BUNCO MANIA

Tomorrow night is my night to host bunco. The gals that I play with are fun, funny, and silly, so the bunco nights are a party in and of themselves, each month. It's wild, it's fun, it's moms gone wild!!

My theme is "Polka Dot Pajama Party." I've encouraged guests to show up in their jammies, and I'm decorating in polka dots. The theme sets the "surprise gift" for the gift exchange at the end of the bunco, so guests can bring something polka dotted or pajama-related. Even the food is themed... I've got M&Ms, Skittles, and malted milk balls (pajama party-ish, and polka-dotty if you think about it long enough, which, apparently, I have...) on the playing tables, and for dinner I'm serving pizzas and veggies and dip. (Once again, doesn't that evoke a pajama party? And one of the pizzas is going to be pepperoni, so that's more polka dots!) Dessert is a cake with M&Ms on top in a colorful polka-dotty confusion.

The beverages are not polka dotted, but they make you see dots. (LOL) I've got a recipe for "Kona Mai Tais," and I'm also mixing up a pitcher of "Safe Sex on the Beach," a non-alcoholic version of the popular "Sex on the Beach." (The trick is to substitute white cranberry peach juice for the peach schnapps and vodka, so it's just three juices. It's YUMMY!)

Today my challenge is to clean the house so that tomorrow I can just set everything out and be ready for my guests. That means the downstairs bathroom, mostly, because the living room and family room will continue to be thrashed up to and possibly including when the guests get here... Luckily they are moms, too, and will gladly overlook a foam puzzle of the United States on the floor, several books on the couch, and a random Duplo block here and there. :)

I can't guarantee pictures of the event, but you never know... after a few pitchers of drinkiepoos are downed, everyone's guard is lowered, too! (Stay tuned for the next installment of BUNCO MANIA!)