Merry New Year :0)

Well the silly season is almost at its end, and it certainly went out with a bang as I had a New Years ever party at 'my place'.
Up until the end of next week I had virtually no plans and a vague outline of how the party would go. I started with 12 people, and by New Years eve had 18 all seated in my makeshift dining room.
It was like a restaurant and amazingly everything went really smoothly - the food turned out great, the ambiance was perfect and the mix of people spot on. We all had a fantastic evening, and one of the guys has 'booked' for next year - as he said it is the best New years party he has been to in an age. We didn't try too hard to be jolly and have a 'party' with masses of booze' and dancing - I think we are all at the age where a dinner party, with good food, good conversation and a bit of an atmosphere make the night.
Only disaster, in my attempt to create a nice environment I had a log fire in the lounge and dining room where there was a buffet set out, candles burning in the hallway, lounge and our makeshift dining room. One of the candle burnt down to nothing in a tin and has burnt a bit of a hole in my alter table !! C'est la view, I should have been a bit more cautious and not swanned around without checking everything.
Happy New year and may 2007 be a good one.