Cue “jingle bell rock” RED nail polish… Hussy.
Pictures with Santa… Oh geez.
Christmas-themed karaoke… Oh no, not more singing. Oooh yes! There’s always gotta involve some chart-topping vocals… Kill me.
And you got yourself a bonafied -everybody’s having a good time-
“Ugly Sweater” Christmas Party!
Last night was the Ugly Sweater Christmas party – it was a BLAST! – and a HUGE thank you to my amazing friends for hosting such a fabulous holiday bash every year; but let’s back up into the day with the start of opening up the “Ugly Sweater” Christmas Cookie Kit. Uh-oh.
This thing was just the most adorable “all included” kit ever and what a great idea for family time. Something’s coming. Except for the fact that for $8.99 it only occupied six freaking cookies inside the damn kit. Normally, we bake a ton, then decorate. I mean, dozens, of cookies. It makes for an evening. No phones, maybe some christmas movies, but mostly a christmas playlist with pandora, and we’re decorating away. We decorate Christmas cookies every year, by the way, it’s one of our annual holiday traditions.
Ugh, you’re killing me with all this sweetness. Yes, we are those people. Back to the deceptive box. Notice in the picture I took of the box it says it “includes” remade cookies. No cookie count mention. Really? Let me look, maybe you missed it.
Okay, go for it… I’ll wait.
You didn’t find it. No, you didn’t. How do I know? I know that because it, the box, never. Quantifies. A nibbles count. Oh, and those nicely separated snowflake and Christmas tree sprinkles? They were missing? Nope. They were in there. They were just in there organized in bags of a mixed, clusterf*** version of trees, mistletoe AND snowflakes confetti. And you’d be correct again if you noticed those teeny tiny tubes, labeled ICING, weren’t nearly filled with enough icing to frost even one of those pre-baked sweater wafer bites.
Bastard cookie factory from hell.
We get into the box and are dismayed by this entire epic holiday pre-made bakery fail that we feel it would’ve all been in vain if we didn’t document the celebration-heisting foolery. Follow me on Instagram @ritaslanina and check out the cookie box from hell on the Ugly Sweater Highlights!
So when we finished our twenty minute reenactment of holiday cookie decorating, we then moved onto our actual structuring of the Ugly Christmas sweaters. Woohoo!
Why buy when you can pull it together yourself, with frugalicious style, I say!
We get back from from Dollar Tree with all of our loot and after throwing it around the room…
fabrics…
tinsels…
glue sticks…
and cotton balls… flying around our heads… the sound of scissors snipping and glue guns a-glueing. Magic. Was. Being made…
And more importantly, quality time with family and friends was happening. OMG. I -heart – that – so – much. Like probably, literally, THE MOST!
As we haul our cabooses to the annual gala, and enter with only the grandest of entrances, we party the night away with tons of food, friends, and holiday cheer!
Oh yeah, and a mic in my hand.
No one was getting outta there without some karaoke tidings under their belts. Of course not.
And yes, once that mic was turned on, you could’t get me OR the other five of us away from it. Karaoke Jail.
Eh, what can I say….
We just LOVEChristmas. *wink
*from all of us here at http://www.ritaslanina.com, we wish you a fun filled Merry Christmas, full of laughter and may all your Christmas wishes come true!
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I’m usually a healthy eater. Lies. No! Totally true! Here’s some recipes -of the au natural