Regardless, it was a busy weekend and it was a good weekend. I'm busy packing up stuff and getting ready for my big rummage sale this weekend, so I did a lot of that yesterday. The weekend started out with the Laurel Junior Auxiliary 2011 Gala! This is our annual fundraiser and thank you party to our donors and we work really hard getting it ready. I spent a good portion of Wednesday night and nearly all day Thursday and Friday helping prepare and there were lots of other LJA members who put in as many or more hours (also there were lots of LJA members who didn't even come close to that many hours, but I'm not complaining-- I choose to put in that many hours even though I didn't have to-- I especially didn't have to since I'm really no longer going to be an active member. Anyway.)
The theme this year was Mardi Gras and we had a great time! Here are some pictures I took of the preparation, the decorations and the actual event!
Entrance-way
The flowers were so pretty-- this is a close-up of a very large arrangement on the food table
I helped decorate this table-- we chose to honor the LJA Class of 1991, which just happened to be the year my dear mommmy was President! So, this table was filled with scrapbooks and photos of that year. It was a lot of fun to organize, and frankly, turned out a lot nicer than I'd anticipated-- I'm not great at doing tables like these.
Speaking of decorating tables, each Project Chairman was supposed to decorate a table about their particular project. I'm chairman of Project Destination, and this is NOT my table. This is a much cuter one right next time mine. Mine wasn't this cute.
Mardi Gras masks each LJA member got, and each 1991 LJA member got as a gift. They were also for sale, but unfortunately, we have a ton left over.
Some additional project tables.
Table decor
The stage for the band-- Grayson Capps
More table decor
View from the balcony area while we were still decorating
Myself and Allison Travis
Lisa Gatlin, me and Erica McMahaon
The former President, myself and the Mayor-- I'm surrounded by VIPs
Avid reader Lesley and myself-- doesn't she look so pretty!!
Yet another picture of me and Allison! I thought all my friends looked so good-- its so fun to get all dressed up like prom again!
The table lady who passed out our cake balls to guests-- this was so fun! She was literally wearing a table!!!
The ladies of LJA Class of 1991
Paige McCardle and I during clean-up-- the Gala didn't end till midnight, but about 10:45 or so, lots of people started leaving and all of us members were stuck sitting around while a few people continued dancing! You could tell we were so tired and ready to go but we couldn't leave till we cleaned! Secret alert-- I actually snuck out around 11 and drove the 2 miles home and changed clothes and watched tv till closer to midnight! I nearly fell asleep on the couch but I made myself get back up.
Jill Myers and I during clean-up-- she was my "date" since her husband couldn't come! Love Jill!
Erica, Allison and myself-- we were tired! We went to Waffle House not long after that!!
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