Well, I’ve only just gotten back up the road from Newcastle after staying on for the weekend. I have to say that I’m absolutely knackered after a huge night on Thursday followed by a weekend of drinking with some family members I hadn’t seen for 4 years.
I must say, I had an absolutely wonderful evening. The only downside was that I had a little accident involving Duncan’s expensive camera he usually takes diving and the chocolate fountain. Umm.. lets just say I really do wish I’d left the underwater housing on it. He’s not a happy camper as they don’t make the cameras any more, and the underwater housing cost a bloody packet!! Fortunately, Ray of Befuddled Fame had his camera and lent it to me a couple of times.
There were many highlights to the great evening, but my very favourite bits were…
Being robbed of the last Buy.at Christmas cracker in the building by the above mentioned Ray, who then proceeded to spend an inordinate amount of time flashing around the free fiver that was in there.
Cheers Ray!!
Letting my fellow affiates know just how much I really love them…
*ahem* I’ll be issuing John Lamerton with his written apology for that one later 
Learning what I’ve decided to call “The Scouse Shimmy” from my new dancing partner in crime, Chris Frost. For anyone not familiar with this little number that beats the pants off a Paso Doble any day… it basically involves manically jiving around the dancefloor with a hysterical Scottish girl in tow, and jumping right into the middle of as many bewildered revellers as possible. During this, you have to maintain a big scary Scouse grin at all times. I thought it was hilarious, but you’d be amazed how many locals thought that there’d clearly been a breakout from a nearby secure hospital.
Duncan and I having to scab money for nightclub entry from Mark Russell of Existem AM after we got to the front of the line and discovered neither of us had actually brought money with us. Thanks Mark!
Here’s some more magical moments from the evening…
“My” Duncan and Keith Bond have a beer.
Ray and I finally kiss and make up… is it me, or am I looking pissed?
Lee, Me, Duncan, Keith!
Elaine and I having a bit of girl talk (weddings, babies, anything really!!)
Kieron explores the joys of free Peroni with Elaine…
That crazy funkster Ray struts his stuff
I discover an early casualty and decide the kindest thing to do is take pictures of him at his most vunerable. Then…
…Try to crowd everyone else in for a pic only for him to wake up. In case anyone’s wondering, that’s my attempt at a nonchalant escape!
Chris Frost practising his manic grins for our dancing debut.
Duncan finally forgives me for breaking his camera in the Chocolate fountain!
The last picture Duncan’s camera ever took… Dan and the Evil Fountain of Chocolatey Doom!!
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:23 pm
brilliant Kirsty - you’ll have to try and make the North East Affiliate G2G in Durham end of January before you go on your, much envied, world travels - Ray and his camera will be there and I’m sure we can tempt Frostie over the Pennines for some more ‘wild dancing’.
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:32 pm
I’ll try my level best to make it Elaine… I’d certainly like another dose of affiliate fun before we head off to warmer climes. Hopefully our camera will be all better by then. Duncan’s already got it boxed up to go to the camera doctor in the morning!!
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:57 am
Looked like a great event, i dont do any business through buy.at but looking at the pictures maybe i should. The picture of Elaine and yourself looks like she’s trying to spike your drink while distracting you!
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Hi Kirsty - sleeping beauty here
I guess I put myself up for the public ridicule didn’t I? In my defence, I think there must be some soporiphic properties when you combine Peroni, Melted Chocolate, and Helium.
At least I know who to avoid at future gatherings, not that you’d be allowed a camera again by the sounds of it - haha.
Great night anyway, and nice to meet you.
Pete
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Hey Pete! Sorry, I couldn’t help it. You can take the girl away from backpacking but you’ll never take the backpacker out of the girl.
In my defence, Kieron was trying to take pictures also but they wouldn’t come out on his mobile phone, lol.
And no… I don’t think Duncan’s going to let me out with his camera again. You might have fallen asleep, but at least you didn’t try to coat a £300 camera in Thorntons bloody chocolate!!!
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Its strange who the locals didn’t take to me and my style of dancing isn’t it?
Newcastle… January… to wave Kirsty and Duncan off on their travels? Ohhhh yesss Elaine, you know I will be there
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Chris, I still can’t stop laughing thinking about that. Honestly, I think it’ll see me through the whole winter.
The confused looks were almost more than I could stand. Most of the time it was only when they turned round and saw me bent double with laughter that they realised it might just actually be a joke!!
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:10 pm
I’m getting flashbacks of Frostie’s dancing…it was hilarious
Never seen such fierce moves from you before…shame there’s no video evidence of that. I spy an affiliate dance-off on the horizon.
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Nice pics Kirsty.. Was great to meet you and “your” Duncan in Toon… Shame I can’t remember half of it.. don’t know why that might be…
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Nice to meet you also John. I reckon you must have gotten a bad strawberry in that chocolate fountain or something. Nothing but bloody trouble them things!!
December 4th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Hi Kirsty
Good to meet you at last, after a few emails the few weeks previous.
No worries about entrance into night club, the look i got from the bar man when i ordered a load of shorts for people and then added 15 bottles of Peroni to the end of the order was great..lol
Elaine let me know details of do in January i will have to make my way up.
See you all soon!!
December 4th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Ha ha ha… perhaps he thought you had a mammoth alcohol problem? I forgot about your massive round of drinks. Thank god didn’t drink that much after we got to the club. I’d no idea where the alcohol was coming from in the end!!
Great to meet you too, and it would be great to see you again before we head off to warmer climes for a few months.
December 4th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
a random visitor compelled to comment, i must say the photo of chris frost with neon antenna sprouting from his head is a classic, as well as the one with the unfortunate caught unawares on the sofa - one for his family scrapbook for sure!
December 4th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Yeah Mr Random, you know you can always count on me to bring out the very best in folk on my blog. The chap on the sofa is only just lucky he wasn’t more soundly asleep. Despite being over 30, I’m still rather well known for “decorating” drunk people to make them all pretty
January 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
[...] been really lucky the last couple of months with winning prizes (and money out of crackers.) Ever since winning a pass for a4uexpo in October I’ve not looked back. On Christmas Day I [...]
March 10th, 2008 at 7:08 am
[...] think of anyone better to finish off with than Chris Frost, my erstwhile dancing partner and Scouse Shimmy expert. Chris is another chap who works as an affiliate in his spare time (and does extremely well [...]