Christmas and New Years

Well I had a request to fill y'all in on my Christmas and New Years are you ready? I arrived in Grande Prairie at 1am on Christmas Eve and my Dad picked me up and took me to the hotel where he and my mom were staying. We slept for a couple of hours and then we picked up my crazy Aunt (I say that with love!) and we went home. On the way home I discovered that although my family had agreed "no gifts" they had all changed their minds and forgot to mention that to me. So once we arrived in Peace River I ran around town like a mad woman trying to find gifts for my family with no money. I think I already mentioned that my sister and I actually went to the Gas Station that night to pick out stocking stuffers!! Christmas morning we opened presents and I got a strainer (actually, I got $10 from my Aunt Christmas Eve and she told me to pick up a strainer for me and my sister - and we wrapped them and put them under the tree:) ), 2 novels, a scarf, a cheque from my Dad and a GC for Penningtons and some new pajamas from my mom. Pretty decent haul considering we weren't going to do gifts. Then, I proceeded to take over the kitchen where I cooked the turkey, and fixings for my family. We had yams, turnip, brussel sprouts, mashed potatoes, 2 salads, a 3 Layer jello, stuffing, turkey and gravey. I cooked it all myself. While cooking this wonderful dinner I came across a bottle of baileys in my mother's cupboard and made myself a irish coffee...and then another. When I set the table, my mom pulled out a bottle of non-alcoholic wine (which I hate) and so I poured a cooler into my wine glass. Well for some reason, during the eating of this fabulous Christmas feast, my face got a little red and my voice got kind of loud. By the time I realized what a "pickle" I was in, my parents and sister had also realized and were teasing me. I was so very embarassed and the more I tried to hide my drunkeness, the worse it got. Oops. On boxing day, my sister and I got up at 5:00am - I repeat - 5:00am to drive 2 hours to Grande Prairie for boxing day sales. We had to. We had Gift Certificates for Penningtons and they were having a huge sale starting at 7am. We didn't want all the good clothes in our size gone by the time we got there did we? Anyway, we picked up my sister's friend Mike from Spirit River and hit all the sales all over GP. It was a lot of fun. Then, when we got back I went out for coffee with my friend MG from Peace River and her new friend from the Carribbian. On the 27th I began planning and preparing because we were expecting over 30 people for the 28th.....


I'm going to post now and continue...I just don't want to lose all this...