Playing Dress Up

So last night was Chad's office Christmas party. It was hosted at the new Sheraton hotel in Phoenix. It was a formal dinner, so we got to dress up like grown-ups.

Us looking snappy.
(I was wearing my fav metallic plum pumps)

Chad's hair looks weird in this photo ... oh well. At least he looks dapper in his lavender shirt and tie. Yes, I bought them and, yes, I do have ridiculously awesome taste, thank you.

The Sheraton in Phoenix rocks guys. When we are older and richer, we will spend a long weekend there. They had complimentary valet service for our party, but the line was long since they were hosting 3 different functions that night.

Our ballroom was on the 3rd floor. We mingled with people and I finally got to put faces to the names I'd heard so much about. The food was fancy - I was tempted to bring the menu home so I could write it out here, word for word. I should have. We had iceberg wedges with feta, tomatoes, avocado, eggs, and bacon. Served with herbed ranch or balsamic vinaigrette. We were supposed to have a "choice" of rolls; instead the server just gave us arbitrary rolls. I ended up with a cranberry one while Chad got a coveted pretzel roll. Being the awesome hubby that he is, he shared it with me. You rock, Honeybunz!

Our main course was a duel entree: a petite beef filet with peppers de-glazed in red wine (yum yum yum), prawns with crab stuff (yuck yuck yuck), and mushroom risotto (yum again). Can you believe I actually ate not only asparagus, but also beets and brussels sprouts? Me neither. Being a grown-up is hard work. I think I may actually like brussels sprouts ... SHOCKER!

Luckily, there was a dessert buffet (read: lots of sugar to make up for the dinner's "fancy" portion sizes). We chowed down on cupcakes, fruit tarts, petit fours, cookies, and other lovely goodies.

Then the dancing commenced. I don't think Chad and I have danced since our wedding nearly 8 years ago! We got down with our bad selves. He's very good at twirling me around and he even dipped me a couple of times. I may have flashed the band but, with the spotlight behind me, they may have been spared the shock. We (ie: I + semi-reluctant husband) have decided that we are going to take dancing lessons next year in October and November so we'll be fresh for the next Christmas party. I wish it would hurry up and get here again. I had such an awesome time!

Here is one of the centerpieces we took home at the end of the night.

I told Chad his company needs to plan more parties so we can fun like that more than once a year.