Out in Lincoln
Yesterday couldn't have gone much better :D I managed to get things tidied to a reasonable standard and people arrived earlier than hoped, giving us all time to chat about life and catch up a little bit before putting pizzas in the oven and people stole showers. We ate and talked and got ready and gathered downstairs in the dining room to have some drinks and then Lisa came in with a cake! I wasn't expecting a cake :x She pointed out that they'd got me one before we left but they forgot - I hadn't even noticed I didn't get one, lol :) And it got fired in the bin! Shocking people
We left on time with me telling Brick to meet us there, because didn't want to miss the bus. Quite useful that we did, cos we only managed to get the bus by waving wildly at the bus driver and looking all party-like, I think, hehe :) The driver was good to take us on and I had to get Brick to run cos she was being a bit tetchy about being late and then we got to sit at the back and chatter. Another group got on and it turned out it was a young lad's birthday too... we said they weren't as cool cos they didn't have a purple balloon (I have a star-shaped purple balloon attached to a bangle on my wrist with "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKY XX" on it :D)
We get off at Lincoln and march toward Wetherspoons before I change my mind and say to go to LN2 because it would have more comfortable seats. Turned out all the best seats were taken, but we still got a nice high table thing and sat and took photos and laughed at Uni things (amongsth other things). They had a vendor thing with lipgloss and mascara in it! It was amazing! But yeah, once people finished drinks I made the orders for us all to move on to Wetherspoons because it was getting to a reasonable time to be out (everyone was complaining about 7:30 being too early and I pointed out that, to be fair, what we were doing in LN2 was pretty much what we'd be doing at home so we might as well do it as the beginning of our night out)
We went via the hole-in-the-wall at Natwest and had a couple of guys talking to us all and taking photos with them and asking where they should be going out. I sent him in the opposite direction and we walked off until I realised Stacey was still being accosted while Brick made sure she was ok. I walked back and told him to leave her alone and let me get on with my birthday XD
When we got to Wetherspoons, the man wouldn't let me take my balloon in! He said that he'd take it off of me and I offered that he was gonna burst it... for a while I was adamant that that was his plan (Brick confirmed, this morning, that there was that sort of tone in his voice, which made me feel less crazy) until I asked the questions in such a way that I was reassured he would be able to return it to me... we got in and it was packed, but we got some cheap drinks and managed to find a set of seats near each other and get more photos and chat some more and listen to good music until everyone finished there, at which point Brick pointed out that we should go to Quayside/Scream now and see if we can get stamps for free... so we left and I asked for my balloon back and announced triumphantly to everyone else that he actually didn't pop it!
I got the implication that we couldn't when we moved on, but we sat down in Quayside and got some good seats (they don't have the AWESOME sofa in there anymore!) and I got a strawberry cider on Brick's recommendation. It tasted like strawberry Carling to me, but I drank it all... although I did spray a lot of people with some of it after thinking it was too fizzy and forgetting that beery drink fizz up loads more than coke would.... hmmmmmm >.< Oh, and Brick decided to be clever and vault the seat-back to sit down... and landed on the table-bit of the seating... apparently his bum still hurts this morning XD
When drinks were finished and we were all ready, we ascended to Scream... I was a little concerned about it when we got in, because I knew it was an indie place, but everyone seemed to have a good time dancing around and found Lincoln people a lot of fun - woop woop. Brick told us all off if we weren't dancing... nobody really understood why, but it got me to dance, so that's ok! Even if he did later seem a bit cross about who I *did* dance with :S We all had a good time and at 2am I thought maybe we should try somewhere else... then Jo pointed out, once we left, that no one was gonna let us in... grrrrrr, lol :) But we got followed out by a couple of guys we were messin' with and they walked us to an eating place... well, started to until we bumped into another group of guys who everyone started chatting to. Apparently Stacey got some numbers and Lisa had conversations about picking up girls with a guy who used to live in Croydon.
Brick walked off at one point to go get food, I think... I quickly finished my conversation and excused myself to go grab him but by the time I caught up to the turning, I couldn't see him (it didn't help that I couldn't focus 100%, but shhhhh). So I talked to people and convinced them to eventually move on to get food... we got more followers and had one of the guys getting cross at me cos I wasn't listening to his instructions properly, lol. I called Brick when we were at the eatery and he found us and everyone was fed and mum was called and we were all squashed into her car and taken home XD Then bedding was grabbed, clothes were changed and we all just fell asleep, I believe!
