Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Me and My Girls
Members have come and gone, a lot, but we are still limping along. Although I think Marly, Rachel and I are the only original cast members still hanging around. And, honestly, if it wasn't for Marly, the whole thing would probably have fallen apart by now.
Although with decidedly less reading in recent months, I'm not sure it still qualifies as a "book club." Maybe more like a "hang out and talk about boys club".
(And by "boys" I, of course, mean everybody talks about their husbands and I talk about Ryan Gosling, who may as well just go ahead and be my husband anyway.)
But the emphasis is certainly not on the book part anymore.
(Oh, who are we kidding. Was it ever about the book?)
Our "book club" meetings generally have some kind of a theme, usually related to the book. Sometimes the theme comes first and the book is selected to match. Like, in March we have a green party and try to find a book that's somehow tied to Ireland or guys named Patrick or has a green cover.
My friend Stacey is the Queen-o-PartyPlanning and asked if she could take February because she had a super awesome idea for what to do for the Month of Love.
(Gag.)
(Just kidding.)
(Not really.)
Staceys' super awesome party-i-mean-book-club idea was...get ready...Galentine's Day.
Now, on its surface, you're probably thinking, okay...so...?
Kind of like I did.
At first.
But Stacey had grand plans.
No, wait, let me correct that. Stacey had Grand Plans. And I have long since learned to trust her Grand Plans when they come to party time. I mean, book club.
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| We're all about OVE. |
We're talking fondue.
With fancy cheese that tasted like wine. And chocolate that tasted like heaven. If heaven has a taste, which I'm pretty sure it does because I ate it last Friday night.
Personally, I would have been happy with the pot of cheese and a spoon, but Stacey insisted that we needed to actually dip stuff. We ended up with the biggest spread of bread and meat and veggies. And there were fruits and creme puffs and angel food cake and marshmallows--
(Which, apparently, were supposed to be for the chocolate. Thanks for telling me, guys.)
There was Mormon Champagne, because a party at Stacey's is not complete without a bit of bubbly. I'm referring, obviously, to the fancy stuff that comes from the Martinelli vineyard.
While we were eating and drinking and being marry--er, merry--Ryan Gosling was making out with Rachel McAdams in the background. Because how could we celebrate love without one of the greatest movies of all time, The Notebook. We didn't watch it. Except That One Scene. You know? The one that makes the whole movie worth watching and that caused girls in Utah to walk out in
Anyway, so with our palates satisfied and our moods lightened by cider and Ryan's face, we finally reached the purpose of our meeting.
Our book for the month was The Five Love Languages, and I'm sure you're thinking that we finally got around to discussing it.
Um, okay, sure.
Maybe we did for, like, five minutes or so. Comparing love languages and trying to guess each others' and finding out that we pretty much don't know each other AT ALL.
But that wasn't really why we were there.
Oh, no, there was more.
In the form of a White Elephant gift exchange.
In the form of a lingerie exchange.
(Don't worry, everything was NEW and UNUSED. Cuz, ew.)
But let's just say, those Mormon girls like their undies tiny, lacy, and covered in animal prints.
There was a lot of laughing, and a lot of giggling and a lot of uncomfortable "hmmmms". And everyone else was laughing and giggling too.
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| Maybe I can use this for some of my chins... |
It was a good night.
Even if I did spend the next three days seizing from an overdose of pink and red hearts.
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| I love my girls! |
(Okay, fine, she was actually here for another reason, but who cares? She made it to book club, and that's what really counts. Love you, Shawna!)
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Absolutely loved this. However, in my defense, I didn't take February because I had grand plans. I just took it cause Marly was asking everyone who was going to take it, and no one would. The grand plans came later :)
ReplyDeleteUmm...you're supposed to give NEW and UNUSED lingerie???
ReplyDeleteSo fun!! I need to incorporate some lingerie into my book club.
ReplyDeletesounds like a great time---i keep thinking i am going to join a book club!!
ReplyDeletesounds like an awesome idea! I wish I was part of a book club! And the fondue!!!!
ReplyDeleteAwwww, this sounds awesome! I want to start something like this here. I was just thinking about joining a book club, too. But yours sounds like a lot more fun, and way less stuffy than the traditional book club :)
ReplyDeleteI love our book club. It has just enough book and just enough club for me:-) What would I do without you girls?! Oh and who is going to do our green party now that Shawna isn't here? :/
ReplyDeleteJealous!! I love fondue so much ...
ReplyDeleteBook Club was awesome. I feel so honored that you all still consider me apart of it, to some extent. Can I take all of you with me to Ohio please? :)
ReplyDeleteI love book club and miss it so much. So glad i can still participate from a distance. Love you girls.
ReplyDeleteYour girls sound like an awesome bunch...........I have never been part of a book club they are not popular in Aus well not around the people I know
ReplyDeleteKaren, I love this! You all look happy. Good for you that you're involved in such positive activities. Thanks for sharing the good times:-)
ReplyDeleteMadison
Sounds like such a fun evening! Glad you had a fun time and have such a big group of friends to share it with.
ReplyDeleteSo fun!! I love your face in that underwear picture!! I'm a part of a book club, but have yet to make it to a meeting because I never want to the werewolf/witch/zombie/vampire YA books they choose. And they just meet at a restaurant for lunch. Not nearly as fun as this! Obviously I need a new book club.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun. I would love to be in a book club, but every time my friends have tried were missing our Marly to hold it all together.
ReplyDelete♥ theMRS.