Booze: Money saving tip, save £1.50 guaranteed

Just a quick one but I couldn't resist passing on this new found bit of knowledge that guarantees you save a whole £1.50 every weekend (Well almost!)...

Friday/Saturday arrives and you're ready to go out.
Before you leave the house to hop in the taxi - stop and remove your coat. No matter how cold it is outside, you will soon warm up with a few sherbets inside you.

You may be frozen... or even, worse case scenario catch a serious cold. You're friends may be laughing at you while your turning into a smurf; but stick with it.

You enter the club and whose laughing now... while your friends are cueing to put their coats in and part with £1.50 you can stand there smiling away safe in the knowledge you have your one and half quid tucked away in the pocket.
As all of your friends are in the queue you might be a bit bored, so if your feeling frivolous you could even have a go on the bandit - you may even cash in on that £1.50!

Now for the trip home, an hour wait in the taxi queue at 3am... and its -5 ... sh!t...

Views: Standard Leicester Night Out

Out on the town last night and it was very much a game of two halves! As with the majority of places, Leicester has its good spots and its down right bad spots.

We like to have a bit of variety when in town so we try and mix it up. Having a few in the less classy bars can prove quite entertaining.

We started off in Lloydes, which is your standard cheap drinks gordy décor style bar. No need to re-mortgage the house to pay for a round in here. As this is probably one of the less impressive pubs in Leicester, you would think we might struggle to find a worse one… step forward The Goose!

After being quite amused by the January sale on Stella! We proceeded to inform the bar staff they are working in a pretty bad bar. Ok, you probably don’t need that from customers but the response was a classic…”Well F**k off then!".
Now I'm no expert in customer service, but I'm sure that kind of response would not figure in ""Five Star Service, One Star Budget: How to Create Magic Moments for Your Customers That Get You Noticed, Remembered and Referred", don't get me worng, it was a magic moment and it will get them remembered... but probably not referred!. That said, we did take her advice and we did F**k off, to Varsity.

Again not a classic pub, but cheap (seems to be a theme here!). After watching a bit of ultimate fighting on the big screen, which is a cracking choice for a pub selling 2-4-1s on Smirnoff, it was decided we needed a good half time talking too and a change in venue type.

We proceeded to go to Fat Cats, which is a damn fine choice playing decent music and providing a quality atmosphere. Then Hush, which although does feel like your in some chaps flat, is actually alright. Finally came Manilla for a bit of boogying (yes for those that know me, I said Manilla not Liquid!), which again provided good music and fine atmosphere.

So, if your out’n’about in Leicester, I suggest… mix it up… it’s all good fun!