December in brief

I was soooo bad about blogging in December. And it’s not because there was nothing to report. It just got away from me. Here are some highlights:

Food- Had some excellent food this winter. I’m biased but my favorite was at mk. It’s a fine dining spot in town and through work, I know the chef. Turns out, the restaurant is going to be on “Check, Please!” so he had to fill the dining room for the night they were filming. The day before, I ran into him and he told me to bring a couple friends for dinner-- he'd comp the meal. I'm sorry-- free me? Yeah. As a result, the lamb was the best I’ve ever had.

Mindy & Alex on our way home from mk.

Friends- I really love my dinners w friends—esp. the one-on-one girl dinners (that wasn’t supposed to sound as nasty as it did). Dinner usually leads to post-dinner drinks and sometimes new friends are made and the camera comes out. Dec. was no exception.

Me, Laura and our new friend, JP the bartender.

Sports- Other than winning my Fantasy Football League, sports were a bummer for me in Dec. The Badgers packed it in early this season and the Jets kept breaking my heart. So I hitched my wagon to my roommate’s ‘Bama express and of course, it got derailed at the SEC Championship game. It was one of those nights that sucked but was still fun bc of alcohol. Good, old alcohol.

Lisa and Mandy while hopes were as high as their drinks

Post-loss, dancing the blues away

Parties- This year’s annual holiday parties had a couple new additions including the Sherer family holiday party. Rob is Tim’s friend from HS and his family has an annual party at Christmas. Tim said he wanted me being the DD that night as his Christmas present. I thought I’d be annoyed being sober in the ‘burbs with a bunch of drunk guys around. But it was a blast. They were still funny and clever—even w a bottle of Ouzo down. Who knew?

Shannon & Tim at the Ugly Christmas Sweater Party doing, I'm not sure what

My sexy ugly sweater

I think these two pictures do a nice summary of my December. Well, actually, of my life...

Me with friends at Joanna's lovely Christmas party. Looking and acting like a grown-up Me at Luke & Jesse's afterwards. It was the SAME night. The grown-up is gone.