Hey thanks for the advice everyone, especially about the ice because I did not think about that! My husband mentioned the no shoes thing to a few of the people he was inviting and they seemed fine with it, so we added it to the invitation just so no one is thrown off guard and shows up with holes in their socks or something. The invitations were passed out today and he said people are pretty excited. That’s always nice to hear. I am predicting we’ll have a good time. I’m really looking forward to it. I requested the Friday before off from work so we can clean the house real good and put up the Christmas tree and decorations.
Category: Holidays
Party Planning
My husband decided he wants to throw a Christmas party for his coworkers. We’ve never thrown a real party before, but we have hosted game nights. I’m pretty nervous, yet excited. I’m trying to think of everything we need. So far we’ve got:
styrofoam bowls (in red)
paper plates
napkins
plastic cups (also in red)
lazy susan (already owned this)
two 3-section snack trays (one in red, one in green) for nuts and candy
chip/dip serving platter (in red)
three kinds of crackers
cheeseball
mini wieners
chips
black olives
salsa
alcohol
ingredients to bake cupcakes and cookies
invitations, which are getting passed out this week
Items we still need:
festive tablecloth
gift cards
nuts
veggies (celery, carrots)
cheese tray
cheese knife (for cheese ball)
chicken wings (will get these fresh the day of the party)
mozzarella sticks
bagel bites
pop (in 2-liters)
utensils
toothpicks
a pie (or two)
My husband wants to make sure no one goes hungry. It’s a pet peeve of his when the food supply is depleted before the party ends. We’re expecting about 12 people so I think that’s more than enough; in fact I’m willing to bet we’ll have lots of leftovers.
For entertainment we’ve got board games, cards, the Wii, and music of course.
I’m a bit torn whether to ask that people take their shoes off, or just grin and bear it, then shampoo the carpets after. We don’t wear shoes in our house but some people do and might find it offensive to be asked to remove their shoes. I’ve searched online and that didn’t really help; some people think it’s poor etiquette to ask people to remove their shoes whereas other people figure if it’s your house you have every right. I’m still not sure what to do in regards to that.
Other than that, I think we’ll be prepared to have a great party. Am I missing anything?
Happy Halloween
I really wish I could have enjoyed Halloween more this year but I let a particular situation that has been weighing heavily on my mind interfere too much with my enthusiasm. I was not feeling the Halloween love this year and was particularly cranky when I got home from work. I did feel much better after we picked up some yummy deep dish pizza, though. I think it’s a blood sugar thing.
But instead of any further bitching and moaning, I’ll leave you with an article about Halloween Treats Guaranteed to Earn to Earn You a Trick.
Hope you had a fun Halloween!
October
It’s October, my favorite month of the year. Halloween will soon be here. Woo hoo! That is all. :)
Domo Halloween
I don’t know why, but I really haven’t been in a mood to see any movies lately. Even this weekend with the crazy non-stop rain we’re having, I’d rather lounge in bed than go to the theater. Nothing looks good enough to waste time watching. I heard Pineapple Express and Step Brothers sucked, and I just don’t care to sit through a 2.5 hour movie so we haven’t seen The Dark Knight. I’d like to see Mirrors but it’s only playing at night and I don’t do evening shows; they are just too expensive and crowded. For the most part, I’d rather watch movies at home.
So today instead of seeing Dark Knight like we had considered, we took our time dragging our butts out of bed and just lounged around for a bit before Joe got a call at work which required him to go in for a bit. I tagged along since I had nothing else better to do and on our way back home we stopped at Target for groceries.
I was on the hunt for some Domo goodies since he’s Target’s Halloween mascot this year, but there’s far more displays with him on it in the store than actual merchandise. There were literally only two stuffed Domos in the entire store – one plain one that Joe bought for his office (I had purchased my own plain one earlier in the week) and one dressed up like a devil. What the heck, Target?
Also, I’m really sick of them putting out the Christmas displays at the same time as Halloween. Is nothing sacred? I hate Christmas more and more every year. Sometimes I wish it would be eliminated altogether.