Our Stake holds an adults Valentine's Dance the Friday before Valentines. Last year was an 80's theme. I visited a thrift store and found a couple things that would work well then added the right accessories...Wouldn't you like say we like look like totally gnarly?
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| I won't tell you exactly what was purchased at the thrift store and what we already had. |
So this year there wasn't a theme, just come in Sunday dress. With Dan's new assignment to the High Council he is over activities and music. Due to a family emergency the Stake Activities Chair was unable to put things together. When Dan told me I asked that I not have to do much if anything since I had another
BIG event come up at work just a day or two earlier, was fighting a cold, knew I'd be having a surgical procedure the week before, and I was going out of town a few days after the dance. Needless to say adding "our" being in charge of the dance was extremely overwhelming.
WELL...guess who ended up doing the decorating and being in charge of the dance???? Thankfully some very simple ideas for decorations came quickly and refreshments we kept very simple. Here's what we did to decorate:
And it's not Valentine's without cookies, candies, and brownies all appropriately decorated in pink and red:
Our drink was water but we spruced it up a little:
As I was walking through the hall I accidentally hit the shutter button and this was the picture that was taken:
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| Whoops! At least I got a good laugh out of it. |
Luckily we had already received the names of several couples who could help and they were
FABULOUS! One couple had other plans and couldn't stay for the dance but they set up and then returned to help with the clean up....their getting a vote into heaven from me!
Despite everything else on my plate the dance went well and everyone there seemed to be enjoying themselves. Whew! Now onto the next thing...
