La la la, gonna have a party!

[serene]

As is usually the case, as I near the party date, I pare down my menu so that I can have fun food *and* the time and energy to enjoy my company.

Here's what I ended up with for my snacky spread:

• several kinds of cheese with crackers and, if I can pull it off, fresh french bread
  
• veggies and hummus
  
• chili and chili bites -- it's not a theme, it just ended up that way :-)
  
• apples, pears, and asian pears with homemade caramel sauce and nutella
  
• toffee butter crunch
  
• eeyore_grrl's peanut-butter cookies
  
• lyrical1's best ever cookies.
  
• more cookies if I feel up to it -- I'm in a baking mood, and I love sending people home with cookies
  
• italian sodas (regular and sugar-free)
  
• foofy espresso drinks

I am feeling zero stress about this, even though I have a ton of stuff to do before tomorrow. I feel so happy and comfortable in my new home that even if y'all showed up on my doorstep tonight, before I've mopped and cleaned and put out fresh towels, I would just smile and show you in. Life is good.