Retro Housewife Bridal Shower

My childhood best friend, Jenny, is getting married very soon! Last week was her bridal shower, which turned out really well. We decided to merge Jenny's soon-to-be status with her love of Mad Men and turned it into a Retro Housewife party!

Gifts and Prizes

Whisked Away! Whisks and homemade wedding dress cookies

Cupcakes made by scratch by Supermom Stacy (Thanks Stef!)

We had The Good Wife Guide: 19 Rules for Keeping a Happy Husband. The original issue came out in the Housekeeping Monthly on 5/13/1955. We played the bowl game (think charades and taboo) surrounding those rules. We also played the Toilet Paper Wedding Dress! Prizes included knitting doll-tools, Little Box of Jacks, Slinkie, kitchen utensils, cute mini notebooks and sweets. 

Toilet Paper Models and the Bride

Top of Tops: 2012

Most listened albums of 2012 are Rufus Wainwright's Out of the Game, Bobby Womack's The Bravest Man in the Universe, Laura Gibson's La Grande and Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw. See below for my favorite songs of the year. =)



1. Nick Waterhouse- I Can Give You Everything
2. Grimes- Oblivion
3. The Tallest Man on Earth- Wind and Walls
4. Rufus Wainwright- Montauk
5. Bobby Womack- Please Forgive My Heart
6. Laura Gibson- Milk-Heavy, Pollen-Eyed
7. Fiona Apple- Hot Knife
8. Langhorne Slim- Wild Soul
9. Grizzly Bear- A Simple Answer
10. Frank Ocean- Lost
11. Hurray for the Riff Raff- Look Out Mama
12. Real Estate- Easy
13. Wolf Larsen- If I Be Wrong
14. Shearwater- Animal Life
15. Lawrence Arabia- The Bisexual

Previous lists for 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008.
Happy new year! Hope to blog more. And learn how to swing dance.