A couple of weeks ago, a group of 10 of us got together for our very first Bloggers Night In. This took place in Lichfield in Eileen’s (Et Speaks From Home) House. All of us talk on Facebook a lot and support each other with our blogs. This is the great thing about the blogging community, from all over the country we have developed some great friendships! Some of us had met each other before, but we never had a gathering on mass so we were all really looking forward to it.
This is everyone:
- Fiona from Mummys Little Stars
- Mary from Over 40 and a Mum to One
- Jenny from The Brick Castle
- Zoe from My Mummys World
- Tina from The Soupdragon Says
- Angela from Life of Spicers
- Tami from Mummy of Two
- Pippa from Red Rose Mummy
- Eileen from ET Speaks from Home
- and of course me!!
We also had a couple of missing friends:
- Kelly from Writings Ramblings and Reviews
- Laura from Yummy Mummy Flabby Tummy
- Anthea from Blue Bear Wood / The ZingZing Tree
Eileen was a perfect hostess and made us all very welcome, and we had lots of snacks and drinks to enjoy. A lot of it was kindly donated to us by some companies who wanted to support our event, so thanks to them! Perhaps we also should have got some name badges as I managed to mix up a couple of the girls I had not met before and enthusiastically greeted Angela by saying “Hi, you must be Tina!”
You can read about many of the snacks and drinks we tried in my Winter Food & Drink round up.
Throughout the evening we had a lot of fun and laughs, we all chatted til about 2am when we finally went to sleep. We also organised a secret santa which was fun, and thanks to Pippa for my present! Here’s our Secret Santa tree decorated by Eileen.
For our meal, we were all really happy to find out that Dominos had offered to send us over some pizzas to enjoy. I love Dominos and have often ordered it myself for nights in.
Pizza Delivery!
I had never tried the chocolate dough balls from Dominos though, so this was the first time and they were so nice! If you are ordering I would recommend you to get some to have after your pizza!
In the morning we also had a treat lined up as we all went to Frankie and Bennys for breakfast. I had never been to Frankie and Bennys before but it was an ideal place to go for breakfast with plenty of space for all of us to sit, and breakfasts are only £5 each and you can get unlimited tea or coffee for £1.75 per person which seems like great value to me. I really needed the unlimited coffee after sleeping late and getting up early!
It was a great weekend and hopefully we will repeat it again in the future. We do have another meet up planned for Britmums as most of us will be attending that in the summer!
These bloggers are all a lovely group of ladies. If you haven’t been to all of the blogs before, do pop across and have a look and follow them!
Disclaimer: Our meals and many of the snacks, drinks and games of our night in were provided as PR samples but our views remain honest and unbiased. This post also includes sponsored content
I loved the chocolate doughballs – they were amazing! :oP
Jenny @ The Brick Castle recently posted…Goodbye Nelson
Looks like a lot of fun!
Bex Smith recently posted…Swizzels Matlow at Christmas
aww thats so lovely you all got to meet up! We’re quite lucky in Bristol that there seems to be quite a few blogger meet ups. It’s always so nice to put a face to someone you have been chatting to over the internet! x
Fritha Strickland recently posted…A collection
That sounds like a great idea! I had a night out recently with a group of Munich bloggers, it was great! 🙂
Emma recently posted…Saint Nicholas and Friend
Looks like a great night was had by all! I’ve never really considered sponsored posts before, but now I know there could be food involved… *dreams of pizza*
Pols80 recently posted…Swearing
It looks like you all had a feb night and a lovely breakfast. I never realised so many bloggers lived near to me!
Loubelle recently posted…Upcycling, recycling, repurposing and reusing
What a great way of doing a night in – and lovely that online friends become real friends too!
Mammasaurus recently posted…Buy Local: Beaulieu and Small Business Saturday
What fun!!! x
Emma from LIFE AS IT IS recently posted…Happy Kids Happy Christmas
What a really fantastic idea to have a blogger night in! love it 🙂
Jaime Oliver recently posted…Active Family And Our Active Holidays
How wonderful that you turned your online friendships into a special evening seeing each other in person!
Kriss MacDonald recently posted…The Mouse and His Child – one of the best children’s books ever written?
Lovely idea. Really great that you managed to all get together on one evening.
Healthier Mummy recently posted…10 ways to get your child to eat vegetables
What a great idea! I’d love to do that but I’m out in the countryside and I only know one blogger near me.
Mums do travel recently posted…Things to do around Bovey Castle and Dartmoor with kids
Oh what a lovely idea! Glad you all had such a fab time
Foz recently posted…Review – Babylit Board Books
We had some great treats didn’t we and it was lovely to have a proper chat this time!
Mummy of Two recently posted…A Christmas treat from Betty’s
Looks like you had an amazing time! It’s great to meet up with online friends sometimes but I can’t imagine how awesome it must be to be a massive group of bloggers all in the same room!
Stacey Corrin recently posted…Just Shut Up and Eat Your Ice Cream
Looks like you all had a great time xx
lisa recently posted…Owl of a Time
It was really so much fun, I’m so glad we managed to arrange it.
Red Rose Mummy recently posted…Win a Christmas Supply of Andrex Toilet Tissue for your Family
It really was a fantastic evening! So glad most of us could make it
My Mummys World recently posted…Choosing to have an Unplugged Wedding
Hahaha, I forgave you straight away for mistaking me for Tina. It was a great evening / night / morning, I’m so glad we all managed it
spicers1976 recently posted…Festive Drinks Guide
What a great idea! We got the chance to try those chocolate dough balls a couple of weeks ago – they are gorgeous! It looks like you all had a great time 🙂 Thanks for linking to PoCoLo x
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I could do with a Dominos delivery right about now! Looks like you all had a lovely night in.
Looks like you lovely ladies had fun, been following most of your blogs for a while and its lovely to see you all letting your hair down x
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