Finals suck!

But Secret Santa doesn't!  Actually, Secret Santa was a few days ago, but I am pretty behind on stuff.  Had a pretty fun party down at Jamie's very swanky (temp) downtown apartment.  Makes me jealous of people who can get jobs at nice places like Amazon which have good perqs. And now on to the pictures!

Jamie getting read to cut the cheese.  I wasn't going to use that joke at first, but she started it, so now I have to keep it going!

Panoramic view of the room.  Starting from left....

To center.....

To right.  Of course, I'm at the center of the room.  Like always.

Making eggnog.  I love it when people try to duck to get out of the way of pictures.  Just makes me want to take the picture more.

I tried to get some cool action shots of making eggnog.  None of them really worked out.

Of course cupcakes makes any event happier!

Gift time!  I got a Cyanide and Happiness book from Angela.  Best comic strip ever.  But prepare to be offended.

The lighting there sucked, so the pictures are kinda blurry.  But see all that mess down there?  That's all me :)  I made my gift for Elisabet as hard to open as possible.  A few aspects of it didn't work out as planned, but overall, it worked out pretty well.  Lessons learned for next time :)

Sarah and her tea mug and tea bags.  Oddly enough, we ended up sitting in almost the exact order as the Secret Santas were revealed.

Lola's baking pan and mix.

Emily got one of he coolest gifts of the night, a bowl handpainted with St Louis Cardinals logos.  Now that is a personal gift.

Jamie and her edibles.

Katie and her measuring cup and matching frog clips.

And more gifts for Katie for her upcoming wedding!  We got her a few gifts off her registry - a clock, picture frame, and light bulbs :)

And that's a wrap!

And because it's been a while, random cat time!

Pip has claimed my bean bag chair from me.

And in real life... 2 finals down, 2 more to go, then back to California!