Goodies From the Party Last Night

Here are photos of some of the items from last night's party. 

 It took me some finagling to get this tin of recipe cards.  This item was from the auction.  I kept bidding on boxes that looked the right size to have one of these inside and getting something else.






Kimmy Bagwell and I swapped one of our auction items.  She wanted the greeting card set I had and I wanted the tin.  A win-win situation for us both!

Shirley makes a huge batch of Hurricane punch every year.  This year, surrounding the punchbowl on the sideboard, she had personalized glasses for each of us.  No more lost cups!

 A close up shot of the Shrinky Dink charm she added to our pens in our gift bags.  We had to have these to play a couple of the crazy games she had planned.

Each of us got a snow filled glass ornament in our goodie bag.  She personalized them with our first initial;  there's some bling and a snow white feather attached on the top.  She even made the box to store these in.





Shirley's annual party is one of those "you had to be there" situations.  I can attempt to tell you how much fun we all had, how hard we laughed, the embarrassing photos, videos and emails that went out, and how pretty her house looked and you'd still only get a smidgen of what went on.  I'm hoping after she rests up for a day or two that she'll write a post on her blog and provide detailed information and some photos.

You know it's a great party when you have guests that fly in from Florida, Texas and Arizona just to attend.  Kimmy Bagwell drove all the way from Austin, TX and Robyn Abbott all the way from Clinton, OK!  It's definitely worth the trip to attend!

Okieladybug's Eighth Annual Girlfriend's Christmas Party

Tonight was Shirley's annual Christmas party.  This is a party that she plans for all year and boy did we all have a great time!  I laughed so much my cheeks still hurt!

You would not believe the gifts we were able to buy with our Santa Bucks during the auction! Shirley works all year making items, then she wraps them and auctions them off to us for the Santa Bucks she provides us.   I got just what I wanted!  A full set of Shirley's handmade cards, a recipe tin she made that's full of her candy recipes on decorated cards and a card kit (but I had to buy that from Carrie Elmore! lol!)

It's a little after 1 a.m. and I just made it home.  I'm too tired to make photos of my auction items tonight, so that will be my post for tomorrow.

We played Dirty Santa with gifts we'd all brought and this year there was very little stealing.  My gift is absolutely perfect because it has kitchen items in it.  So glad Robyn Abbott found those cute measuring spoons and hot mits.  I needed some new Christmas things for the kitchen.

Helen Edwards brought her new I-pad 3 and shot tons of great photos.  I'm hoping that she and the others who took photos will post them online so I can see all of them.  We even had some fun at Carrie's expense by sending one photo to her husband just to prove she made it to the party.  We'll have to wait to see what his reaction was! LOL!

Thanks, Shirley, for putting on such a great party.  You invite just the right combination of people and we all have a great time!  I'm already looking forward to next year's and hope I didn't get eliminated off the guest list!

Shirley's Girlfriends' Christmas Party

Shirley, aka Okieladybug, hosts a party each December for her girlfriends.  She spends the entire year accumulating and making prizes and items to put into a loot bag for each attendee!  I've attended the last three she's had and it's been a ball each time!

This year's party was really anticipated since she skipped it last year.  She'd won a Cricut Cruise and decided to forgo the party!  For some reason, she thought getting ready for that cruise was just more important!  I'd have made the same choice myself, given how much preparation it took for her,  Karen O'Brien and Shiane to go!  But, we all missed the party, for sure!

The 2011 party was held on December 3rd.  The weatherman had predicted some possibility of icy roads so our FB friend, Robyn Abbott, drove in a day early so she wouldn't miss the party! 

The fun started a little late.  A couple of guests were a little tardy.  Shirley was on the phone checking up on them since she has all the games, etc. designed for a certain number of people.

But once she spoke to them and learned they were on their way, the party was ready to get started!

Lucy was dressed for the occasion in a plaid Christmas dress.

This is a great photo of the "Cricuteers" at the party.

Shirley, Lucy, me, Carmen, Wendy, Robyn and Carrie.

I don't know where Shirley comes up with the games for us to play!  This year, she blindfolded us, handed us a wooden spoon and we had to scoop cotton balls from one container to another.  Whoever got the most inside the container won the prize.  Oh, did I fail to mention that she spun us around first?  

Carmen being blindfolded (with a plastic bag!)

Carrie lauging so hard she couldn't hit the contiainer

Shirley wanted to be sure there was no peeking

When it was my turn to be blindfolded, I tried to cheat by keeping it off my eyes just enough to see the table.  But, Carmen and Robyn caught me!  

 

The next game we played involved our being split into teams of three, being given some tissue paper and having fifteen minutes to design an evening gown.  My team gave its all but the hands down winner was Robyn's bunch.  Woo-Hoo!  What an outfit!

 I really thought that Wendy stood a chance in our creation!  Carrie's outfit included a stylish evening bag.

I think that Robyn and Shirley were just having too much fun here!

 

By the end of the party, Lucy was just worn out from all the excitement!  I'm sure she was glad to see us all go home so she could just have her couch back and rest.

After the party broke up, we hopped in our cars and went to the casino.  No luck for me!  But at least I made it home with a few dollars in my pocket!

Eeveryone there had a great time and we are already looking forward to the 2012 Girlfriend's Christmas Party!