Christmas Formal

Wow - my final Christmas formal. We managed to secure an SSC table and with the exec on high table, we were sat on the regular exec table.
My pleas for the bar to provide our wine were heeded resulting in 12 bottles between 8 people drinking - I think only 2 bottles were left at the end. Chrismas formal is the only formal that I look forward to for the food and it didn't disapoint. We had a lot of food and for once there was more than one pig in a blanket and stuffing ball each. As don't normally sit together at formal there was a lot of banter and it is nice to have the change.

The only disapointment: the usual box of Lindor chcolates we get was replaced this year by a small chocolate mint that had blatantly been aquired as surplus stock from somewhere else. James was sat with the rest of the exec and we got some good photos of him looking pretty grumpy. After the main course, he came down to join us on low table. Adam continued his quest to steal everyone's shift and was working the bar after formal hence the high wine:SSC ratio. We were also boted by Morven who despite, predicting wouldn't be able to make it even to the end of the formal was in attendance from the beginning.

Due to 2ps being banned, we had to make e most of what we had so anything became fair game - small tinsel trees, the gifts from crackers - just about anything. Thanks to the efforts of Matt Smith, our table was decorated far more than the others: mini trees and absolutely massive party poppers helped the night along.

It's pretty hard to believe that so much time has passed since we sat together for the first time in March at Handover formal and spent those days bonding (ie drinking) in Derbyshire last Easter. It doesn't seem like we've acomplished much, but we have - longer opening, new cocktail lists and menus, chip & pin (hassle that it is), higher wages, 35ml shots... It's really sad that we've only got one term left. Although I'm glad to be finishing this year, I'd really love to stay on the SSC or another year.




After the meal we headed to the bar. Alan came up to college and we had a great time chatting to various people in the bar before we headed down to Rixies with Brett - very quiet at first but soon filled up with Trevs people. Somehow we ended up queuing in the Dirty Shop for about an hour at 2.30 in the morning. The walk back was very frosty aswell.