We owe Limey just over £20 (£20.70 sticks in my head but might be wrong).
And I think we'll be paying about £150 between us for our room and brekkers. IF it's been booked. The phrase "I'll sort that out" swims worryingly into my mind....

It's not too late though.

Gave the Alamo a call - yes I booked it :)
Talked to Steve. And Flash is still with them.

Limey can confirm the panto ticket price.
After saying over and over that I'll pay, I really will this month.
Prolly mid-Nov when I get my first pay through from Boots. I've assumed (from what Limey has said herself) that if payment had been urgent she would have let us know. Sorry nonetheless.

Now, the panto starts @ 19.00.
Shall we eat after?
The best deals seem to be pre-theatre, but I don't know when you are arriving and it would be horrid to have a good meal and rush it. It will be our only meal in Glasgow, unless people want to change plans. If you want to stay in Glasgow an extra night I will do so too - Dani this applies mostly to you (because I haven't really seen much of the city). Otherwise I'll go to Arran and stay with Limey (not a second choice, Limes! just trying to be fair)

I'll be in Glasgow all day Monday 19th, but will be in budget mode, buying sangers for lunch if I'm alone. I get in early morning as before.

Not tying anyone down to specific plans, just saying what's occurring.
I arrive Monday morning - we see JB Monday night.
We stay together Monday night in the Alamo.
We check out Tuesday morning.
I leave Wednesday night (midnight).

And I love to sing Christmas carols.

£21.583333333333333333333333333333333333333333 each
apparently for the tickets.
I can get into town earlier on the Monday so we all eat together pre-theatre. I was planning on dragging the two of you forcibly back to Arran sometime on Tuesday. If you're leaving midnight on Wednesday, Sundae, you can get the 7.20pm boat on Wednesday evening (all this weather permitting).

It sounds perfect to me.

I'm gonna hold off deciding on that second night if that's ok guys? All kind of depends where I'm at with the Pilaudog.

I am so excited.
Less than 6 weeks.
I still haven't paid anyone anything, despite various promises. After 5 years I think you know me well enough not to actually hate me.
Also that I am not scamming you - money will change hands.
And that I am rubbish at things like this. Sorry.

What I am looking forward to:

- Leaving work on Sunday afternoon and knowing London and Glasgow await
- Trying out the new sleeper coach
- Seeing the Alamo Guesthouse again; Steve and Flash (the cat)
- Meeting Dana and Limey
- Going to the panto on the day of arrival! Much as I love the Cellar ladies I'm so stoked about the actual performance
- Breakfast at The Alamo. Nom nom McNom
- Arran!
- Going home on the sleeper coach (well, depends what the trip up was like!)
- Going home to Christmas

Colour me double rainbowed.

Aren't you counting the days yet, Sundae?

Not yet.
I will do on the 19th :biggrin:

Oh wow - less than a month to go!

I've been looking around for a place to eat.
Sapporo Teppanyaki have an Early Diner Menu - 3 courses for £14.95.
Available from 16.30-18.30.
I've heard good things about this place (they have restaurants in Liverpool and Manchester).

Linky
Oh, and they do cocktails ;)

Of course if you have plans Limes, I'm easy going!
But if we think this place is a good idea we should book.

That menu looks great... are you going (more or less) solo ?
A crowd around a teppanyaki more than doubles the enjoyment.

Three of us.
But they seat you on tables of eight, around the chef, so we'd be sharing with another party.

I've also signed up for their email, stating my birthday as 19 December.
Makes no difference if we don't go. But a cheeky bit of fuss if we do ;)

This looks a great idea Sundae! And it'll be so great to be able to celebrate your birthday ;)!
What I was thinking was that I should post you guys your tickets as it'd be a real bummer if you were in Glasgow and I couldn't get there with the tickets because of windy weather (it happens ...).

ETA: The last time I was in a restaurant like that it was with a guy who lost his life on 9/11. No, really.

Good plan Batman.
It would be awful for you, but more awfuller for me, who would cry until I was physically sick.

At least if we are all in charge of our own tickets, we have a modicum of charge over our own destinies (watch mine get lost in the post now).

I've booked for 17.00.
That will give us a good hour and a half and still time to get to the theatre early.
I'm sure this can be changed if necessary.

Anyone who has a large lunch and subsequently can't finish their meal, that's a paddlin'.
Anyone who doesn't finish their meal and then asks for a hotdog later, that's a paddlin'.
Anyone who drinks too many cocktails and then is noisily sick in front of the nice Mr Barrowman, oh you bet that's a paddlin'.

ETA - it will be a taxi from B&B to restaurant, and restaurant to SECC. But as we know the trip back to the B&B is walkable.
Sorry that it's the other side of town, it just seemed such a good deal and an exciting place.

Oh and to correct a previous error - the tables seat 22, with the minimum at a table being 8.
But as Lamp says, that's a bonus for us.
Is there a spare bed if any of us pull...?

On the verge of sorting out various financial strands that have been going awry.
Spent the afternoon on the phone to various charming young men (the one with the Spanish accent was frustrating, but did sort out my problem) and believe it all to be untangled and set to resolve by 12th December.

So for the first time I can feel very excite about Glasgow.
Recently I have been worrying about how close it was creeping instead of glorying in ticking off the days.

Grandad's ashes are being interred on Monday 19th.
Mum and Dad will be meeting my Godfather there.

:(

But I understand that she wants this done before Christmas.