Usually I try to get the house lovely for a party but Jow and I have been passing the same cold back and forth and we had two shows during the weekend of his birthday party. Spare Oom is overflowing with craft supplies and xmas gifts, our bedroom is exploding with laundry. I straightened the "common areas" and wiped down the bathroom sink and just shut the doors to the bedroom and Spare Oom. When our guests asked where to put their coats and purses, I gestured vaguely to the chairs. Where ever, I said vaguely.
Still.
We had a lovely little birthday party for Jow, just with enough people to make the house feel bustling but all close friends. A1 & A2 were furtively smoking cigarettes in the kitchen, the exhaust fan on high. R, BL, A, B, G were in the living room with the birthday boy, drinking beers with him and laughing while RI and D played catch with our Tiny Nephew with Green Mouse (one of Bellatrix Peepingston's mice, not to be confused with Red Mouse) in the dining room. Tiny Nephew insisted on being allowed to circulate throughout the guests with a tiny plate of mini cupcakes, offering one to each person.
At exactly 10p, being the hostess with the mostest, I simply said, I have to be up at 6a for my show tomorrow. Get the fuck out.
Because . . .sometimes you're Miss Martha and sometimes you're a half eaten chicken.
Behold! A selected tour of our rabbit burrow in its current state as Jow is too sick to fight me off from publicly posting about our shame.
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I managed to buy our tiny tree. Will it be decorated before Christmas? Maybe. Maybe.[/caption][caption id="attachment_2913" align="alignright" width="225"]
I'm supposed to be taking inventory post show. I abandoned it half way through.[/caption][caption id="attachment_2914" align="alignright" width="225"]
Left over cupcakes from the party . . .two days ago.[/caption][caption id="attachment_2915" align="alignright" width="225"]
Usually our friends eat and drink like it's our last supper ever. Of course when it's beer and pizza, they decide to be dainty. We had a pizza and a half left and nearly three cases of beer.[/caption][caption id="attachment_2916" align="alignright" width="225"]
Our bathroom ventilation fan stopped working. Our solution.[/caption][caption id="attachment_2917" align="alignright" width="225"]
My vanity looks like it was a half off sale at Sephora[/caption][caption id="attachment_2918" align="alignright" width="225"]
Spare Oom in all its glory[/caption][caption id="attachment_2919" align="alignright" width="225"]
My inventory tally and my sexy bucket of used tissues and a bag of chocolates I ate last night because why not me?[/caption][caption id="attachment_2920" align="alignright" width="225"]
Our halls remain undecked.[/caption]