Why? Because about an hour after I got home all of the Bead Factory managers came over for a managers' meeting and lunch. There were:
- Viki
- Carrie
- Melissa
- Heather
- Christine
- Leilani
I worked in the office while they ate in the dining room (I got a plate and loaded itup several times during the course of the meeting). For lunch Carrie made:
- Crostini with artichoke spread
- Crostini with smoked salmon roulade
- Breaded & fried cheese ravioli with marinara dipping sauce
- Marinated, heated olives
- Smoked gouda muffins
- B.L.T. salad with spinach for the "L" and homemade dressing
- And créme brulée for dessert
Have I ever mentioned that I married a fantastic chef? 'Cause I really did. I'm creating a new "Cooking" label so I can talk about whenever one of us cooks something really fantastic (It'll be her nine times outta ten, I guarantee).
Anyway, Carrie went straight from the meeting back to work, so I put away all of the food and ate a bunch of it while doing so. Carrie went straight from work to Ikea with Viki, so I was left to my own devices all evening, which consisted of watching a couple episodes of Brisco, a new episode of Heroes, and working a bunch on the final illustrations for the Bead Factory's how-to book.
Viki took Carrie straight from Ikea to Southcenter Mall (or whatever the Hell they call it now), where Carrie spent all of her gift cards and the rest of her Christmas money on new pants and a super-cute kimono-style top with a brown and turquoise Japanese pattern print on it. Super-cute.
At almost 11:00 Carrie called me to come pick her up from the Lareau homestead, so I drove up there and collected her and her new acquisitions.
