Party in Pictures

It all began as a girls' night.  

We'd already had one girls' afternoon at Eva's, so Victoria decided to host the next one on an evening when her husband Mike was on a business trip.  

Then, at the last minute, the trip was canceled.  

So instead of either banishing Mike for the evening or outnumbering him by twelve or so to one, Victoria did the only sensible thing...She invited all the girls to bring their partners.

It began fairly sedately.  

Phil and Husband clearly hadn't eaten in days or perhaps the quesadillas were just that good...

Marguerite and Mary demonstrate the correct way to serve themselves.  Derek takes careful mental notes while he waits for his turn. 

Then came the tequila shots and key lime pie squares.

Eva takes a break. 
Claudia, Erin, Victoria and Alistair remind me of the small pack of crayons little kids get in the kind of restaurants with white tablecloths made of paper. 

This was taken before Husband abandoned me for the tequila shots.

"I can't believe the size of Erin's wine glass,' says Jennifer. "Oh it's just to disguise the amount of wine I have poured into it," says Erin. "Brilliant!" thinks Husband. 

Phil was threatening to stuff the fancy shmancy wine glass in his pocket as a party favor, because he luuuuuurved it. Jennifer wouldn't let him.

Erin can lean, drink and smile all at the same time. Kyrre is all for multi-tasking.

"Oh no thank you, I wouldn't like seconds," says Mary. "Unless of course you insist." 

Marguerite was the newest friend at the party and I'm pretty sure that Victoria and Mike were awfully glad she came.