Belle of the Ball

Last night Jason and I went to The Grand America Hotel for a work party. We rode with Brad and Julie (Jason's parents) and Julie demanded we get valet parking and since it was cheap and we wouldn't have to freeze Brad so graciously agreed. We got to dress up really fancy and the party was in one of there ballrooms. It was BEAUTIFUL!!! I was so impressed with the hotel. it looked just like it had come out of the nineteen hundreds when big parties were all the rage. The staff was excellent. they had people staffed everywhere so you knew just were you were going and the food, oh the food was excellent. We have fish and beef, with a salad and chocolate raspberry cake for dessert. Before we were let in to the ballroom they served spiced cider. It was delicious but very expensive.. it cost somewhere in the range of $40 a gallon and with close to 400 people there it was, I'm sure, every expensive. I was a little over dressed, not really for the place it was held in since down the hall someone was have a tuxedo party, but for the people we work with I was just a tad over dressed. However, people really seemed to like my dress i received compliments all night.  By the end of the night though i was ready to go home. My stomach was full and my was dress was feeling a bit tight at that point. I wish we had stayed the night at the hotel but oh well maybe next time. I am curious to see what the rooms look like..............