GABIT attendees thread

[lame moose (mocha)]

i can't believe it's only 60 days till i leave to cross the puddle. haven't made plane reservations yet. better get all my train travel info straightened out. time is just flying. trying to be a cheap santa this year so i'll have some spending cash for the auction.

[Celandine]

AT5 attendees
SamJackShipLover (Annelies) + Flow - Holland
Celandine/Brenda - USA
LeeFraser - Alison - UK
2Shy/Sanna - Sweden (But really Ã…land)
EH-T- land of moose and beaver
Scythe - Jen - UK
antoa - land of unemployment (for now)
Hannah (Tittamiire) - UK and my own planet
Julia (samcarterrules) - Scotland
Donna (Julia's carer) - Scotland
Doris (Julia's carer) - Scotland
PengYn - land of shiny hair and hug-me eyes
Andrea (Andy) - Germany
Laurie (llp) - Pacific North West
ames / bluejelloqueen - Crazy Canuck (like there's really any other kind, eh? LOL)
Chloe aka Prelsey_carter (Australia, but will be in Vancouver at that time)
elephantgirl - weird Belgian that used to call Chicago home
Donamac/Dona - another Pacific Northwester (love that rainy weather)
Claire (clairec007) - Scotland
Fresh Horse - Eureka!
Wendy - m_wendy_r -- UK!
Tesla_Twin / Cynthia - Switzerland (country of chocolates and mountains and lake!)
ShimmeringStar - US
Nat - halfbloodme - + Kazzie + Kerry - UK
Isabelle (Oris) - France (AT.... ♥)
CJM - New Zealand
Suse (suse2301 or suse_germany) - Germany
Franny - Ireland / Germany
Susanne - Germany
Neep/Eileen - New Zealand
XFchemist (Silvia) - Italy
Devilish Me (Irena) - Serbia
Jumble - UK
Josiane - UK
Sarai - UK
Cags - UK
MoB- Brooklyn
lame moose (mocha)-chicagoland-land of chicago bears, but no moose
trindajae - oregon
Len - Canada
penjab (Jill)
tsaxlady
babancat
mamasue9 (*fingers crossed*) USA

AT5 cocktail party attendees
Celandine / Brenda
Neep / Eileen
MoB / Jennifer
SamJackShipLover / Annelies
lame moose (mocha)
ShimmeringStar
tsaxlady
babancat

Dinner @ Anderson's, Surrey
Wednesday 9th February
Sarai
Jumble
Josi
Cags
Wendy
MoB (can do 14th but not 9th)
Laurie (LLP)

Jack the Ripper Walk - Wednesday 9th February
http://www.jacktheripperwalk.com/index2.html
Cel/Brenda
Neep/Eileen
Susanne
Franzi (Fron)
Len
MoB

Musical! Thursday 10th February
NZNeep/Eileen
Cel/Brenda
MidwifeOnBoard/Jennifer
Flow
Susanne
Len
Ames
EH-T
Franzi
SamJackShipLover (Annelies)

Dinner! Thursday 10th February - location to be decided then
penjab (Jill)
mamasue9 (Sue)

We're getting closer to the date so thought to bring this down for anyone who might still be interested in adding their name to any of the lists.

Also, for those who attended the musical last year, what kind of price did you pay for your ticket (if you don't mind airing it here)? And how far back were you sitting?

Our plan was to hit Leicester Square for tickets the day of the performance and see what deals we could get, but I might have found a site that could get us a good group discount for Mamma Mia! so wondered if it might be the better way of doing things.

[NZNeep]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaancing Queen!

[SamJackShipLover]

Me and EH-T bought the tickets last year, but I don't even remember. Maybe 30 GBP? We were sitting in 2 groups, maybe row 10 and 13??? I'm not really sure.
I do remember it was a little difficult finding a musical, for a reasonable price that had good & enough seats available. We would've liked to go to the Lion King, but they don't discount.

