Wow – today might actually be a restful day! We got almost everything done during the week despite Denis being out on Monday night and last night being taken up with CootieBoy’s Christmas pageant. All that’s left today is to finish the stuffed tomatoes, make the bruscetta, and finish the Hawaiian meatballs. That’s about it! ALL the other food is DONE and just needs to be set up (if it’s fresh) or put in the oven when the time comes.
The house is all decorated (we did the outside decorations yesterday) and clean (God bless that housecleaner yesterday – she did a GREAT job and all I have to do is a quick vacuum of the carpets just before people arrive). I’ve wrapped two of the three White Elephant gifts that we are offering (I helped a co-worker by providing his girlfriend. Last night we packaged up all the cookies for the cookie giveaway. We also have a couple treats to give away in honor of the fact that this is our 10th anniversary throwing this party.
I am indulging in a splurge today. I’ve made a hair appointment at 4 p.m. to have my hair styled. I’ve NEVER done that before, but when I got my haircut yesterday the girl said, “You should let me do your hair tomorrow!” and I thought why not? The good news is I should be able to get everything done by 3:30 p.m., take a shower, head to my appointment, and then come back and go into the final stretch of prep before the 6 p.m. party start time.
EXCITED!