Left work at 3:45pm and went home and got dressed for the party. I wore a Navy Blue Rachel Pally Dress and Dave wore a very nice sweater.
We left around 4:30pm and didn't get out to Plymouth until 5:20pm. From 5:30pm until 6pm it was social and we greeted my boss Larry and his wife JoAnn and sat at the table with the HP3000 folks and sales reps...Dan B and his wife, Dan H and his wife, Steve, and Richard. There was some interesting conversation taking place.
Me at our table
Dave sat to the right of me
It was time to eat dinner at 6pm. There was a lovely catered buffet set out for us. Antipasto, Caesar Salad, Bread & Butter, Shrimp Linguini, Roasted Potatoes, Roasted Vegetables, Steamed Rice, Turkey with Gravy and Roast Beef with Gravy.
For my first plate I plated about a cup of antipasto, some caesar salad, about 2 cups of roasted veggies, 2 slices turkey breast and 2 slices of roast beef with minimal gravy on them. Had a Diet Coke with the meal.
Went up for a second plate with about 2 cups of veggies and 2 slices of turkey breast. Drank my ice water.
For my two plates l I estimated on FitDay (1300 calories, 35g fat, 37g fiber, 112g protein)
After we were done eating dinner it is customary to draw for gift cards...there are many $10 ones, lots of $25 ones and not so many $50 ones, and only 3 $100 ones and there must have been about 100 or so coworkers there.
We had to walk up to the front and announce who we were, who we brought and what department we worked in. I went up to draw and got a $25 gift card to SuperAmerica. Dave drew a $25 gift card to JCPenney's...then I confiscated it...since I'm the war department;)
Then around 7:30pm we headed down to get seated for the show...Church Basement Ladies: A Second Helping.
It was an outrageously hilarious play about a pastor and four church ladies, a really old granny, a nosey farm wife, a mother in her 50's and her recently married, pregnant daughter. Pictures weren't allowed in the theater. Lots of typical Minnesotan Lutheran Church lady humor. We laughed so much we couldn't feel our cheeks after the play.
After the play we went back up for after dinner drinks and dessert. I had a Diet Coke and passed on the dessert since there were very large portions and even if I had split it with Dave I wouldn't feel too great afterwards.
Since there were still two sets of $25 gift cards and one $100 gift card we put our name tags in a bucket for drawing...and I actually won another $25 gift card to Holiday and another $25 gift card to JCPenney's! I was so excited!
Then it was time to go and we said our goodbyes to the coworkers we sat with and my boss and his wife. They always throw an excellent party!
Headed back home and stopped at Dave's mom's place and visited her for about a half hour since it was pretty late. She loved the dress and earrings I was wearing. She thought Dave looked pretty spiffy too.
Ended up getting home around midnite...since I passed on the dessert at the party I dished myself up a cup of Edy's No Sugar Added Cookies N' Cream:) (240cal, 9g fat, 4g fiber, 6g protein) This brings my calories to 2,300 for today...we'll see how the scale reflects tomorrow morning;)
Only getting 5 hours of sleep tonight...but it was well worth it!
We picked up my mom and sister and headed out to Stillwater. Arrived at 1:15pm and I ran to get our reserved tickets while everyone else got in line to board the boat. We boarded the boat and got a great table next to the window on the second floor! The boat left at 1:30pm and we took many pictures while we were out on the deck...
My last plate was nice and meaty! Carved roast beef, bruschetta chicken, baked cod with tartar sauce and a pumpernickel roll.
The brunch cruise finished at 4:30pm so we loaded up and headed over to Wallyworld to pick up some ice cream and milk to go with the beautiful Chocolate Fudge Mother's Day Cake my sister made! She works at Sam's Club and they decorated 500 cakes yesterday!
