Party hats

Happy May Day!

Did you leave a basket of flowers on someone’s front step, ring the doorbell, and sprint away? Don’t worry, neither did I. Partly because we live in an old industrial loft building where doorbells cease to exist, and the thought of giving our bonkers of a neighbor flowers didn’t sound that appealing. Wait. Is that rude? Doh. As a kid, May Day was one of our favorite holidays to celebrate. We remember trying to contain our excitement while putting May Day baskets together with our Mom. The thought of leaving someone a present, ringing the doorbell, and running away to secretly hide behind a tree to witness the surprise look on his or her face made us grin from ear to ear. Ahhhh……those were the days. We think we should surprise people more often with flowers or kitchen-made gifts besides just on May Day. What do you say? Are you with us? Moving on… As we mentioned yesterday, we are attending the Denver Derby Party this coming Saturday. We didn’t know this until Listy said something to us last week, but all the proceeds go to the Sean Lough Foundation. Sean Lough attended Colorado State University (CSU) and unexpectedly died in a mountain biking accident. To keep Sean’s memory alive, his friends started the Denver Derby Party back in 2001 to raise money for his foundation. The foundation then gives one lucky recipient a full ride scholarship with room and board to Colorado State University. Pretty cool, huh? In preparation of this weekend, Listy, Katie, Tina, Megan, and we decided to get together this evening to gather supplies to make our Derby hats. We mean you can’t have a blah fascinator at a Derby Party, that’s a major fashion faux pas! Oh, before we forget here is a speedy picture of what we plan on wearing:

– Pink beach hat: Target – Dress:Nordstroms B. P. – Tan pumps: Macy’s We met up at Jo-Ann Fabrics in search of big bows, fake flowers, and ribbon.

We haven’t been inside a Jo-Ann’s since college (by the way, it still looks the same inside!). Being a member of sorority you get used to spending an obscene amount of time in craft stores making everything from pillowcases to paddles to bulletin boards. It was bananas. Thankfully this trip was simple peasy because Tina (a. k. a. Martha Stewart) was there to guide us on what we needed to purchase.

We had trouble at first picturing what we wanted our hat to look like, but after Tina pulled out a couple of pink flowers and sparkly ribbon, we were good to go.

Once were done shopping, we decided to grab dinner and a drink. Since Jo-Ann Fabrics is primarily located in suburbanville, we ended up eating at Chili’s. Hey, put away the stink eye, at least it wasn’t Applebee’s! We used to eat at Chili’s all the time in college and thought it was “upscale.” our how things have changed.

We started with their famous bottomless chips and salsa. Now, the key to enjoying this salty starter, you must accompany it with a side of ranch. We completely forgot about mixing the ranch and salsa together until Listy said something. All we can say is, don’t knock it until you try it.

We sipped on a Fat Tire and ordered the chicken quesadilla for our entree.

Since Listy’s birthday was yesterday, Megan brought some of her cake pops she had made to celebrate. It was the reliable treat to end a splendid evening.

Now we're off to get reacquainted with our hot glue gun. Wish us luck.