Her brother, her dad & I made ourselves scarce and left the girls to themselves. Sam was upstairs playing on the computer, while Kev and I watched TV in the basement. We could hear the girls talking and laughing and havin' a good ol' time! It was great listening to them.
After dinner they watched a movie, "Woman on Top." Appropriate choice for the evening. We could tell when the movie was over, because the girl noises increased.
Joyce gave each friend a small gift when they left. I had found these small satin tie string bags at a dollar store, in pretty pastel colors with either butterflies or dragonflies embroidered on them. They were meant for wine gift bags, and they were so pretty. She burned a CD of some pop Latin music for each friend, not sure where the music came from (but it's pretty cool -- heard it before dinner), and put that and a green margarita glass (another dollar store purchase, a Libbey green glass bubble stem, very pretty) with a wrapped parcel of homemade chocolate chip cookies in one of the satin bags, with a small note that said "Gracias! Thank you for coming to my party." It was really neat, and the girls loved 'em. (Love those dollar stores!)
I think they all had a good evening. I'm glad. It was a lot of work, for one thing, but worth it. Joyce hasn't had a party in so long. It's a lot of stress to have a party, and since she could only invite 8 people, she was worried about offending some friends. It's a good life lesson for her. Throwing a party ain't always like going to a party!
One of her good friends stayed over the night before and got up kind of early with Joyce and I, and she helped with housework and decorating and other stuff all day long. What a doll! She's my favorite of all of Joycie's girlfriends.
Alley & Joycie: ¡los dos amigas buenos!
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