St. Patricks Day 2012 Party Highlights

To celebrate my 25% Irish (and my designated holiday to celebrate at my house) we threw a St. Patty's party at our home last weekend.

As we all know, Minnesota weather can be totally unpredictable. Who would have predicted we would have had a 80 degree day! Almost unbelievable! Of course, once the inside of our home hit 78 degrees we decided to run the air conditioner. Which we quickly realized, was broken. Great.

It didn't help that I had been cooking a ham in the over for 5 hours either. But everything turned out great anyway, as , most of us hung out outside in the warm weather anyway.

We ended up having 26 people attend our party. My Mom and I coordinated the menu and party lists via Google Documents. I highly recommend using Google Docs if you need to share a document over and over again!

The menu? We planned for 30.

16.61 lb Ham (Cub)
Corned Beef & Cabbage (Cub Beef $2.99/lb, Cabbage $.69/lb)
Cold Spring Vegetables (Aldi - Carrots $.69/pack, Pea Pods/Green Beans $1.49/pack )
48 Croissants (Cub - $5.99/24)
40 Varied Sliced Cheeses (Cub - $1.99/10 slice)
3 Mustard Varieties (Aldi - $1.29/bottle)
Mayo
Butter
Spring Fruits (Aldi - Grapes $1.34/lb, Strawberries $1.69/pack)
Ripple Chips (Aldi - $1.19/bag)
Party Mix (Aldi - $1.99/bag)

Anyone who offered to bring something, I asked to bring dessert and we ended up having a table full of a variety of sweets! It was perfection!

Most of the decor I purchased last year on after holiday clearance and I printed the water bottle labels and other party decor via How Does She.

I am already looking forward to next year!

Winner of 3/12 Giveaway!

Thank you to all who entered my giveaway for the Vintage Black and Pink Color Block Aviators! Please stay tuned for a new giveaway!

Winner is: Brittany R.!

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Monday Giveaway: Vintage Black and Pink Color Block Aviators

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As you know, I have been selling vintage online and through some of the occasional sales (which have been happening almost every weekend!) of the ladies of Mighty Swell. It seems like the birth of my children always put my shop into a bit of a hiatus. Maybe featuring a little gem in a giveaway will light a little fire under my vintage-loving arse... and a clean vintage closet = an extra happy husband!

Today's giveaway is a pair of 1980's aviator style sunglasses from my collection. They feature a pink accent in the center of the brow. Perfect for this Spring's color blocking trend!

Besides being awesome in general, people will ask you where you got them and you can reply, "They are vintage!"

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WINNER of 3/5 Cloth Diaper Giveaway!

Thank you to all who entered my giveaway for the Kawaii Snazzy Minky OS Diaper! Please stay tuned for a new giveaway every Monday!

Winner is: Cari M.

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Fun Mail Relieves Flu Symptoms!

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Some kind of achy flu bug has left me and my oldest on the couch in our pajamas for the last 24 hours. Thankfully, the husband put me to bed at 8:30 with a dose of Sprite every few hours.


Of course, my pains have come on a 65 degree March day and I had to miss a girlfriends bridal shower this morning, no less.

I let myself walk wobbly to the mailbox this afternoon in anticipation for receiving James' new BabyLegs! I had myself a 'Napolean Dynomite' moment as I opened the mailbox and exclaimed a long whispered, "Yesssssssssssss."

Here James is playing with his Skip Hop (you can buy this one and other 'Tree Top Friends' on clearance at Wayfair Toys) monkey toy with his new BabyLegs on!

James is wearing BabyLegs' Organic Orange/Aqua legwarmers. Currently, BabyLegs is featuring "Springtime in Paris" legwarmers.

I also had to take the opportunity to show off James' GroVia shell in planes! Today I used a regular prefold but my favorite combination is the GroVia shell with a Flip stay-dry insert.

Just a little peek into our day!

Party Flop?

I stayed up late last night putting together some of the little touches for David's 2nd Birthday dinner tonight.

I made and hung the poms, blew up balloons, covered the tables. I also put up bunting, set up the cake table and arranged flowers.

Last night, our little family went out to dinner and then went to the pet store to pick up David's present from Mom and Dad...

2 fish.

He was so cute carrying his little bag of goldfish through the mall as we left.

We set up his tank last night and we were so excited to have David see his fish in his lit up tank with bubbles in morning.

However, this morning when I whisked David into the kitchen to show him his "party", the bunting fell down, the flowers had wilted, the balloons had leaked helium all night and were droopy and sad...

and the fish were dead.

My Toddler's Brain via Sippy Cup Mom

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This just sums up so many things about David, today...

Thanks, Sippy Cup Mom!