Ugly Sweater Party!

Last night Josh and I went to an ugly sweater party with a bunch of our friends. Earlier that day I went to the DI to see if I could find some sweaters for us to wear and I was kind of successful. I found a couple that weren't the cutest, I was hoping to find some uglier ones...maybe next year. I tried to get Josh to let me bedazzle his sweater a little bit, but he wouldn't let me...party pooper!

At the party we enjoyed some yummy food and a ton of fun conversations. After we ate we took couples pictures just like we did in high school at the dances, only these ones were supposed to be funnier. As couples we had to pick our own props and poses. I stuck this snow hat on Josh and then we tried to figure out how we were going to pose.

Here's how it went down...

First picture...me: "How should we pose?"; Josh: "I don't know"
Second picture...me: "I'll dip you"; Josh: "Fine!"
Third picture...me: laughing; Josh: "You're going to drop me!"; me: "No I'm not"
Fourth picture...me: "Pucker up!"; Josh: laughing

Fifth picture...Yeah, I dropped him and it was funny!

Sixth picture..."Let's just get a semi-normal picture this time".

Here are the rest of our friends that partied with us...

(Top: Rikki and Todd, Calie and Cody; Bottom: Melissa and Curtis, Katie and Will)

(Top: Adam and Natalie-our lovely party hosts; Bottom: Brad and Julie, Mary and Kelly)

Here's a group shot of all our lovely sweaters...

After we had some fun with pictures we did a gift exchange. We were all supposed to bring two $5 gifts that were something we loved. We each drew two names and then we gave our gifts to the person we drew. I ended up with a bracelet and some laundry detergent (I had just ran out of mine, so this was a nice gift). Josh ended up with two 12 packs of Diet Coke (it's funny because that's what he brought to give away) and some Red Vines.

After the gift exchange, we played a couple games. The first game we played was one that involved unwrapping presents. We had to take turns wearing mittens while trying to unwrap a big box full of smaller presents. What made it fun was that Natalie was rolling dice and if she rolled doubles your turn was over...she was really good at getting doubles! It was a fun, crazy game that gave us all a lot of laughs. I actually got a present unwrapped at the end of the game, it was a pack of gum. (Yeah, no pictures of me playing, just Josh and Katie)

The second game we played was a relay race. It was couples against each other. One of us would have to get a cookie from our forehead to our mouth without using our hands or dropping it. After we got the cookie in our mouth, the other person had to put on a Santa suit and then blow a cotton ball across the floor and back. I did the cookie thing and I didn't drop it at all, Josh did the Santa suit...we beat the other couple we were racing against. It was actually a really fun game.

(I didn't get any pictures of Josh and I playing this game, so I posted some of the other couples playing)

This was the first ugly sweater party Josh and I have ever been to and we had a blast! The whole night was filled with fun conversations that kept us laughing non-stop...we have some pretty awesome friends!