Christmas story #1

For the last two years my work has had a formal dinner party for the holidays. I love formal parties -- there are always a few grumbles from the rank and file who hate to dress up -- but I LOVE IT! I got to break out the furs and get all sparkly. This year we did a casino night with dinner and we had a live band which was better than I expected. They were "The Cellar Dwellers" and are neighbors of my Area General Manager (which is how they got the gig). At the end of the night we took all our casino chips and cashed them in for raffle tickets which we could place in boxes for drawings. They were giving away a large LCD TV, a Wii console, a camcorder, spa packages, new cell phones, various gift baskets, and there might have been a couple other big ticket items that I've forgotten. Anyway--since I never win anything I put a couple tickets in the box for the Wii (cause I really wanted one) and then put most of my tickets in for lesser prizes--I figured I had better odds in the raffle for things others were less likely to have tried for. My strategy worked! I won two Bath and Body works baskets each with over $100 worth of product! Yea ME! I took half the stuff up to Katie's to share in the bounty.

So the party was a lot of fun--but then it was to be expected-Selina (our Admin Assistant) always does an awesome job!