Each year, I go to a corporate work's Christmas "Do", and today's the day. It's always an afternoon event, Christmas Meal, followed by a disco, then onto Broad Street for a couple of hours, for those that want...
This year, we went to Telford, where a small number of employees are based, and someone had suggested it would be "fair" to hold a Christmas event there. So, three coachloads of us went up the M6 to join the dozen, or so, staff in Telford. The meal was good, then the disco kicked off with half an hour of karaoke. Now, it had been suggested around my department that I would be taking my turn! But, I keep telling them, I don't do karaoke! Sing Star? That's completely different...
The karaoke was not too bad, definitely different It kicked off with just about the biggest poseur there, but, he got us all in the mood. He was followed by good singers, bad singers who thought they were good, appalling singers up for the fun of it, and, of course, a truly dreadful effort by the exec team. But, all good fun...
We got back to Broad Street to round off the day with a few G&T's. Ann's husband came to pick us up - we just had to get to the front of the Mailbox - no problem, apart from the sheet ice everywhere. And Ann and I being the most fall over pair you are likely to meet. But we got there safely, and waited, and waited, and waited... Probably for about half an hour, it was absolutely freezing! At one point, we were going to ask the taxi drivers if they wanted us to warm up their seats... But it was very festive, with families making there way home from the German Market, and people heading out for their Friday night out.
I got home and watched Love Actually. Mark got home just after me, and went straight to bed. Only one of us had a headache the next day...
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