Emily (of a day in the life...) and I were invited to bunko this past Friday-
we were a little apprehensive on the car ride there-
The party was originally supposed to be in December- & the original Evite said to bring a gift for a white elephant exchange- but it got moved to January... so do we still bring a gift?
we were a little apprehensive on the car ride there-
The party was originally supposed to be in December- & the original Evite said to bring a gift for a white elephant exchange- but it got moved to January... so do we still bring a gift?
PLuS, we only know 2 of the girls that are supposed to be there... scary.
or realistically it was 3.
We take a vote & decided to go in- I mean, we're here,
I've made this awesome cheese & sausage platter in the backseat,
we've got gifts, a bottle of wine, let's do it.
Walk in, gravitate directly towards the 2 girls we know
ChiT ChaT,a few of the girls look familiar,
a few others sound pretty fun from across the island- note to self; sit next to them, become their friend...
open our bottle of wine- down 2 glasses each (20 minutes= empty bottle)
time for the gift exchange...
REWIND, earlier in the day, light bulb moment! My gift will be a DU shirt!
I live 5 blocks from Denver University, they've got a student union where I'd previously gotten my own awesome DU t-shirt
(partially seen below)
So I get the t-shirt, i'm thinking- this thing,
It's gonna be a hit!
We live in Denver... you know, cute shirt!
everyone's watching the girl open it,
I'm thinking- "oh no, buyers remorse, what is they don't dig this shirt as much as i do? "
Girl pulls it out, holds it up... confusion all over her face. Didn't exactly fit the theme of scarfs, jewelry, candles...
I turn bright red (remember, just chugged 2 glasses of wine!)
Now i've got two choices..
1. Make a run for the door
2. admit it's my gift
"um, yeah I brought that one, I don't know, I thought it as funny"
"ooooh" courtesy chuckles all around.
whisper to Emily, "I misjudged my crowd"
Long story short. This was a mixed crowd, & there were a few CU girls, so to the CU girls it was like bringing a ku shirt to a kstate party- my bad.
My poor gift was the last one to be picked in the 2nd round or stealing gifts- totally misjudged my crowd.
Now, on to BUNKO!
We had 14 girls, so we were playing with 2 "ghost" players... if i would've known- i would've brought Helen
i've got to redeem myself after the shirt scandal. So, I name the ghost player at my table- Candy Fay- short for Candace- and she looked good! Success!!
I mean, it was funny,
they eventually named the other ghost player "Candy Fay" too:)
So, by the end of the night Emily and I had made some new friends... 2 of which were ghost players.
Now I'm faced with a predicament,
how long should I wait to facebook friend my new aquaintances?
Nobody has friended me yet- is that a bad sign?
Anyway, the social scene in Denver is hoppin!
Emily & I have been cordially invited to another get together Wednesday night- totally different group of girls, maybe these girls would appreciate a DU shirt?
