Christmas Parties

Ben and I went to his company Christmas party last night. The party was at Sullivan's Steakhouse this year, and it was absolutely awesome. The food was delicious -- stuffed mushrooms and shrimp for appetizers, a choice of fillet mignon, shrimp with pasta, or salmon for an entree, mashed potatoes, broccoli, cream corn, bread, and a choice of cheesecake, brownie with ice cream, or key lime pie for dessert. Definitely one of the best meals that I've ever had! We spent the evening laughing and talking with his co-workers and their spouses, and before we knew it, we had been there for over 4 hours, and Sullivan's was closing. I would definitely say that the party was a huge success!

Here's a picture of Ben and me before we left for the party.
A big "thanks" to Cheryl for letting me borrow her black heels.
Aren't they gorgeous? I would say that "beauty knows no pain", but that would be a complete lie. Those heels were killing me by the end of the night, but they sure did look great with my dress. Thanks again for letting me borrow them, Cheryl. I love living next door to you. :)

Although I'm a little late on blogging about it, we went to my office's Christmas party last week. Jacobs decided to do something a little more family oriented this year with dinner and a "quote-along" to the movie "Elf" at the Alamo Drafthouse downtown. For those of you who have never been to a "quote-along" (I hadn't until this party), it's similar to a sing-along in that the words appear at the bottom of the screen and are hi-lighted as they are being said. Before the movie started, they also passed out "jingle bells" to ring during the songs, and white balloons and streamers to be thrown during the "snowball fight" scene. The kids absolutely loved it, and the adults had a lot of fun, too. I was a little skeptical at first (especially when 2 guys dressed as "Buddy the Elf" got up on stage to explain what to do), but I was surprised at much I (and everybody else around me) got into it. Everybody was singing along to all of the songs, and when it started "snowing" at the end of the movie, it really did feel magical.

Unfortunately, Ben and I forgot to join in on the snow scene by blowing our bubbles, but the good news is that Annie and Amos had a great time eating the "snowflakes" later that night. We only let them do this for a couple of minutes, I'm pretty sure that they would have done it for hours or even days if we would have let them.