Ballons in a blanket or something like that?

As many people are getting ready for Christmas and saving to spend money and buy presents I like to think this is as the BEGINNING.  The BEGINNING of Jesus' life yes and also the BEGINNING OF wedding season, soon after the new year begins the showers, bachelorette parties, rehearsal dinners and WEDDINGS are here sooner than you realize.  Although I said this blog isn't about weddings and babies but other things in life.  It seems my life is about my friends weddings, who is engaged, when are their parties when are there weddings, where are we staying, who are we taking, are we getting our hair done, our make-up done, etc. 

So things started a little early this year with two Christmas engagement parties.  Which is great for me because I'm kinda a scrooge and could do without all this Christmas stuff, but am excited about the parties.  I tell myself every year I'm not going to get so involved, I'm not going to throw a party/shower etc and every year it comes that time to plan and something inside me screams ME ME ME ME please let ME ME ME plan something for you.  I know how bad I stress out, how pissed I get at people that don't want to help and how I wish I was just at home getting ready for the party like everyone else, but yet I always volunteer.  It was a great party, had a great time.  But the days events leading up might not seem so.  We were supposed to get in at 2pm to decorate for a 7pm party, got a call we can't get in until 3, supposed to meet the girls at 2, can't meet til 230 (no biggie because we can't get in til 3 now).  So I decided to go get Balloons early, go to a store other than my usual because it's closer.   In this store if you weigh more that 100 lbs you would have trouble fitting down the isles in this store, plus there were lots of over 100's in there.  I was only looking for BALLOONS, how hard could that be.  Go to the party isle... NOPE.  Go to decoration isle...NOPE.  excuse me excuse excuse me as I pass not 100lb people with my not 100lb butt.  Still no BALLOONS.  Finally to the register where now all the people in the store are standing and one check out.  I just NEED GOLD and SILVER BALLOONS... finally make my way to the front, only person in the store that is white besides me is the cashier.  I ask her do you have gold and silver balloons, NOPE, we just have a mixed pack with all different colors, does that pack have gold and silver in it, not sure.... THANKS, BUT NO THANKS.   So I wiggle my not 100lb butt out of there, head to the store next door, where the lady was so nice, filled up all my balloons for 99 cents each, tied them with coordinating ribbon and bagged them for me.  THANK YOU KROGER LADY ....and you SUCK DOLLAR TREE.
So I made it home, we decorated, came home got ready. Burned not one but two batches of pigs in a blanket (and if you have to ask what that is like the yankee in my office, you don't deserve to know), finally an edible batch...SCORE.  Hair is doing good, THANK GOD, make-up good, dress BORROWED (SCORE, money saver) shoes great!
Party is an awesome time, drinks, food and fun times with friends.  And the saga continues next weekend with another engagement party, hopefully not nearly as stressful.
So Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Wedding Season!!