It's in the rathskeller* of The Great Dane.
There's good food, great company, and everyone gets a whopping two drink tickets (wom-womp).
The highlight of the night is Yankee Swap.
Everyone brings something to re-gift (you're encouraged to not buy anything). And the wide-spectrum these items entail is fascinating. My personal contribution may or may not have come from the lost-and-found at work...
Everyone takes a number, and you stand in front of everyone and open a gift when it's your turn. Once opened, you can choose to keep your gift, or trade with someone who's already opened. If you do that, they're stuck with your gift. But there's always the chance that your prize will be swapped later, and you never know what you may end up with at the end of the night.
The gift i opened was made up of lots of little gifts. (i think the gift giver was trying to clean out her closets). I got 3 field guides from the audubon society, a book on tape called "Grammar for Success", and 3 old board games, the best of which is tittle 'Uncle Willy'.
I am deathly afraid of birds, talk in horribly improper english, and loooove board games. This gift was hilarious.
However, there were lots of people there who love hiking and bird watching (hey, it's Madison after all), so it appeared my gift was a hot commodity. People were campaigning for me to trade with them. None of the offers were too enticing though. Until one coworker upped the antie: "I'll throw-in my second drink ticket!"
SOLD!
(although, i was sad to give away Uncle Willy)
In the end, I wound up with a bottle of 3-buck chuck, some garden staples (?), and that coveted 3rd drink voucher!
The best prize of the night was a plastic shepherd boy from one of those light-up nativity scenes. Apparently, it was purchased at the thrift store awhile ago, and has stood proudly in one of the department's offices for quite sometime. They had lovingly named it, Larry the Virgin.
Unknowingly, the department-head had taken it as her yankee swap gift. You should have seen everyone's reactions when they saw it unwrapped and realized that she was giving it away. It was like you came home and your mom had given away your puppy.
Needless to say, it was constantly being fought-over and traded the whole night. Fortunately, it did get rescued by the original department. Larry and I hung out the rest of the night.
and now...PICTURES!
victorious with my prizes! (i gave away the lawn staples...)
"Oh, hey. What's up larry the virgin? You come here often?"
"I totally understand your love of sheep...it's the same way i feel about 3-buck chuck!"
"You want a taste of my delicious beer?"
Oops! I guess we had too much delicious beer
I know what you're thinking, and you're absolutely right... My eyebrows do look really good in these pictures!
Needless to say, the party was a blast. What are YOUR office parties like?
*which i just learned is german for basement.
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2 comments:
Shelly! You look so tiny! Nice work gettin' all skinny, yo!
Had organized an office party recently and booked local corporate event venue for that. The venue was simply astonishing and facilities were just best. I am very much impressed with it and planning to arrange my future events too here.
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