Wild Women for Wine : Jill Berry Blog

In mid-December my friend Deedee had her annual women’s dress up ornament exchange party. 40 fabulous women in a room with trading, champagne, food, and lots of shenanigans is my kind of evening. I laughed, a lot.

Have to say I went there with a mission, to get the ornament Deedee herself made. One has to make choices all evening in a trading session like this, between am I stubborn as a goat or generous enough to let this go? Mostly I was stubborn and I got the goods.It is a hybrid Barbie Bird. Who wouldn’t want that???

Deedee's bird

These women come mostly from Estes Park, Colorado, where Deedee lives in her cozy arty house in the woods. Entering the door, you step into a room full of coats, pass a room full of art and packages, skip by the kitchen into this room, filled to the brim with giggling girls. Everyone is dressed to the nines. Paparazzi should be lined up outside. The air is full of cheer, smoked salmon, dark chocolate and laughter.

I wore a church hat, a long wool skirt, my Nana’s lambskin collar and pearls. Dishy.

Ornament party

It was an joyous, yummy, all-about-the-holidays evening. The kind of time that sits with you inside a long time, and the kind you pencil in on your calendar for the next year, and start looking forward to as soon as it ends.

Better start planning the outfit now.

Comments

4 Responses to “Wild Women for Wine”

Kim Rae Nugent on January 6th, 2010 12:43 pm

Your outfit is divine. I almost feel as if I had seen you in it before
Deedee Hampton on January 6th, 2010 6:40 pm

I am still recovering from all the giggles….next year is the silver (25th) anniversary so I am looking for a silver outfit & thinking silver of some sort for the ornament
Mel on January 9th, 2010 1:59 pm

How totally FUN!!! I love those kinds of nights – all revelry, no seriousness. Fantastic!
Amy Smith on January 10th, 2010 10:46 pm

That sounds like a riot. I would love to attend such a gathering.