We spent far, far too long last night crafting a cleverly worded invite to our cleverly themed party. I cry when I think that much effort went into something that will only be seen by a small cross-section of society. To stop my crying, I reveal it to the masses.
This party is BYOB (Bring your own books.) Three to be exact. At the end of the night you'll leave with three entirely different books. More details we can't divulge, but fun and mayhem will ensue. Remember that the books you bring say a lot about you. If you choose to arrive with a dog-earred copy of a book with a bare-chested pirate on the cover, we can't guarantee your emotional safety.
We will provide victuals and libations. We don't want anyone to leave with an armful of Clifford books, so young children and their reading materials should be left at home.
All of the clever literary witicisms will take place from 6pm to 9pm.
For those of you who are able to stay after the books are put away, we expect it to devolve into the type of drunken debauchery that takes place in a book with a bare-chested pirate on the cover. You know. Your typical Saturday night at the Mabbitts.
Those of you who have seen our house know that we have accomodations for quite a few overnight guests. The slots will be available on a first come – first serve basis, but we can easily handle 10 people (not counting us) who would not have to sleep on the floor. Speaking of floor, we have a lot of that. If several people have an inflatable mattress they'd like to bring, the number of comfortable sleepers could get much higher.
If you were lucky enough to make it onto this guest list, you are a member of the inner circle. Benefits of being in the inner circle include (but are not limited to) spending the night on Friday, spending the night on Saturday, spending the night on both Friday and Saturday, and GETTING OUT OF OUR HOUSE on Sunday…. (you know who you are)
Update: I'll have another post after the party with pictures and a synopsis for everyone doing a research paper on our parties.