The title for this blog was supposed to be 'The famous 5 go to Leeds' for the gathering - but as we are more infamous than famous and definitely fabulous that's what I plumped for. The five are of course ourselves, Diana, Karen and Emma.
The weekend started for us in Taurus on Friday afternoon where we spent a very pleasant couple of hours 'chilling out' during 'happy hour' which actually lasts from 4pm until 7pm. We were joined by Diana and Karen and later our chauffeur Emma.
After a bite to eat and a cocktail or two we set off in Emmas spacious Limo for the journey to our hotel in Leeds. As we passed over the pennines the radio started to retune itself scanning every channel including some Asian channels. I joked that we would probably get Radio Punjabi in a minute ......only for it to do exactly that! The altitude also affected the satnav as it tried to send us along 3 different motorways at the same time.
We arrived at the hotel in time to freshen up and change into our party dresses and take the short stroll to the meeting point which was packed and as hot as hell but the welcome was equally warm and after a dance and a few drinks to cool down a little we moved on to a night club where Diana was especially escorted by the lady bouncer (she probably fancied her given that she looked very foxy in her tight leopard skin dress Di that is not the bouncer!). The club was nicely decorated - a bit like AXM in Manchester but with proper loos ....well that was until the lesbian girls started fighting with each other! They were worse than blokes unlike us didn't seem want to queue in an orderly fashion but just piled into the cubicles at one point there were 4 of them in one cubicle where instead of getting on with business they decided to have a major bust up with each other...scary!
As we were obviously in a gay/lesbian club they didn't really seem to know what to make of us but were tolerant of us apart from on the dance floor where they were very territorial and didn't make us feel very welcome which was a shame as the music was quite good. We hit the hay around 2 or 3am as Emma suddenly began to feel the effects of the drinks she had consumed .
After a good nights sleep and a hearty breakfast the plan had been to have a walk around Leeds and head up to the Trafford Centre. However due to the weather (drizzly rain) and then missing the turning for the Trafford Centre we headed into Manchester City Centre where we were greeted by bright sunshine. After a spot of shopping and several coffees we checked into our second hotel and changed into our party gear ready for our lovely meal in Velvet. After a comfy lounge in Spirit on the bed/couches whilst waiting for Emma to change out of her jeans and top combo into something more 'unsuitable' we headed to Naps to finish off the evening.
On the Sunday we woke up to glorious sunshine but it was chilly outside so we wrapped up warmly and strolled along to Piccadilly Gardens for a bacon bap and coffee. We then had a mooch in the Arndale Centre and headed into Selfridges to try out some perfumes and then wandered into St Anne's Square and sat in the sunshine for a while. We then headed back to Taurus via China Town which was busy for a Sunday. After meeting up with Di and Karen and indulging in chocolate cake and coffee we bid our farewells and headed home for tea and hot baths.
Conclusions - All in all it was nice to have a change of scene and I would definitely go to Leeds again but Manchester is still special for me. I know alot of girls aim to get out of the village and venture further afield but as far as I concerned East or West the village is best. Given that the 'normal'night-clubbing world is full of drunken plonkers you are not missing out on anything xx
