Time to Celebrate!

The Christmas season is upon us and, well, has been for 13 days now. There is just something about this time of year - twinkling lights on the Christmas tree, stories and songs of love and joy on the radio, shopping for loved ones, and of course the parties. Last week we had one each night.

Monday: Crafting for Friday's party. Turned into more of cooking a delicious strata, eating dinner at 9:30, watching love actually, and painting a Christmas tree on a T-shirt.

Tuesday: My department Christmas party. Last year's was insane - we started at Manuel's, then hit 6th Street hard until about 2 a.m. This year's was tame - happy hour at J. Black's after work followed by dinner at Polvo's.

Wednesday: Yoga party. Long ago I mentioned that I take yoga after work at my office. Our teacher is awesome and invited the class over for delicious treats after class this week.

Thursday: Christmas Pops Sing Along at the Alamo Drafthouse. My favorite Austin Christmas tradition. If you haven't ever gone you are missing out. Plus, there is renegade caroling down 6th Street. This year we circled bike cops and sang "Dick in a Box." Last year we got kicked out of the Omni for making a joyful noise.

Friday: Gaudy Christmas party. I was silly and forgot my camera. Thankfully the hosts had mandatory photos by the tree.

Saturday: We were supposed to go to Mr. H's department party, but it was cancelled. So instead we got to celebrate our 3 month anniversary with dinner at Asti and cupcakes from Quack's.