Fancy Friday

I realize it's been a year since I've posted anything - how lame am I?  Get ready for an onslaught of entries...

One day at school drop off, I was chatting with some other moms and we discussed how difficult our kids were being lately and perhaps we should meet up for drinks one morning to help ease the craziness.  In hindsight, I don’t know if this was a joke, or a real suggestion, but no one second guessed it!  We came to the conclusion that it’s not socially acceptable to drink alcoholic beverages in the morning…unless, of course, you mix them with juice.  Drinking beer or wine or vodka at 9:30 on a given weekday makes you an alcoholic, however drinking mimosas or Bloody Marys makes you fancy! Thus was the birth of what came to be fondly known as Fancy Friday. 

Instead of going to a restaurant where we could very possibly be judged (especially since two us had our younger children in tow), we decided it would be better to meet at my house and that way the kids could run around and play and we could gossip or be loud without getting the evil eye.  Plus, it was way less expensive to buy a few bottles and share than to buy individual drinks.  Our first Fancy Friday was so much fun!  Of course, we couldn’t have too much fun since we had to pick up our kids from school at noon – talk about a buzzkill.  But, it was nice to let loose a little and realize that as parents, we all struggle and at times might not like our children (gulp). I don’t really trust people that never complain about their kids…everything is perfect all the time and their children are angels who can do no wrong.  Those people are not invited to Fancy Friday.  There, I said it.