First Dinner Party: Awesome

I had my very first non-family dinner party last night. Everything was, if I do say so myself, pretty awesome. We had butternut squash soup with cinnamon croutons, cornbread with herb-butter and herb-stuffed pork loin with vegetables for dinner. And then creme brulee for dessert. Jenny brought sangria and other people brought wine, so there was no shortage of alcohol.

My dining room has ambiance: the new Tudor table*, the silver goblets, the candle chandelier (with real candles!). The only problem was that my lack of dinnerware (which I'm working to resolve) meant that we had to eat off of paper plates (but at least they were nice paper plates). It was pretty damn snazzy and I like to think that the couples in attendance got seriously laid that night. (But don't worry guys, I''m not thinking about it in any great detail.)

Biggest surprise was that, towards the beginning of dinner, Kate (Brad's fiancee) offered to hook me up with one of her friends and then, after experiencing several hours of me being drunk and obnoxious, actually decided to go through with it. In my opinion, it demonstrates a severe lack of judgment on her part, but I'm certainly not going to complain about it.

It was a lot of fun and I'm definitely going to do it again soon. So, co-workers, start jockeying for position now!

* Yes, it took me 4 years of owning a home before I got a dining room table that wasn't made out of plastic.