I'm fine with any musical at any price others are willing to pay I loooove ABBA music, so Mamma Mia would be gooood!

[Celandine]

Yeah, I was there with you, remember? Lion King would have been awesome, indeed.

I asked Neep earlier and she couldnt remember either. She thought it was around the same price you're quoting though. I emailed the ticket office about the group booking to see if they could accommodate all of us sitting together at the same price. For your info, it was 44GBP each. Might be a bit steep, but it's ABBA! If this doesnt work out, we'll go back to our original plan.

Srsly, I'm open for anything really. It'll be a fun night out together regardless of what we see.

[antoa]

Just a thought - pre-booking your theatre tickets will eliminate the possibility of people deciding at the last minute that they could go after all...

Just sayin'

[Celandine]

Nothing is definite with the booking. I would hope people would be starting to tighten up their plans though at this stage. Even having a general idea and putting their name on the list would be fine. I've only got 8 wks before I leave as my holiday begins early. After that, I hope the list of those going to the musical would be set as I'll be gathering emails from everyone before I leave.

[2Shy]

Well, thank goodness I mentioned it so I will now get multiple boxes!

I am willing to take any language lessons necessary in order to obtain chocolate. Anything for chocolate!

Anything

I thought afterwards that was probably a dangerous thing to say with this crowd.

*coff* highland dancing costume?

Mine no longer fits (I did stop when I was in grade 6 after all).

LMAO! Oh, this could turn into something very interesting. I say; never underestimate a woman's desire to get her hands on some fine chocolate.
But I'll give you a hint on the pronunciation on Fazer, it's not faser as in "Set your fasers to stun."

Oh, I'm going to try and book my flight this weekend, yay!

[EH-T]

Do you want the chocolate or not? Squeeze!

Depends, do you have something to offer that is as good as a Faser mint?

Me and EH-T bought the tickets last year, but I don't even remember. Maybe 30 GBP? We were sitting in 2 groups, maybe row 10 and 13??? I'm not really sure.
I do remember it was a little difficult finding a musical, for a reasonable price that had good & enough seats available. We would've liked to go to the Lion King, but they don't discount.

I'm fine with any musical at any price others are willing to pay I loooove ABBA music, so Mamma Mia would be gooood!

I think that price is about right.

I'm fine with Mamma Mia or just getting tickets on the day.

LMAO! Oh, this could turn into something very interesting. I say; never underestimate a woman's desire to get her hands on some fine chocolate.
But I'll give you a hint on the pronunciation on Fazer, it's not faser as in "Set your fasers to stun."

Oh, I'm going to try and book my flight this weekend, yay!

Hmmm...beginning to regret saying anything.

[The Kit Kat Lady]

If anyone is interested, emails were sent out by Gabit last night advising that t-shirts, hoodies, fleeces were now available to order for AT5 - deadline for orders is 20 December. Alternatively, you can head to the new Gabit shop at: http://gabitevents.com/cart/

[penjab]

You know you can get those Faser mints on Amazon, right? or many other places...just google Faser mint.

[EH-T]

You know you can get those Faser mints on Amazon, right? or many other places...just google Faser mint.

I didn't know that. Thanks. However, I think it is way more fun to go all the way to London to get them from someone who is bringing them from Ã…land by way of Sweden!

[EH-T]

There is a tweet on the S4K website that is by someone who says they will meet donations by Dec 31st dollar for dollar up to $10K. Just sayin'....

[Celandine]

There is a tweet on the S4K website that is by someone who says they will meet donations by Dec 31st dollar for dollar up to $10K. Just sayin'....

Now EH-T, when did you get a Twitter account!



Srsly, it's very generous of whomever it might be and keeping with the spirit of the Season.

[antoa]

Now EH-T, when did you get a Twitter account!



Srsly, it's very generous of whomever it might be and keeping with the spirit of the Season.

S4K has a twitter feed on their website. I assume that is where she saw it (since she mentioned the site)

And I agree, very generous.