Christmas: The Good, The Fat, & The Germy...

Here's a picture of me at my friend Sly's Christmas Party on the 22nd. Sly is the lovely brunette on the right, and the hot blond on left is our friend AJ. I'm the one in the middle. The silliness that ensued after the picture was taken centered around our assorted cleavage positions and the extremes of said cleavage. Ah, just like old times... before marriage and kids made us too "respectable" for such perverted humour... yeah, right. :)

Roomie would've been right in there with the jokes, but he was sick at home. He and I have always gone to Sly's annual soiree - Sly is actually his old friend from high school - but he appreciated having some time alone with his cold.

Here's a picture of MN (my Mini-Me) reaching for a cookie. She loves cookies, and Sly always makes good ones... in addition to her yummy, evil cheese cake. LA was downstairs playing video games with Sly's son Jack.

We left the party relatively early - we often close down their parties. This time we left at 11pm, still way past the kids' and my bedtime but it's Christmas, so we let it slide.
And how did I eat? Cheese cake, cookies, shrimp, etc., but a little at a time. I stayed on the Game Plan, but there was really nothing low-cal to eat. Could've done better, but I certainly could've done worse.

Christmas this year felt like a lot of last-minute panic scrambles. Roomie got sick, and I ended up doing a lot of it alone without help, or with the kids in tow (not good in mall situations). From the 19th to the 23rd, I did all my gift and grocery shopping, printed-addressed-mailed holiday cards, made a special Christmas Eve dinner, wrapped gifts, put up the tree, baked cookies for the Guy in Red, and of course, by the 26th...

I GOT SICK... AGAIN! Argh!

I've had no appetite, so I may have used up all the calories I took in at Sly's party.
And because all I've been able to do is stay in bed and watch tv, I've become quite obsessed with (thanks to holiday season marathons) CSI:NY and Hannah Montana.

Final verdict: All in all, a good Christmas. But next year, I'm starting preparations earlier. Lesson learned.

I'm still in the thick of this cold, but better enough to do this post a little at a time. I still have so much I'd like to write about, but I'm going to stop now and get some more rest.
Hope your Christmas was good too.

xo