Party, Party!

So I pulled it off and I had a good turn out.  18 people.  I feel like an adult now that I've officially hosted my first party.  LOL.  You'd have thought having a kid, buying a house, being married would make me feel grown.  Nope, I have to be the odd one out and wait to host a party.  I remember though as a kid the parties my mother would host and how grown up and glamourous it all was when she'd make fancy desserts and get dressed up.  Okay, so my party wasn't full of fancy desserts, but I did do my hair and make-up.  I mean even the hot rollers came out...and that's sayin' somethin'.

It was fun though and all the kids had a blast.  I made sherbert punch for the kids and the kid woke up this morning and told me she wanted a party just like "last night" for her birthday party.  The punch, brownies and eclairs were a hit with the kids.  : )  The rest of the items were a big hit too, no leftovers!  My menu was meatballs, antipasti salad and also a tomato, basil & mozz. ball salad, cheese tray, meat tray w/artichoke salad, olives and pepperonicci, bruschetta, bread w/olive oil and parmesan cheese.  Then I made a giant fruit salad with a cool whip dip, brownies, eclairs and a vanilla almond tart.  I decided to go Italian because it was the easiest to do with the most options for cold food.  I didn't want to be cooking and standing by the oven during the party.

Besides that, I am not getting on the scale today or anytime within the next 5 days.  With the wine I drank last night and the food I've eaten, I'm not even about to torture myself and beat myself up because it will all go to pot then.  I just have to get back on track and get on that elliptical tomorrow.  This weekend I haven't done it at all and have no plans on doing it today considering I still haven't gone to bed from last night!  I'm thinking 8 o'clock bedtime tonight might be looking really good!

Finally, because I'm totally cheesy, I had to take pictures of the spread.  And then forgot to take pictures of the acutal party.  Silly me.

All in all, I had a great time talking all night and a great time cooking w/the kid the night before.  I just might be tempted to have another party sometime in the near future.