New Year's Eve

Celebrated the end of 2008 with "sips and sweets-" a two-hour cocktail party with some friends. Had quite a few cancellations due to travels (which I totally understand- lot of possible drunk drivers out there; I'd avoid them too!) but the small group who came was a lot of fun and it was good to catch up.Had eggnog and some hot chocolate (with liquors to add), and champagne (of course!); sugar cookies, chocolate covered pretzels, oreo truffles, mini-lefses, grape skewers, and mini-cranberry muffins. Played my "cocktails and cafe" pandora station.

Wore my "new" vintage dress, a score from a Naked Lady Party.

New Year's Eve

With enough food and drink for a small army, T and I welcomed 2007.

Our home was cleared out of extra seating (to encourage mingling of course), with exception to the patio for the smokers, and was simply decorated with x-mas garlands, lights and glittery snowflakes. I set up some glass tiered plates loaded with sweets on the coffee table, set up pitchers and bottles at the bar, prepped champagne glasses at the pass-through bar to the kitchen, and set foods out on the dining table.

We played on shuffle Rolling Stone magazine's best 100 songs of the year- a very interesting mix which we are un-hip enough to be unfamiliar with most. T's favorite is the Dropkick Murphys (?) with the song from The Departed (one of the coolest movies of the year, no question) and I mention it only because I heard it probably 20 times that day while he was collecting the songs. Other songs I swear I heard earlier in the year at a strip club (a friend's birthday celebration ended up there) which was totally weird- images of poles while preparing the foods.

Like I said before, too much food and drink. Some people couldn't stay the whole evening due to work the next day, and others were party-hopping. I should have planned better. Eh, nothing wrong with leftover party food. :)

While a smaller party that I'm used to, it was nice and cozy and I feel that overall it went well.

WHAT WAS SERVED*

7 layer dip and chips
Olive Tartlets
Cheese Straws (cheddar and gruyere)
Baked Brie Parcels
Smoked Salmon on Pumpernickel with dill
Oreo Balls (amazing)
Chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
Chocolate Covered Pretzels and Fortune Cookies

Peppermint Martinis
Cranberry Martinis
Partridge in a Pear Tree (virgin)
Beer (Shiner & Rolling Rock)
Spicy Bloody Marys
Cherry & Champagne Cocktails (The best drink EVER)

*I'll share the recipes upon request.