It's already November!! Can you believe it? I really can't. Feels like just yesterday I was ringing in the New Year. The sad thing is, even though today is November 1, I already have most of my Thanksgiving and Christmas plans done. At this point, just waiting to find out what days off my sister-in-law will have for the Christmas weekend to figure out when we can go down to my parents' house for the holiday. And also need to figure out when we're spending time with Chris' family for the holiday.
This actually is our second holiday season together but last year around the holidays, we were still rather freshly dating, so we spent our holidays separate. I think the only time we saw each other over Thanksgiving weekend was on Friday night, when a mutual friend had a "Thanksgiving leftovers" party.
Speaking of parties.. I'm starting my holiday season off with a bang! Chris and I are having a Games night at our apartment tomorrow evening. About 8 of our friends are invited. Should be a fun night -- hopefully the first of many game nights to come! It's actually a little bit of a housewarming party. It'll definitely be the most people at one time who will be over at our place.
We have lots of games available for playing -- Perudo, Blokus, Zombicide (LOVE this game!!), Flashpoint, Dixit, RoboRally, Ricochet Robots, King of Tokyo, Ticket to Ride, Taboo, Pandemic... I know Chris has more than that, but that's all I can think of.
And I have quite a spread planned. Most of these recipes I found on Pinterest. Ham and Cheese Roll Ups -these are actually something Chris recommended that he's made before when he had game nights at his place. They sounded really good I had to find a pin to pin! Pizza Balls - something I actually found on Pinterest ages ago and I've been wanting to try. I'm going to have a veggie tray as well, with baby carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, and little tomatoes. To dip in, I'm going to have hummus and Ranch dip made with Greek yogurt. For food I had to keep in mind one of my friend's capsaicin allergy. I don't have an Epipen and don't want the night to end in a call to 911. For dessert I have two things planned: those Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice cookies I made last week and Dessert Dip which I saw on Pinterest awhile ago. Plan to use as dippers animal crackers and pretzels and sliced up apples, if I can get them not to brown.
Am I having a game night as an excuse to try out a bunch of Pinterest recipes? Um ... I plead the Fifth!
This actually is our second holiday season together but last year around the holidays, we were still rather freshly dating, so we spent our holidays separate. I think the only time we saw each other over Thanksgiving weekend was on Friday night, when a mutual friend had a "Thanksgiving leftovers" party.
Speaking of parties.. I'm starting my holiday season off with a bang! Chris and I are having a Games night at our apartment tomorrow evening. About 8 of our friends are invited. Should be a fun night -- hopefully the first of many game nights to come! It's actually a little bit of a housewarming party. It'll definitely be the most people at one time who will be over at our place.
We have lots of games available for playing -- Perudo, Blokus, Zombicide (LOVE this game!!), Flashpoint, Dixit, RoboRally, Ricochet Robots, King of Tokyo, Ticket to Ride, Taboo, Pandemic... I know Chris has more than that, but that's all I can think of.
And I have quite a spread planned. Most of these recipes I found on Pinterest. Ham and Cheese Roll Ups -these are actually something Chris recommended that he's made before when he had game nights at his place. They sounded really good I had to find a pin to pin! Pizza Balls - something I actually found on Pinterest ages ago and I've been wanting to try. I'm going to have a veggie tray as well, with baby carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, and little tomatoes. To dip in, I'm going to have hummus and Ranch dip made with Greek yogurt. For food I had to keep in mind one of my friend's capsaicin allergy. I don't have an Epipen and don't want the night to end in a call to 911. For dessert I have two things planned: those Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice cookies I made last week and Dessert Dip which I saw on Pinterest awhile ago. Plan to use as dippers animal crackers and pretzels and sliced up apples, if I can get them not to brown.
Am I having a game night as an excuse to try out a bunch of Pinterest recipes? Um ... I plead the Fifth!
there are a lot of pins out there that will tell you how to not get your apples to brown - one of them is soaking them in sprite i think
ReplyDeleteFound one! :)
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Sounds like fun. The trick with apples is to soak the slices in Sprite for about a minute. Be sure and drain them on a paper towel when you take then out. They'll actually keep a few days in the fridge that way.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Never heard the Sprite one. Have you tried it?
DeleteI want to visit soon! XD Well, not soon as in before 2012 is over, but soon!
ReplyDeletefun! its the best excuse to try new recipes, and more people to eat the goodies...
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