I’m headed to bed to recover from a spontaneous holiday party we had here at Chez Spectrum last night.

I just wanted to post an entry so that the lovely post about my gas could slowly make it’s way off the mainpage.

Anyway. OUR PARTY. I wanted to talk about it because we decided to make sure our party was as eco-friendly as possible. There were no plastic or paper products used or thrown away, quite an amazing feat!! We used our regular reusable ceramic plates and bowls, our everyday silverware, cloth napkins and cloth towels in the bathroom for drying purposes. The tableclothes were resuable as well and the lightbulbs that we used around the house were of course, CFL’s. (Which, incidentally, have reduced our monthly electric bill by $10!)

To keep going with our lovely DO GOODER/LOOK PRETTY theme, the entire menu was vegan. (You knew that was coming? Didn’t you? HA HA HA!) It consisted of the following:

Homemade guacamole
Salsa
Chips
Edamame
Veggie Platter
Pita bread with Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Whole Wheat Penne Pasta Salad with Balsamic Vinegar, Green and Red Peppers
Sweet Potato Chili w/ Black Beans
Vegan Mexican Cornbread
Vegan Sugar Cookies
Vegan Peppermint Patty Bars
Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I did all the baking and cooking and the Roommate handled the cleaning and obtainment of alcohol which included various wines, champagnes and apple cider with cinnamon and rum.

In the style of Amy Sedaris, we also offered a 25 cent table, where we sold knick-knacks and other odds and ends for 25 cents. We offered used lotions, pencils, a balloon, a Jack-o-Lantern PEZ dispenser, a packet of ketchup and autographed headshots. It was an hilarious way to reuse and reduce and recycle!

I’m so proud of us over here and for those lovely guests who joined in and purchased some one-of-a-kind gifts. I’m kind of sad no one bought the ketchup packet. It looks so lonely still sitting there on the table. As usual, I wore cute shoes:

Here’s the link to the rest of our Eco-Friendly Vegan Holiday Party Extravaganza 2007 Photos! Enjoy!