summerball-ocks

Had my summerball yesternite. Yup please conjure up images of beautifully dressed gals and handsome young men in their tuxs, all having a formal meal and drinks and lotsa dancing.

I wore my expensive Ted Baker silk dress, $200 shoes and went out earlier in the day to get a purse and some cheap earrings. See below for stunning pix of me.

I paid £29 for the ticket, which was just for admittance to the Bath Racecourse grounds OH OH OH... the rides were free.

Hang on before we get there...

A whole group of 14 of us gathered for a meal at Aqua Restaurant just before the ball. And I pre-ordered the yummilicious sounding dish on the menu just days before. Calamari, with prawns & langostine. So I haven't had much food since breakfast so that I could eat my £12 worth of food and enjoy it. For £12 I got 6 calamaris, 2 prawns and 1 tiny langostine. I thought it was an appetiser. And I had to order more bread to keep myself full.

K ... fast forward toBath Racecourse. First impression when I got there.

"I got dressed up for a carnival?"

Almost immediately I had to head for the drinks tent to get a Pimms. And it was a half pint for £3.60. Day light robbery.

So we got talking, me and some of my mates and their pals. And suddenly one of them drops her Pimms on the floor, splashing cheap alcohol on my silk dress and shoes.

"ARGH!!!!!" Yup. Those were my exact thoughts. Hmm no my exact thoughts were "WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!??!?!"

Was told the stain would come off.

"It had damn well better come off, YOU STUPID BITCH WHO CANNOT HOLD YOUR DRINKS!"

But couldn't exactly scream, cos 1. it's gf of a friend. 2. it was a pure accident

"Butterfingers"

Anyway since the Bath Racecourse was on a hill, it started to get cold. Really cold. I only had my one thin cardigan to keep me warm. All the gals were dressed to the nines but were shivering and had their arms crossed and hands rubbing their arms to keep warm.

There was nothing to do at the Ball, the band playing was from the 1970s. Most people by 11 were piss drunk, of course they were having a fun time. I would drink more if not for the fact that the eczema patch on my chest looked like it would take over my entire body if I tried. The girls who started the evening looking all pretty and sweet were drunk, eyes dazed and couldn't walk straight - not a pretty sight.

We walked up and down the grounds trying to keep warm. And in the end I managed to convince a few people to sit on the rides (ie. Yohsuke, Aor (in pix above) and abz) So it was the most expensive ride of my life at £29.

That was essentially the highlight of the nite. SAD. And utter waste of money.