White Elephant Party

Saturday. 6:45 am

Brian and I started this past Saturday morning a 6:45 am, in the quest of great deals while garage saling. The pickings were slim and while we went to a lot, we only found one item of particular interest.
Dragging myself out of bed that early on a Saturday rivals with impossible, but it is always worth it and I enjoy the time with my boyfriend.

Noon Thirty-ish

Home from our garage saling adventures, I made lunch and then we went into party-prep mode. We must have gone to walmart two or three times for all of the "last minute" things.
I am so glad that David's girlfriend, Jenny was there. I needed an artistic female perspective and help. I love Brian, but I have seen him wrap presents, I didn't think he was quite up for my wrapping ideas:

Apt. 906

Beer Pong Ready. With covert beer pong ball recovery
 in the form of wrapping paper

We were ready, complete with beer cooler and wrapping paper in an attempt to keep the ping pong balls on the patio.

We also wanted to keep our guests in line, so we put up some signs.

Courtesy of Jenny

We had a strict "no puking" rule in our house. Not in the bathroom, not on the patio. Fortunately, this was one thing that stayed intact.

I made a noxious hunch punch of 153 grain alcohol, Hawaiian Punch and orange juice. There was approximately 2 gallons and every drop was gone by the end of the night. I am not sure that everyone heeded my warning sign:

Overall, I think the night was a great success. We were most definitely at capacity for my poor little apartment, however, no cops were called, nothing was broken and no one got seriously ill. Hosting a party is definitely a lot more... taxing... than just attending, and by 3 in the morning, I was partied out, but fun was had by all.

In other news, Saturday was exciting for another reason... My ring came! Brian ordered me this amazing handmade ring from Etsy. I had shown it to him months ago, and he remembered and got it for me for Christmas =] He also got me some beautiful gold swallow earrings, I will post pictures of the earrings later.

I love my ring so much. And my boyfriend for really listening to me <3
 All my friends chastised me for my investigative work in figuring out my present, they claim I "ruined" Christmas, but Christmas should not be solely based on the presents anyways.

The next week is going to be less than enjoyable. I am not working that much, however, Brian will be working every night until he leaves for St. Pete on Saturday night. So the pickings will be slim when it comes to seeing him. He is missing Christmas, our 6 month and New Year's Eve. And then I am missing Valentine's Day. I guess we will need a weekend away soon to make up for it. =]

I am stressing about tuition and down payment stuff, but I am looking forward to the Spring semester, and I am hoping that it will not be a terribly painful 15 weeks.

Nap time for the kiddos and cleaning time for me.