Fashion Place Christmas Party

Saturday was my company Christmas party. It turns out it is in my job description as the SSA of the branch to plan the party. What kind of party do you do for a bunch of bankers you ask... well you do the kind I did of course. It was quite the success. We had 33 people show up for the little gathering at Von's house this year. That's a ton better than last year when we had just over a dozen.
As per expected, the girls of the office stuck together and the guys did their thing in their little part of the world during the dinner portion of the evening. (Note to self: must get the recipe for the chicken noodle soup from Von's wife Dena.) It was great as always. We had many good laughs at the table Lisa and I sat with Lisa, Tracy, Alyssa, Kelly, Carrie and Rob mocking a certain individuals overly tight shirt among other things. So much love in my office. It's so great to work with people who are so great and have the kind of sense of humor that I have. Even Lisa seemed to fit in really well.
After dinner we had our White Elephant Yankee Swap game to bring everyone together. Great gifts this year... we had a few movies show up in the mix (Christmas with the Kranks, Shaun the Sheep: Off the Baa!) as well as a few games like Kerplunk and Battle of the Sexes and a lovely Hannah Montana gift set was found in the mix. The kids seem to be the bosses when it came to what the parents picked for gifts. At least we now know who is in charge in each household.
After the presents came the wonderful game of Pictionary! Let me tell you the stick figures were amazing. I think the best drawing by far however was Rob's when he had the word rock and was drawing big mountains thinking we would somehow get the word from that. My manager Mark sat in the middle of the kids near the front. If you knew his personality you would know why he fit in so well with the kids.
It was a lot of fun and everyone really enjoyed themselves. We'll call this one a success!