Was a good night and I believe everyone agreed... apart from Brick and his sore bum... but they'll get over it ;) x
We left on time with me telling Brick to meet us there, because didn't want to miss the bus. Quite useful that we did, cos we only managed to get the bus by waving wildly at the bus driver and looking all party-like, I think, hehe :) The driver was good to take us on and I had to get Brick to run cos she was being a bit tetchy about being late and then we got to sit at the back and chatter. Another group got on and it turned out it was a young lad's birthday too... we said they weren't as cool cos they didn't have a purple balloon (I have a star-shaped purple balloon attached to a bangle on my wrist with "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKY XX" on it :D)
We get off at Lincoln and march toward Wetherspoons before I change my mind and say to go to LN2 because it would have more comfortable seats. Turned out all the best seats were taken, but we still got a nice high table thing and sat and took photos and laughed at Uni things (amongsth other things). They had a vendor thing with lipgloss and mascara in it! It was amazing! But yeah, once people finished drinks I made the orders for us all to move on to Wetherspoons because it was getting to a reasonable time to be out (everyone was complaining about 7:30 being too early and I pointed out that, to be fair, what we were doing in LN2 was pretty much what we'd be doing at home so we might as well do it as the beginning of our night out)
We went via the hole-in-the-wall at Natwest and had a couple of guys talking to us all and taking photos with them and asking where they should be going out. I sent him in the opposite direction and we walked off until I realised Stacey was still being accosted while Brick made sure she was ok. I walked back and told him to leave her alone and let me get on with my birthday XD
When we got to Wetherspoons, the man wouldn't let me take my balloon in! He said that he'd take it off of me and I offered that he was gonna burst it... for a while I was adamant that that was his plan (Brick confirmed, this morning, that there was that sort of tone in his voice, which made me feel less crazy) until I asked the questions in such a way that I was reassured he would be able to return it to me... we got in and it was packed, but we got some cheap drinks and managed to find a set of seats near each other and get more photos and chat some more and listen to good music until everyone finished there, at which point Brick pointed out that we should go to Quayside/Scream now and see if we can get stamps for free... so we left and I asked for my balloon back and announced triumphantly to everyone else that he actually didn't pop it!
I got the implication that we couldn't when we moved on, but we sat down in Quayside and got some good seats (they don't have the AWESOME sofa in there anymore!) and I got a strawberry cider on Brick's recommendation. It tasted like strawberry Carling to me, but I drank it all... although I did spray a lot of people with some of it after thinking it was too fizzy and forgetting that beery drink fizz up loads more than coke would.... hmmmmmm >.< Oh, and Brick decided to be clever and vault the seat-back to sit down... and landed on the table-bit of the seating... apparently his bum still hurts this morning XD
When drinks were finished and we were all ready, we ascended to Scream... I was a little concerned about it when we got in, because I knew it was an indie place, but everyone seemed to have a good time dancing around and found Lincoln people a lot of fun - woop woop. Brick told us all off if we weren't dancing... nobody really understood why, but it got me to dance, so that's ok! Even if he did later seem a bit cross about who I *did* dance with :S We all had a good time and at 2am I thought maybe we should try somewhere else... then Jo pointed out, once we left, that no one was gonna let us in... grrrrrr, lol :) But we got followed out by a couple of guys we were messin' with and they walked us to an eating place... well, started to until we bumped into another group of guys who everyone started chatting to. Apparently Stacey got some numbers and Lisa had conversations about picking up girls with a guy who used to live in Croydon.
Brick walked off at one point to go get food, I think... I quickly finished my conversation and excused myself to go grab him but by the time I caught up to the turning, I couldn't see him (it didn't help that I couldn't focus 100%, but shhhhh). So I talked to people and convinced them to eventually move on to get food... we got more followers and had one of the guys getting cross at me cos I wasn't listening to his instructions properly, lol. I called Brick when we were at the eatery and he found us and everyone was fed and mum was called and we were all squashed into her car and taken home XD Then bedding was grabbed, clothes were changed and we all just fell asleep, I believe!
Was a good night and I believe everyone agreed... apart from Brick and his sore bum... but they'll get over it ;) x