Fun Night

We had a crazy busy and fun weekend!  Both mine and Jovan's holiday parties were scheduled this past weekend.  My sister-in-law graciously agreed to come spend the weekend with us to watch the girls so we could enjoy two nights to ourselves. 

Friday night was my Christmas party.  I am definitely blessed to LOVE the people I teach with.  They are seriously some of the most fun people I know.  We spent the night eating, laughing, and playing Just Dance on the Wii.  Our holiday party is always "Holiday Apparel" themed, and it is always fun to see what people wear.  We can't really call it "ugly sweater" because we're in the teaching profession which I'm pretty sure is where those ugly sweaters originated and still live...don't want to offend anyone!  My holiday apparel this year was yoga pants and a hoodie.  We all decided at Book Club the night before that we would wear yoga pants, and it was one of the best decisions we've made all year. :)  We had a great low-key evening.

Saturday night was Jovan's work party.  His was a little more high maintanance!  The invitation (yes--invitation) that was mailed to us had semi-formal listed as the attire.  Everyone's definition of "semi-formal" is different, so I stressed out a little bit about that.  I finally decided I would just go with something in my closet and call it a day.  We got all gussied up and headed to some place here where a lot of wedding receptions are held.  Jovan's party was a little lot different than my work one, but it was nice to get all dressed up for a night.  We had a lovely catered meal, sat with the flipping CEO of the company, and danced the night away.  Jovan even won a $50 gift card to Home Depot (mind you, this was one of 5 "small" prizes given away compared to the smart tv, place tickets, and iPad that were also given away)!  I had a blast out on the dance floor with his colleagues, and they even managed to get Jovan out there for quite a few songs...something I have not been able to do in the ten years we have been together!  Since we had an overnight sitter, we were even able to go out with his work buddies and bosses afterwards.  Such a fun night!

Getting ready to Christmas Party!

After yet another busy, party-filled weekend, I was overwhelmed with that blessed feeling!