Wow. Thankyou all SO much for a really great night. I was so nervous (just ask Postie who had to phone my hotel room to coax me down to the bar!) and I was just blown away by how lovely and friendly and generally great everyone was.
The whole night was just amazing, from the minute I walked (shaking!) into the hotel bar - meeting all the gorgeous girls at Marcuso's, NomadSoul taking ten minutes to drive to the shop that was apparently a two minute walk (thanks for all the lifts!), getting to the venue, dancing for ages (Alex DJ, the music was great!), talking to what seemed like hundreds of people (I may be quiet on the forums, but as some of you now know, in person it can be quite hard to make me shut up :D), Marc's lovely speech and even lovelier shorts :shock: :D , lots of flashing lights on tits (thanks Davidn48 for giving me your last one, and Molly for giving me yours when I lost my first one!), making a definite contribution to drinking the bar out of vodka, the afters party (how many people fit into Marc's house?!), kidnapping the hotel's cat which very rudely woke me up by trying to sharpen its claws on my shoulder, wandering around Chesterfield on Sunday morning (with two very sexy men ) looking for breakfast.... I had a really, really great time.
Everyone I met - thanks so much for talking to me and being so cool and interesting and making the night seem way, way too short! I know I'm going to forget to mention someone really special, please blame it on vodka and overexcitement :D
Marcuso, thanks for letting me lose my SH social virginity at your party. It was great to meet you!
Kaz, thanks so much for all your hard work - and you and Ice Pie are stars, I LOVE my badge!
WBB, so good to finally meet you honey, you looked hot in your belly dancing outfit! lots of love to Mr WBB too.
Darkfire, you absolutely beautiful girl, thanks for offering to look after me and making me feel so welcome when I met you at Marc's house, it was so great to meet you!
Molly and Chris, Calista, Little Gem, Rogerthedragon, Vix & Reese, Dambuster, Dave Notts and Alex_Female, Debbiewebs (gorgeous outfit honey), Vicky UK, Tanina and Stuart, Sleazy, Smoker Jim and lots of others I'm sure I've forgotten - thanks for all the drinks and dances and snogs and chats, can't wait to see you all again!
Fallen Angel - my fellow newbie! I was so excited to meet you, you're an absolute babe - really glad you were there, and looking forward to hanging out with you more next time, when we'll be old hands! :D
MartyCleveland - you gorgeous man! It was great to meet you - thanks for keeping me company for hours, a lovely dance and all the rest :D :P And for getting me back to the motorway on Sunday morning (just follow the cloud of smoke!) Looking forward to next time we get together :kiss:
And Postie - I wouldn't have made it at all if it wasn't for you, telling me over and over that it would be fine - and finding me at the hotel, being so incredibly lovely that I felt better straight away, making sure I didn't get completely pissed just to calm my nerves (fine advice from the man who later dropped a pint on my feet! ), staying next to me until you saw I was ok, introducing me to absolutely everyone (and then telling me to introduce you to someone - Sleazy, thanks for humouring me and pretending you didn't know each other! :lol: ) and lots of other stuff. :D I'm so glad I finally got to meet you - I had a great time. Thanks honey :kiss:
Oh god, I've been talking for ages (I think this might be the start of something really irritating, everyone - I've been unleashed! :lol: ) so will shut up now, just had SUCH a great time, so thank you all again. I can't wait for the next one!
Cocoa xxx