Fiesta Friday/Real Parties – Martini and Firefighter Birthday Parties

Last weekend we celebrated C’s 30th birthday in true lush style when I had one of my “famous” martini parties for her. She is gluten-intolerant but the beauty of it is, she can still drink alcohol, so it worked out perfectly! 🙂

Sorry about the paper chains, Daddy is coming home soon and it’s our way of counting down by removing a link each day. I decided to use my oversized martini glasses to hold fruit this time around. I purchased a fondue pot from Jo-Ann’s (40% coupon of course) because my cursed chocolate fountain acted up at the last party and I didn’t want to risk it. I could do a whole post ranting about that piece of @#% fountain, but I’m a lady and I won’t name names. Unless someone asks, I’ll be more than happy to do so.

Take a closer look at the martini glass charms. I did a post on the beer-band version, and when I saw the stemed-glass version, I had to have them. Mine are similar to these, except they say cooler stuff like “Tipsy” and “More Please”. Plus, I’ll be adding a set to my Stirrings giveaway. (See how I worked that in again?) Hey, notice the Stirrings mixers and rimmers? Wouldn’t it be awesome if they sent me a fab box of samples to try or maybe give away, so I could stop mentioning them every chance I get? That would be cool.

My littlest one turns 5(!!!) on Fourth of July, and we had his birthday party on Wednesday. We had a fire station tour then back to our house. I couldn’t have a gaggle of kids there (or at my house, my head would explode), so siblings were not an option, which would be the case with a weekday party with school getting out next week. I’ve always had his parties during the week since he’s been a preschooler, but that will all end next birthday since he starts KINDERGARTEN!!!! in the fall.

So, here is a sneak peek of the treat boxes, I scored pretty much all the party stuff on clearance at Party City, and I’ll have a full party write-up next week. Yes, the extinguisher is a pencil sharpener, and I scored the Dalmatian suckers and firefighter cows from Oriental Trading.