The Fighter's

Every year for the past nine years, a group of my favorite girls and I have been getting together during the holiday season for a "cookie" party.  The first few years we actually all brought ingredients and made the cookies from scratch at the party...while drinking wine and pigging out on food.  After realizing how disastrous this could be (kitchen's a mess, recipes not quite right, etc.), we decided to just bring already made cookies and trade.  That lasted for about five years.  Present day...we barely even bring cookies to the "cookie party" any more.  These days we are focusing more on eating, wine, trading gifts (we each have Secret Santa's throughout the year and do a final gift and "reveal" at the party), chatting and laughing.  Call us lazy.  I call us wiser with age:-) This year Sue was the hostess with the mostest (complete with themed food and signs - see below). It was SO great to relax with these girls. I look forward to every get