Freaky Tiki Party

And now a small programming change from the editor:

Today's regularly scheduled update of the B's "East Coast is Toast Tour - Summer 2004" will be delayed due to a more exciting and current life experience. I am sorry for any inconvience this may cause, as it is too darn bad. You really aren't interested in our vacation photos anyway, and were just being polite, as are most people when they are forced to succumb to boring vacation photos and/or videos. You may watch this space in the coming days for the resumption of our boring vacation. Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,

MinnieDoodle Kerri, editor-in-Chief

Wow! We were invited to a Tiki Party! Friday night was Tiki party time on Chip and Jenn's new patio. Apparently this was a work "tech-ie" party, which included Mike who has known Chip since his computer geek days in the Webster School District. Being that I'm married to the "Tom Hanks but I'll pretend he's Ben Affleck" look-alike, I was invited as well.

So of course, being the fashion-ista that I am and figuring this is as close to an Academy Awards night as I'll ever get, I decided that the occasion called for a new outfit$! After all, this was even bigger than my bowling banquet - I knew that I would be seeing my husby's co-workers, and the last thing I wanted to look like was a frump. Besides, I thought it would be fun to get into the "Tiki" party theme. Oh yeah, and it was a good excuse to buy some new clothes.

So after a day of dragging the poor kiddies around the mall, (now before you go feeling all bad for them, they got pretzels, and dragged me into every kid store on the way to and from Bon-Ton), I put together the perfect outfit from H&M, which I never shop at, in a matter of 20 minutes. This after 3 hours between 3 other stores....go figure. A very cute hot pink skirt with bright flowers, (but not so bright that it can't be worn again in a real-world situation), a yellow tank, and a green long-sleeved shirt to top it off after the sun goes down. I already had the tiki themed purse, and my $6.00 Avon platform daisy/straw shoes were the perfect finisher. I put on my gaudy, bright, very dangly earrings from Turning Stone Casino, and I was all set.

Mike and I haven't been to a couples/grown up party in so long, we've forgotten what it's like! Not that we don't get together all the time with our very best neighbors and friends Mary and Paul K, but we still have to stop the momentum to put the kids to bed, which is a major buzz kill. So we were very excited to be leaving the house/kids/Dad will feed them dinner/ to go to a party. (It's so great when Dad babysits because he doesn't care what time we get home - "As long as your home by noon tomorrow" which really means come home anytime, I'll just be sleeping here on the couch).

We arrived right on time, and were able to help Jenn get some last-minute things ready. Mike stepped in and looked right at home behind the bar mixing up the first batch of frozen margaritas. We had a really good time.

The food was from Dinosaur BBQ and was very tasty. Jenn did an awesome job with everything, and really outdid herself with the dessert table. Mike the bartender started serving the shots when it was down to the final 7. That Golshlager stuff is nasty, but not half as bad as the caramel apple thingie that Chip made me. Now I like sweet, but even I couldn't drink that one. Maybe on an empty stomach....nah, not even then. Anyway, it was a great party, and we very happy to be invited and in the company of nice people. Thanks for letting us hang witchu guys!

Now check out the pictures below. These are the ones I could post, after all, this is a family blog.