So the party went well on Saturday. It got off to a really slow start since we only have 6 people for the first hour or so, but eventually people started trickling in. We maxed out at 18 guests – half of what we were expecting in total. It was weird to have it be so small since we normally have at least 25 people in attendance.

Supposedly there were problems coming from Manhattan – Cakes and Wifey waited at Port Authority for an hour with two friends of theirs and no bus ever came. I told them to hop in a cab because the bus problem sounded like it was on the INCOMING side as opposed to outgoing and he said, “Too late, we’re on the Lower East Side about to sit down to dinner.” Meredyth and Jonathan’s flight landed a bit late and by the time they got to the hotel it was 7:30 p.m. and J. was sick and didn’t feel well enough to come to NJ at that point. Ericka’s wisdom tooth decided to make an ugly appearance this weekend so she and her boyfriend didn’t come.

So obviously we had TONS of food which everyone seemed to enjoy. The White Elephant game went really quickly since we only have 16 players (two of our guests couldn’t stay for the whole party and left just before we started the game). There was a fun mix of good gifts (a chocolate fondue set) and bad gifts (a wicker frog that stood about 18 inches tall).

The night ended relatively early – the last guest left at about midnight. Cleanup was a breeze – it was one of the most organized parties we’ve had yet, which is amazing considering the fact we didn’t have our regular “helpers”.