Thursday the 16th, I met up with some girlfriends at a bar to play team trivia. Although very fun, I don't think I was a very critical part of the team. You think I'd have more of a handle on 'random stupid facts', but apparently I cave under pressure! We ended up getting 8th place (ouch!)
Saturday was the work Christmas shindig at a hoity toity country club (I had to wear nylons - yuck!) I flew solo to the event this time (a small bummer) but luckily found people I knew right away to bum around with. It was a little fancy for my taste, but I'm not going to argue with free food and open bar!!! After the event, some of us made our way to another bar (yours truly roped into DD duty) for a little more chit chat and fun! Although remaining remarkable sober in lieu of free alcohol, I still had a great time.
Sunday I decided I needed some much deserved ME time and I treated myself to the showing of 'A Christmas Carol' in downtown Milwaukee at the Pabst Theatre (leave it to Milwaukee to name places after booze founders). I think the box office clerk was a little taken a back as a young girl was only buying one ticket and flying solo, but I didn't mind. The play was excellent and I am very glad I went! Hopefully additional interesting shows will come (rumor is Beauty and the Beast is coming in the summer!) and I can add them to my list of things to do. I've had a revelation that I'm not going to sit around all the time and not do stuff just because I am alone - I'll miss out on too many awesome things that way! Although doing things with friends is very enjoyable, I like to know that I'm confident enough in myself to not always have to depend on others for fun.
Christmas weekend I was able to go home! Christmas eve was spent with my dad. 'Tis the season for silly animal headwear apparently! I got a moose hat from a friend too! haha!
The rest of the weekend was Christmas with mom and brother. I am very thrilled to now be the proud owner of a new GPS (Hopefully I won't get lost anymore as my old one was getting a little finicky!) and a crockpot (maybe if I don't have to cook right when I get home I'll eat better? that's the plan anyway). I also co-won my first ever game of scrabble! Epic, I know. Mom and I went ice skating down in Rosa Parks Circle (her first time ever). It was a lot of fun but we could go for long as the rental skates were brutally painful!
Monday was my drive home, but not before a morning trip to Bittersweet for the first snowboard of the season! I called myself a snowbunny, but Nick more accurately labeled me a snow platypus! So I'm not the greatest...but I had fun and didn't break anything!
I'm a little bummed to be back home and facing work again, but hey, that's life! I hope your holidays were all you hoped for! Happy New Year! I'll leave you with a photo of my quirky little tree!
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