Saturday, December 6

a fun time was had by all

The party last night was deemed a success.  We had expected about 30 people but figure that (from what we can remember) about 40 people showed up.  It's a good thing hubby went to Costco and bought an insane amount of alcohol.  I was laughing when he came home with this humongous bottle of Grey Goose--it had to have been 3 feet tall!  Well, it is now empty as are several garbage cans of various bottles of rum, whiskey, champagne, wine, and beer.  Yikes!  
I had just bought a new iPod speaker system dock for the party and spent several hours last weekend preparing the perfect party mix.  Well, there were so many people and it was so noisy that for most of the party I could hardly hear the music even though it was blasting!  Most people stayed from 7pm until midnight.  Thank goodness the caterer had enough food!  My table decorations were pretty much nixed in order to make room for all of the food.  Oh, well!  It turned out to be a fun evening even though it was my birthday!
We will go out to one of my favorite restaurants tonight to have our own private celebration.  :)

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOVE IT!! The pictures are fantastic and wish I could hear the party mix! xoxo

Anonymous said...

LOVE IT!! The pictures are fantastic and wish I could hear the party mix! xoxo

kb said...

looks like fun! hope you had a good birthday :)

Muffy said...

HAOOY BIRTHDAY!!! Sounds like my kind of party!!! HAHA!

Muffy said...

HAPPY, not HAOOY! HAHAHAH!

Belle (from Life of a...) said...

I hope that you had a fabulous birthday even though the office party fell on the same night. It looks like a wonderful party...what did you get for your birthday? Candace Bushnell gets $30,000 to speak at a luncheon...GOOD GLORY

Sandra said...

Such a great feeling for a party to be such a huge success...I love that when everyone is talking about how much fun they had for days after :) Happy B'day!!!

Anonymous said...

It looks like a fantastic time was had! Your daughter's dress is beautiful, btw, love the plaid. What a birthday- a fun office party AND dinner out! Have a good time. :-)

Randall @ Happy For This Moment said...

So glad to hear it was a success!

Heather Grindstaff said...

Recently started reading your blog! love your daughter's party dress it is just precious! Glad the party went well.oh and Happy Birthday!

Landlocked Mermaid said...

YOU Look beautiful and Lil' P is just getting so big and pretty.. love you both xo

Lulu said...

The pictures are adorable! I am so glad you all had a great time :)

Jill said...

Wow~ what a great party! I love Little P's dress; she's so cute! Great chandelier in your dining room!

Jo said...

Looks like everyone had a great time! Hope your birthday dinner with your family was special!

Jo

Pretty in Pink said...

Happy Birthday to you Pretty! Also, I think lil petunia needs to be a model ... i mean, she is gorgeous!

University of Iowa Meg said...

Happy birthday! And I'm glad your party was a success!

Hopsy said...

I love that photo collage you created- fabulous! It sounds like you had a wonderful evening and I just hope my party next Sunday can go half as well as your fete!

Heather said...

That sounds really fun. Your red dress is so pretty.

With Love from New Orleans said...

Amazing! Your family is adorable!

University of Iowa Meg said...

I did leave her a good tip...I think maybe I was dazed by all the pulling and burning of my scalp....oh well...I'll just have to wear hats and pony tails till it grows more.

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday!!!

Jaina said...

Happy birthday!!! You just get two celebrations ;) Sounds like your party was a smashing success. Great job. :)

Lipstick said...

What a pretty party! I like the private dinner idea too!

Madeline said...

Ooooo...pretty pictures. Love the family pic in front of the doors. I told the kids that I want a photo shoot for Christmas. I'm sure they're thinking "Bah humbug" or when hell freezes over. But hey...look what happened yesterday. We DID freeze over! So maybe I WILL get those photos! :)