I have made it to the liquor store; I'm making sangria, but did not get Gran Marnier (too pricey; D's ex left a bottle behind and I gleefully used it last year) but I did get triple sec to soak the fruit in tonight, once I make it to the grocery store.
I got a bottle of Guinness, too, for the chocolate stout bundt cake I will be making. And Prosecco to ring in the new year!
We are having a small NYE party, about 15 people plus 2 8 year olds (upstairs). My sister and another couple are staying the night, and I am making waffles and bacon the next morning.
Ooh, that reminds me, I have to get cute tights when I make my grocery run tonight!
Oh, you can get individual bottles of Guinness? Excellent! I got what looks like a good recipe for Irish Stew from Penzey's catalog, and it calls for a bottle of the stuff, which I have never liked to drink by itself.
At my HyVee liquor store you can. I'm not fond of Guinness, but I like it IN things. It was about $2.50.
We have no NYE plans, and that seems just as well at the moment. I guess we'll celebrate at home with the kids. Sparkling apple juice for them and champagne for us.
We were going to have the kids over for fondue, but then I got sick. So then I said, well, let's just do the fondue ourselves. And then the storm came in. So there's no way I'm sending the SO to the grocery for chunks of swiss cheese and beef tenderloin and shrimp. So yeah, no NYE plans here.
But! On the plus side, while the SO's in town, he's got the nook hooked up to the store's free wifi and is downloading books. So if he does get home, we can be stuck with lots of reading material!
I have to do the same thing every year. Jon works, so I'll be there.
No NYE plans here. Thought I'd go to the fancy new bar that opened up but they want a $20 cover. No frickin' way. Even if I could afford that. So I'll probably continue sewing my dress (if I haven't finished it yet) and packing for my trip. Since I have a gig, it's more important than ever that I not forget things at home.
There were plans and then there was the sick, so.
I think we'll be at our beer bar for NYE. Should be fun. If we're up to it.
I am not feeling up to much right now.
My upstairs neighbor is hosting both a NYE party and a NYD brunch. I bought a couple of bottles of prosecco to contribute to the evening, and I may see about making cinnamon rolls for brunch, too, depending on how ambitious I feel on the 1st.
