The Holidaze

This past week or so has been a whirlwind of food and fun with family and friends. Off work Christmas Eve Eve, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day... yus! I totally won. I feel like I should stop and mention, for any managers out there, that it is a real employee morale booster to close on Christmas Day and New Years Day so that your people can be with their families. So keep that in mind if you ever run your own business.
So what did I do with all of my glorious time off?

Every Christmas Eve Eve my husband's friends have a traditional Eve Eve party. Last year was sort of a bust for me so I tried to be sure that this year would be awesome. And it was!

Indeed, I thoroughly enjoyed my Monopoly Man Mustache.

Turned Douchebag Goatee...

Good times, good times. I got to try a new KY Bourbon- Angel's Envy. It's incredibly smooth and as an added bonus, the bottle has wings on it. If you haven't tried it yet, do so.

Christmas Eve I ran around Hamburg Pavilion getting last minute gifts for practically everyone using old gift cards from our wedding and other random holidays. Good news is with it being Christmas Eve (lots of half price sales) and with all of my gift cards I spent maybe $80 cash on at least $200 worth of stuff. Love Love LOVE saving money! After all that shopping I went home, wrapped gifts and spent the evening with my husband and our animals. 

Teila is not at all a fan of Santa hats and tried to destroy hers.

  

Ryli was more cooperative, but I think that may have been out of fear of the hat.

Christmas day we headed to Harrodsburg for an early dinner with my husband's family. 

From there it was off to Versailles to see my kin and then home again and in bed to be ready for work in the morning. (No pictures, I suck)

Fast forward to New Years Eve.

Literally no one had plans until the last minute so a friend of mine threw an impromptu NYE party at her house in Danville. 

 

My husband and I.

 

I tend to over dress. Fortunately I brought some sweats and the PJ NYE party commenced. 

Just for fun: Silly String at midnight!

 Yes, those are cheeseburger appetizers and yes I brought box wine. We keep it classy! 

Our lovely hostess complete with Thing 1 wig. 

2012 was a year full of realizations, change, fun times, old friends, new friends, a new family member and so much happiness.

2013 will be epic. I can feel it. 

Eve Eve party shirt from Goodwill. Pants from the Gap, 1969 Collection.

NYE Dress from Goodwill. Boots from Justfab.com

Pictures were taken by friends of mine and my husband.