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GN Annual Christmas Ball....all welcome

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lemongrove Wed 25-Nov-20 09:45:32

As usual, there will be a grand Christmas Ball , and the invitations have already been sent out to you all, on very expensive hand crafted cards with scalloped 22carat gold edging.To be held a few days before Christmas and the venue is Lemongrove Manor (in England, somewhere in the back of beyond).To those of you who have never attended before,
Say what you will be bringing and a line or two of chat ( or a much as you want to) although it’s alphabetical in nature (although we usually get very mixed up) this thread is a cross between a game and general chat.Dress beautifully please?

Ellianne Wed 25-Nov-20 10:20:31

Lucca

What happened to alphabetical?!?

Yes Lucca I'm still working on "i".

lemongrove Wed 25-Nov-20 10:23:34

L ?
Lights.....loads of them, especially lamps.

Lexisgranny Wed 25-Nov-20 10:34:56

I accept the invitation with pleasure and will be wearing a slinky black dress with a split to the thigh and short train, and vertiginous silver heels. My husband will be accompanying me (as George Clooney has a previous engagement, or so he said) he (my Dh not GC) will be wearing a kilt (he is Welsh but has always wanted to wear a kilt). He will very much be in a supporting role as I haven’t worn heels of that nature for about 30 years and am not too steady at the best of times. I do hope there are not too many stairs at Lemongrove Manor else a fall could reveal more than either of us would wish. Perhaps he could prop me up next to Puzzler.

LauraNorder Wed 25-Nov-20 10:41:05

Marigolds to help with the washing up

lemongrove Wed 25-Nov-20 10:41:45

Many, many stairs at Lemongrove Manor, I shall be making a spectacular entrance ( although, I hope, not as I did last year when I tripped and fell down them, arse over tip.?

lemongrove Wed 25-Nov-20 10:42:43

Nuts! There will be lots of them arriving .....

LauraNorder Wed 25-Nov-20 10:42:54

Nachos, someone somewhere must like them

LauraNorder Wed 25-Nov-20 10:43:31

Orlin Norder, can’t go anywhere without him these days

Ellianne Wed 25-Nov-20 10:44:02

Nuts and nibbles with nutmeg, and my nails done with those sparkly pictures.

Ellianne Wed 25-Nov-20 10:45:26

I'll wear a onesie.

Lucca Wed 25-Nov-20 10:45:35

lemongrove

Many, many stairs at Lemongrove Manor, I shall be making a spectacular entrance ( although, I hope, not as I did last year when I tripped and fell down them, arse over tip.?

I always thought it was arse over tit not tip ??

Lucca Wed 25-Nov-20 10:48:14

Purple and pink panties. (God I hate that word). Plenty of Pinot . Pieces of pulled pork in a parcel of prosciutto.

GillT57 Wed 25-Nov-20 10:48:16

Plenty of Prosecco will be my contribution, maybe peanuts and a passion fruit pavlova too. I shall also be wearing my big girl pants which I shall hoik up when affronted. Is that enough 'P', lemongrove?

LauraNorder Wed 25-Nov-20 10:48:18

Pants or knickers, we’re not in the Argy now. As for tit or tip. Lemongrove Manor is probably a tip below stairs

GillT57 Wed 25-Nov-20 10:49:19

Darn, Lucca beat me to it! Wanders off scratching head trying to think of something other than Quince jelly.......

LauraNorder Wed 25-Nov-20 10:49:59

Queen of tarts has kindly invited us so will hopefully behave for the first few minutes

LauraNorder Wed 25-Nov-20 10:50:52

Quintessential English gentleman on my arm, or Orlin

lemongrove Wed 25-Nov-20 10:51:27

(Shhhhh Lucca we are in polite company, bad enough if me to mention arse!)?

lemongrove Wed 25-Nov-20 10:52:38

Gill you are really taking the P now?

lemongrove Wed 25-Nov-20 10:55:39

Roger the lodger....he adores these Christmas Balls,and is a raffishly attired rogue ( so look out)

lemongrove Wed 25-Nov-20 10:56:33

Snow.....how super, we can ski later

LauraNorder Wed 25-Nov-20 10:56:59

Ruby red slippers to adorn my dainty feet and red rum, no not the bloody horse

LauraNorder Wed 25-Nov-20 10:57:27

Snooze you loose, oops

LauraNorder Wed 25-Nov-20 10:58:41

Truffles and a pig to find more in the wonderful forest of grand old oaks on the Lemongrove estate

Lucca Wed 25-Nov-20 11:00:16

Scintillating chat, shiny shoes and a sliver of silk as a face mask