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Life is Short: Drink Good Champagne

5/7/2012

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Sometimes, you just gotta throw a party.

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And in this case, I broke out the good crystal.

Maybe it was because our wedding anniversary was on the 6th or that the beginning of May always reminds me of flowers. Or maybe it was just because I wanted to do a mobile spray tan (you know, the kind where they come to your house?) and the price goes down if more people are present. Regardless of my motivations, it was fun to plan and fun to put on and sometimes the best reason to celebrate doesn't require a reason at all.

Yes, we had a mobile spray-tanner come out. She set up shop in the downstairs bedroom and Scotty had a ball running in and out of her giant pink tent - before the festivities started. (this is not Toddlers and Tiaras, people. I did not spray tan my child). Mystic Mona, the fortune teller, was stationed in the living room and worked for two hours, reading tarot cards and telling us things about ourselves we didn't know. The food - a gastro-dynamic medley of awesomeness - included Jamaican jerk chicken with spicy dipping sauce, mac 'n' cheese with truffle oil, pesto aioli goat cheese with flat bread, signature salad, and a sampling of dessert (red velvet cake, cherry cheesecake, and carrot cake) paired nicely with the Vevue that was chilling in the ice bucket. The flowers, my favorite, favorite part, brightened the whole scene, with white and green hydrangeas, rich blue lisianthus, orange tulips and some red flowers I didn't know the name of in clear glass vases (anemone? Is that a flower? Or a sea creature? Not sure). I don't know why it is, but I firmly believe it's not a party unless there are fresh flowers present. 

Excessive? Maybe. But it was fun. And at one point in the evening, as everyone sat outside, chatting, sipping their drinks and snacking on jelly beans -
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Taste-tester Bear made sure the candy was edible
- I looked at all of my friends and thought to myself, "I am really happy right now."

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Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once and awhile, you could miss it. Just be sure to take it in while holding a glass of the good stuff.
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Even Bounce Cow got in the spirit of things
Big Thanks to my fabulous Vegas vendors:

- Bryce at DW Bistro (dwbistro.com)

- Randi (looooove her!) at Naakiti Floral ((naakitifloral.com)

- Mystic Mona (monavanjoseph.com)

- Rachel Mohr with Body and Soul Sunless Tan (bodyandsoulsunlesstan.com)

and Costco for just about everything else. :-)

This was, quite honestly, the easiest party I've ever thrown. Cheers!
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