{"id":48888,"date":"2015-12-14T08:18:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T16:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=48888"},"modified":"2015-12-13T16:57:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T00:57:17","slug":"holly-jolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=48888","title":{"rendered":"Holly & Jolly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday night was the holiday party for Michael’s work. This year it was a 1920’s theme! People were encouraged to come in costume and there was going to be a costume contest. Most people showed up in costumes. It was so cool and I LOVE the 1920’s costumes. Unfortunately, they don’t really make 1920’s flapper outfits in maternity sizes…so…I went with a simple black dress and some jewelry that could pass for the theme.\u00a0I loved the outfits that the ladies were all wearing. I wish I could have gotten some photos to share with you guys. It was pretty impressive. I love theme parties, especially this era.<\/p>\n

The party\u00a0was held at the Secret Society Ballroom<\/a>, in NE Portland. It was such a cool place! I bet it would be a fun place to have a wedding. I’m not sure why this place wasn’t on our radar when we were doing our search. It was cool that they were able to get this location for the party.<\/p>\n

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It was an open bar (bummer for me) but I enjoyed my cranberry juice and tonic water drinks all night. The themed menu sounded delicious. Had I been able to, I would have tried one of each! They all sound tasty.<\/p>\n

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There was some food…antipasti type stuff, salads, bread, orzo salad, Greek appetizers, and a few different kinds of pasta dishes. There was also a DJ doing swing music and swing music mixed with like techno…? It was odd but fun!<\/p>\n

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There was also a photo-booth! Fun! I still regret that Michael and I never actually made it to our own photo-booth during our wedding. That would have been fun. Anyways, here are our photos:<\/p>\n

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It was a good kick-off to the holiday season.<\/p>\n

Sunday we decorated our tree. We actually got the Christmas tree Saturday afternoon, in the pouring rain of course because this is Portland, but I wanted it to dry out a bit before we decorated so we did that Sunday.<\/p>\n

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I like the small trees. I brought out the decorations and put up some of my favorites. Pretty much 90% of the Christmas decor I have I’ve bought on mega-clearance after Christmas each year. I love that I have so much and barely spent anything on it! The tree skirt I bought for 90% off a few years ago (I think it was like $5!) and every ornament I have was probably less than a dollar or two. Clearance is awesome!<\/p>\n

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Sur la Table often has really nice, expensive ornaments for less than $4 in their after Christmas clearance, FYI. \u00a0This ornament was one I bought in Maui on our honeymoon:<\/p>\n

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And Bella hung her ornament:<\/p>\n

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It’s nice to finally get into the holiday spirit! Wow this time next year we’ll be doing ALL the Christmas stuff with the little one. Crazy.<\/p>\n

And for your viewing pleasure, check this out:\u00a036 Cats Crashing Nativity Scenes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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