british soap awards

What better way to brighten up a wet and windy Saturday than by going to the British Soap Awards? We were beside ourselves with excitement when the invitation arrived and donned our best rainy-day gladrags before heading off to the star-studded event…

As we arrive, we’re led to the swanky pre-show drinks reception. This is where the fun really starts as we get our first glimpse of the celebs.

Corrie’s Michelle Keegan (who’s about to win Sexiest Female for the fourth year in a row), and EastEnders glamour girls Jessie Wallace and Jacqueline Jossa file in and we can feel the excitement. We won’t lie, there’s a whiff of nerves too as time ticks closer to finding out who’s won what…

After a glass of champagne we’re whisked off to the recording of the show, then back again for the post-awards cocktails (ooh, we’re starting to feel a bit tipsy!). unsecured loans

There are enormous bowls of sweets dotted around, so we help ourselves to a jellybean as beaming Best Actress winner Alison King walks past.

Now we’ve got the nibbles so we check out the giant popcorn stand in the corner. We bump into Jake Wood and Jo Joyner, who have had the same idea, and congratulate the pair on ’Enders’ wins.

The dancing gets going and Katherine Kelly throws some shapes with her old Corrie pals. Gorgeous Gemma Merna and Steph Waring are among the Hollyoaks honeys having a boogie.

Then the lights come up and it’s all over… Time to head back out into the rainy night. We’ve had a fantastic time and we’ve still got our packed goodie bag to rifle through – is that a giant bag of crisps we see?! bad credit loans