Scored at the Holiday Party

I attended our company party yesterday. Same restaurant as last year. Much more sedate this time around.

We used to do Secret Santa. I flippin hate that. But the last two years someone livened it up and made it more like the first Chrismas Party episode of NBC’s The Office. Everyone brings a $20 gift, stands around, and responds to random questions that cause you to exchange gifts.

Last year the two gifts most folks kept trading for were bottles of wine. When the dust settles, I scored a travel thermos. (But I do use it!)

So this year I surfed over to watch Gary Vanerchuk at WineLibrary TV to help me select a decent wine under $20 to contribute. Then used my man-skills to decorate the bottles with ribbons. My strategy was to keep trading to get it back.

At the gift exchange, the questions range from sublime to near scandalous. But now I know who has body piercings, been arrested, had one night stands and wears a thong to work. I’ll file that info away in my PDA for future reference.

Gift cards, rum, teas and powdered chocolate all passed around me. There were a few tense moments as a black heavily sequined messenger bag got too close for comfort. But when all was done, I scored a DVD 3-pack of Groundhog Day/Ghostbusters/Stripes. Freakin’ sweet! And “that’s a fact, jack!”