This week...

It is going to be a crazy week ahead for my schedule and I don't know if I am going to be mentally, physically or emotional prepared for all that is chalked up on the calendar.  Starting Wednesday, I have 5 straight nights  booked and I can only hope I have enough energy for all of them.

Day 1:  after work meeting followed by dinner with a major business partner

Day 2:  a going away fete for my best friend Beth

Day 3:  Beth's last day at work (insert sobbing) and my sister's 2nd Annual Christmas Party

Day 4:  Ryan's company holiday party

Day 5:  My niece Makenzie's 4th birthday party at Chuck E Cheese

(2011 Christmas Party:  games  /  wine  /  friends  /  delicious food  /  holiday cheer)

If Gina's Christmas Party it is anything like last year, I am guessing that we will drink entirely too many bottles of wine, get ultra-competitive over some board games and laugh into the wee hours of the evening.

(via BCBG for Macy's)

Saturday is my husband's company party and I am still unsure what I will be wearing.  I was set on this dress from BCBG but it is no longer available.  I loved the idea of the emerald green dress mixed with my gold corso como pumps and gold accessories but now I am back to the drawing board.

(Makenzie carving pumpkins for Halloween 2012)

My niece Makenzie turns 4 here in a couple weeks but we are celebrating early at Chuck E Cheese.  A few games of ski ball, a slice of pizza and a handful of rambunctious children will surely make for a fun Sunday.  

(at Gina's 29th Birthday, July 2011)

And this girl here... my bestest friend is departing from the company we have worked at together for 5 1/2 years.  I can still remember the outfit I was wearing when I met Beth, one of the first times we hung out (it was the lacrosse game on July 4th) and the thousands of memories we have made along the way.  I think a part of me is leaving the company too on Friday.