July? That Can Only Mean One Thing

I measure time by bunco seasons. My year is not January to December, but July to July. Do I sound like a serious bunco-er? Because I am! July has been my month to host for the last few years and I hosted my group last Monday night. Normally I would have had it in my home, but things have been a little crazy lately and I just needed to simplify. If you've ever tried to prepare your home for a party while your toddler and preschooler were actually in the home, you probably get the stress I was feeling. Plus, we'd had company for the weekend. So I decided to host my friends at the LPM office. It was such a relief to have it there. I served fajitas from a local restaurant to make it even simpler. And yummier. We had sopapilla cheesecake for dessert and it was very tasty, if I do say so myself. Too bad I can't really enjoy it because I know what's in it!

I started setting up for the party right as the work day was ending. Melissa had just arrived from Atlanta, so she and Mom visited with me for a little while before heading out.

Lis helped me get organized.

We played in the board room. I added a small round table with big queenie chairs at the far end of the long table.

You can see the bunco gifts lined up at the wall. They were some fun little things from the home section of Anthropologie. I had a blast shopping! It's stuff I would never spend the money on for myself but always drool over.



First we had our Mexican food feast. This is Linda, Dana, Betty, and Cyndi.

Kay, Courtney, Stephanie, Nat, Christine, Nancy, and Michelle.

We finally started playing after an hour of eating and chatting. This was the head table - AKA The Queenie Table. We used a stuffed camel as our Traveling Two's mascot.

This was table #2 - where you are neither honored nor shamed.

This is table #3. Paint a big red "L" on it.

I love this group of women so much. I wish I had a picture of us all together, but last year I made everyone do it and it was craziness. I'll wait till next year to torture them with a group shot again. If you're never heard of bunco, my post from last year explains it better. It looks like I spelled it with a "k" back then. Well, I feel like I'm sleepwalking today so I'll wrap this up. Bunco ladies, you are amazing and I can't wait to play again!