Okay ladies.... here is where I'm at....
Hotel is totally sold out (but I'll keep checking). So for now, no room for me. Which totally changes my plans.
I looked over the list of classes and honestly.... I'm really not that interested. I haven't TOUCHED a single thing I brought home from last year... including most of the stuff I bought at the Vendor Fair! (Although admittedly I haven't been too busy with scrapping until this month.)
I just want to scrap and hang out with Disboard friends. I don't really want to spend the money on classes, but I would be MORE than willing to spend money to attend the crops, if others of you are planning to crop in the evenings. My original plan had been to get a room and crop all day and all night and leave it as an open invitation to ANYONE from our group who wanted to stop by and get some scrapping done at any time over the weekend. But now, with no room for me, that plan will have to change.
Here is where I figure I'm at right now.
I will buy tickets to the evening crops if others from this group plan on attending. Attendance at the crops seemed light to me last year (I went to Fri and Sat night as I recall), so space wasn't really an issue. I sat with some nice ladies, but I would have preferred to be visiting with Dis-friends.
I will hang around Manchester during the day (or travel back and forth) if groups are doing lunch and/or dinner. I may even try to attend the Vendor Fair for a short time, just to see what's new, but I don't plan on spending much time or money in there. (HA... I said that last year!!
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I would LOVE to invite you ALL to come to my house for a meal or for a crop, but since so many of you are traveling so far already, I'm sure that another 30+ minute drive into the woods to visit me isn't that appealing... and I totally understand.
Not sure what my next step will be (other than continuing to check for room availability at the Radisson). Any suggestions?...............P