December 1, 2008

• You Oughta Be in Pictures

  You know you’re having a fabulous day when you spray ovary juice all over your pant leg.

  Just a few pictures from the Beaujolais Nouveau party and Special Someone’s Christmas decorating.

  

  The table set before the guests arrive.

  

  The other two cases of wine were left outside to chill appropriately.

  

  Special Someone made this arrangement for the event.

  

  The Usual Suspects arrive.

  

  Time for food and fun.

  

  Dandy Andy in the doorway.

  

  Look at that light glare off Scott’s bald pate.  It was the first time any of us had ever seen him a) dressed up and b) sans baseball cap.

  

  Bill makes quite the fashion statement with those white socks.

  

  Special Someone’s roommate, Chris, is in the sweater on the right.

  

  Your’s Truly and Scott.

  

  Deviled Eggs and Beaujolais Nouveau make for Strange Bedfellows.

  

  Still plenty of pork loin.  This was just shortly before Brian spilled wine on his shirt and started stripping in front of all of us.  You’d be amazed at how often that happens at parties…

  

  Dawn, the heathen, was drinking beer at the party.

  

  A picture of Campbell House in its heyday.  The porch was removed after a fire on the third floor in the early 1900s.

  

  Brian’s array of desserts.  Notice the little card indicating what is what.  Also note a more contemporary painting of Campbell House hanging over the buffet.

  

  Brian flipping Special Someone off.  His wife made him call and apologize the next day.  HA!

   

  And now…for Christmas!

  

  Assembled decorations.  I don’t where he was hiding all this crap…

  

  Lights, anyone?

  

  Roommate Jon expresses his feelings about the candy canes.

  

  As a card carrying member of G.A.G.Y.A. (Group Against Gaudy Yard Art) I shudder at the display.

  

  

  That penguin is just too frickin’ creepy.

  

  Amy works on the lights.

  

  

  Christmas tree with gazillions of lights.  It took hours for SS to wrap the branches.  Pretty…yes?  At least then it was.

  

  Amy gets ready to load up the tree.  Imagine two florists and a shitload of ornaments.  They finished the tree at about 3:30 am Sunday morning.

  The crash occurred at roughly 4:30 am.

  

  With 4 possible directions to fall without harm the tree came right through the door…the only spot for potential damage.

  

  

  Sad little shards of ornaments.

  

  And this is the reassembled product.  Apparently only about 50% of the original ornaments.  The tree is now attached to a LAG BOLT in the wall with industrial strength zip ties.

  

  

  Ooooooooooooooooh…pretty.

  

  Note…my chafing dishes have made it from the Beaujolais Party to Sioux Falls for the Xmas Party this weekend.

  Next time I’ll have pictures of my decorations.  That is…if Zippy hasn’t disassembled the tree by then.

   

   

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