It was the work Christmas do last night and it was a great night. It was different to previous years where we have just out in Manchester to a restaurant and then to some bars. We went to something called Rock the Kasbah which was an Arabian theme Christmas party thing.
It was at Old Trafford Football ground. Actually it was in a car park at Old Trafford but a fair distance from the actual ground. It didnt start too well at the start of the evening though. We were waiting for a taxi for ages but there were none anywhere!! We ended up getting a tram but by then I was frozen!!! Even then the tram stopped at the Old Trafford cricket ground so was about a 10 minute walk. It took us a further 10 minutes to find the actual place!!!
We got there and it looked pretty good. There was lots of sport memorabilia – George Best autograph and shirt etc. Also the bar, photo area and dodgems. The show wasnt that good to be honest. Before the meal the show was some dancers (admittedly some of them looked nice) dancing for about 1 minute and then resting for about 10 minutes!
The food was “OK”. Nothing special. There was a platter for the table with the usual filo pastry things, wedges, garlic bread. Starter was a goats cheese and spinach tartlet thing which wasnt that keen on. Main was chicken stuffed with cranberry and orange stuffing. Dessert was a short a cheesecake chocolate Christmas pudding thing. Unfortunately I dont like cheesecake. The boss was buying must of the drinks so we had champagne, pitchers, and shots.
There was a dancefloor right in the middle of where we were eating so I got up and danced. A few of my workmates also danced but not too much. I think they were tired??? Or boring!!! :p (If your reading this I am only messing!!) At the same event was one of our clients we work with so there was someone else on the dancefloor I knew.
The dodgems was great fun. Crashing into people when your abit drunk!! Very funny. We stayed till it finished at around 130 and most of us walked back to the nearby hotel for a few more drinks. It was quite funny walking back and hearing all the City fans singing Man City songs as we walked past Old Trafford! 
No other United fans were about so I had to sing a couple songs!! We left the hotel at about 3 ish – I think – a couple others stayed until more like 4.
I took some photos and they will be uploaded to the usual place and also Facebook.
