A lot of loud ladies

Last night I had my "group" over for the monthly MMA alumni dinner. I was super stressed about it and worried that there wouldn't be enough food (I was trying to keep it on a tight budget) because I didn't know exactly who was going. I hate when people don't RSVP. Annoying. But everything turned out well.

When I got home from work, I started cooking right away. I wasn't sure what time everyone would get there (and some of them were bringing parts of the dinner) so I just figured I could reheat my stuff when I was warming theirs as well. So I made salmon and chicken on the George Foreman grill and it came out pretty well. I just put some S&P on the salmon but then made a little improvised sauce with EVOO, a little butter, lemon and garlic and poured it over when I was done cooking. It was very yummy. I put italian dressing on the chicken (simplicity is key when cooking for a crowd lol) and also S&P. It all turned out well.

Steph came over early and I showed her the aisle runner I did for her and she loved it. I was glad, because she is very critical of her own work, so I was really nervous about her liking it. Ashlei J showed up right on time and then the other girls began trickling in around 7ish. They brought roasted potatoes, green bean casserole, olive dip and LOTS of wine (and champagne from Steph haha). Then I warmed everything up and we sat down to dinner - we had such a good time chatting and catching up on things, everyone stayed until around 10.

I was glad it went well, because I was kind of mixing two different groups from high school (I went to an all-girls school, and it was VERY clique-y) but I was very glad at how it all turned out. All in all, a success. Now if only someone else would volunteer to plan the dinners...

Enjoy it!