyla (I think that's how you might spell her name) who was a stunner from Abergele. Speaking of stunning, Diana was in one of a her new outfits she recently bought in Teelas sale; with her long blonde wig and pink boots she could easily pass as an Abba tribute - photo's on my blog. Equally stunning was Heather in her little black party dress....
.... I could go on, but; ... as for me, well... big, pink and summery - enuf said on that 'cept I really need to lose some weight.
Manchester Concorde - or not, as the case was.
Well, we tried to join the girls in the Manchester Concorde for the Christmas buffet - but it seemed so did most of the girls from the NW and beyond. Out of a need to ensure we have something to eat (and a seat!), we went up to Taurus instead - our usual little group of friends; Diana, Lisa, Mrs Kate and myself.
We went back to MC afterwards and it was still standing room only as one or two squeezed out a tune on the karaoke. A brief chat and a drink with some of the regular girls and then on to our usual venue for the last half-hour or so (Naps - where else?).
