Tis the Season

I think in past years, I've been much busier than this year. Not that life is any less frantic, just that it seems like we have fewer events to attend.

Last week, we had 12:12 at Freddy's and the weekend was fairly busy too. FND at my parents and then we met up with Sean, William and Mike afterwards at Quarry House. I'm glad to see they have a bigger selection on their food menu -- and dessert too! John and I just had some soft pretzels.

Saturday, we ran errands all over town and attended Mike & Diane's Holiday Open House later in the evening. Lots of great snacks! For once, we went to a party empty-handed. John thinks I can't go to a party without bringing some type of food item. (Proved you wrong, Love!) I felt like I was missing a limb or something when I walked into the party.

I took very few pictures. It's funny how our group doesn't tend to mingle much when we're at parties with strangers. We rarely go out of our way to converse with unfamiliar folks. It was nice to see high school friends of John's we don't see very often.

Sunday, we went to the grocery store so I could get all my ingredients for cookie baking. I mixed up one batch of dough to bake tonight and made a batch of Mexican Wedding Cookies. I still need to get some peanut butter chips for Haystacks. If I think if it, I'll post my favorite cookie recipes on the food blog. I plan on making regular chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter cups. These are the 5 kinds I normally make every year, with a new cookie sometimes. I may not make anything else this year. There's only a few more days left!!!

This Friday, we're having our annual "Company Party" at the Bottom Line. I look forward to this event more than my actual work party. It's the normal group of friends, but I love the way the Bottom Line has the bar decorated with garland, gigantic globe ornaments, and lights. Other than the Christmas Eve gift frenzy (midnight at Robert's), we're just planning on a nice family gathering Christmas Day at my MIL's.

One of the things I do miss is shopping with William, Freddy, Nate and Linda. We used to go to the mall together for a day of X-mas shopping and play the "Don't Get Recognized" game. If someone recognizes you at the mall and you acknowledge them, you have to buy a drink for everyone in the shopping group. We spend our time scared of being spotted more than concentrating on gift buying. It's funny to hear stories of people who were dissed because of the game though.

Hope you all are having fun this holiday season! 7 more shopping days left!