Yes, that's Jesse Santa Claus and our glorious tree!
I've uploaded the pictures to Facebook - see the album!
Things that may or may not have happened:
- Jesse and I made a delicious eggnog from THIS recipe - people have inquired as to where we sourced its amazingness. We added perhaps a bit too much bourbon, but it was still yummy. Plus, we doubled the recipe and put MY personal touch of scoops of vanilla ice cream in it to keep it chilled while it sat out.
- Jonah Bayer got his hair straightened. As you can see in the picture below, Christina wielded both a straightening iron and her beer as she set out on her mission...see the results in the album!
- The party was crowded from about 10 to midnight, and then as people filtered out, Team Couch arrived 20-people strong. I'm not kidding. It was amazing. The core of that group has been coming to our Holiday Party for all three years now! YES!
- It was also Tyler's birthday! Yay!
- There are no pics of ME, per se, but Jiscilla will have her pics up soon and Meik!'s already got them! He has some great party shots of everyone HERE and on his FLICKR.
- THE DRESS I WORE WAS FROM MY 10TH GRADE HOMECOMING. I don't have any full-length's yet (JISCILLA GET ON IT!), but it's basically a red satin number that's tight on top and flow-y on bottom. It hits mid calf and I wear a little tulle thing underneath to keep it bouncing. AND IT FIT. Sure, a little tight. Needed some help zipping up - but, it fit. Also, it's a pretty classy, 50s-esque dress, and I remember my mother and I bought it from a Victoria's Secret catalog back in...1998? 1999? I can't count. And yeah, it's been about 10 years since 10th grade - EEP! Oh, and I attached a large green flower to it, holiday-spirit style.
- The Dagger, Jesse and I really spiffed the place up with our tree and Erica's amazing photobooth backdrop!
- The traditional dance party was kicked off by none other than Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" - OBVIOUSLY.
- And the night was capped off at 5am by some backgammon, Sorry, and Battleship. Also, thanks to Jonah and Quinn for their help in the bottle-gathering - which made clean-up the next morning SO much easier!
Twas another successful year for our Holiday Party!
ooh looks like a fabulous time.
ReplyDeleteawwwwww! jesse is such a sweetie surprising you all the time!!! hope you had fun at the concert. also, party looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteyour eggnog sounds good :)
ReplyDeletelooks like it was a great time!
please can I come next year?? This sounds like such an amazing party!!! and I need to see pictures of this tenth grade dress... and I also think we need to be facebook friends.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a blast!!! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I will make sure I am over in the states for the next one. I presume I'm invited, yes??? ;)
VERY excited for the grade ten dress photos!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it fantastic when you can pull out something from 10 years ago and say,"Yes! And I thought it would never again see the light of day! AND I still look good in it! Mwahahahaha!" Your party sounds super fun--wish I could have gone,although as you well know, Tennessee is just a mite far away from NYC.
ReplyDeleteamber - it was beyond awesome!
ReplyDeletesabrina - jesse is the best sweetie. <3
amanda jo - it was delicious!
bethis - you are SO invited next year, and plz friend request me via facebook!!
paula - of course you're invited next year! every year! this could turn into a blogger party next year, ha...
kyla bea - done and done!
lyndsey - wish you could have made it, too! maybe next year?! ha. :)