Essentials for Freshers week[s], Celebrations at home: 18th - 21st - even 30th birthday parties ...

What you will need:

Understanding neighbours - Invite :)  - Make Aware - or Deliver Flowers.

Ice.

Plastic drinking vessels - limit injuries.

First aid box - just in case.

Serviettes - for being polite - and also in the event of serving food.

Camera - make sure you get the right photos early in the proceedings - then confiscate all cameras.

Toilet rolls - plenty of them [do people take them home with them?].

Old towels - for major spillages.

Plastic Carrier bags - for emergency sickness [possibly due to travel distance to venue].

Bottles of water - various purposes including the one above.

Bucket, cloth, disinfectant - in case someone arrives with a puppy.

Air-beds [preferably ones that don't deflate during the night].

Cheap 'throw-away' quilts [£4.50 Morrisons]

Plenty of space for air-beds, throw-away quilts, buckets, towels, legs, shoes ...

Milk - for those who don't want black coffee the following day.

Bacon - Sausages - Beans - Eggs - Brown Bread - Real Butter [hangovers just aren't complete without these ingredients]

Bin bags - one each for overnight guests to help clear up.

Paracetamol or similar

Designated driver - to take all bottles / cans / plastics to recycle zone.

Patience.

Sleep.

Happy Memories.

Enjoy your parties ~ remember to drink plenty of water in between alcoholic drinks.

*It's safer not save fish, chicken, mayonnaise, rice, onions from the party table ~ to be honest - don't save, freeze or re-heat any foods which have been on display all day or evening.

Gillian