4 Days Till Xmas

Like I said in my last post, I had (in spite of myself) a very good time at a holiday party. Several in fact...kind of to hung over to enjoy the third one, but I refuse to think about the future when I drink.

Our hostess with the mostess did a really impressive job of utilizing space, I had serious doubts that we would all fit so seamlessly around a table in her kitchen, but behold, she even trusted us with real silverware. The candles were a lovely touch.

How awesome is that gingerbread house? The only ginger bread house I ever made was in the middle of summer at Camp Alvernia during a thunderstorm(that is weird, right?), and it looked absolutely nothing like that. Kudos to Lisa. And the cake was fab, thanks Lauren for making it vegan

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We played a very high stakes holiday game. It involved chocolate so I was out for blood. I did not win.

And then "All I Want For Xmas is You" came on by Mariah Carey and I lost my shit. But so did a couple of other people so I was able to share the embarrassment with several others. I don't just pull out the big voice for anything, and I certainly almost never do it in public, but this was for Mariah. And I had a lot of holiday punch floating around inside of me, I can't be trusted around songs that I know the lyrics to when I'm in that state.

My friends make me feel fuzzy inside. Sometimes they make me look fuzzy, too.

So yes, I'll admit it....it kind of lifted my Xmas spirit, but the moment was fleeting. By the next day I hated it(Xmas) all over again, and I'm only now feeling the residual effects of happy Xmasness again as a result of looking back at the photos. It did me some good, if only for a night. If only we could do that again over and over till the actual day, I'd be okay this week. But my friend threw an awesome party, and a room filled my favorite people is never ever a bad thing, no matter what the reason is for bringing us together.

4 more days left, I feel like this post is kind of disappointing, I've had nothing really terrible to say about Xmas. I'll just leave it with these pictures of a really awful gifts for little girls. I'm so grateful to not be a child this year.