Mallory Belle: Uno, dos, tres... Attro (Kid History style!)

A picture of my favorite night

This one is hard... When I've done things like acting out the Teletubbies theme song with my roommates, been part in organizing a formal dance party, thrown paint, and spent a night upside down with a fire truck sticker on my forehead, it's hard to decide.

But I did indeed pick just one!

September 29, 2010

The night I was the guest of honor...

At a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!

I know how hard it is to pull off a surprise party. I organized one for Melissa's 18th, but it was no where near as epic as this one! I'm really impressed that the 5 girls I lived with were able to keep it a secret. I didn't live with Melissa and I had a hard time not mentioning it. I had a feeling they were planning something from some comments I wasn't supposed to hear from downstairs... But I definitely was not expecting it that night!

I was at Phil's just hanging out after working on a group project across the street from his apartment. We had been at Phil's apartment earlier so I went back to get my stuff. I had left chicken marinating in his fridge and I wanted to grill it and take it home to share with my roommates. When I got to Phil's I just sat with him on the couch watching T.V. for a good long while before I actually went out to grill. Around 9:15 Taylor texted me asking for some help with her photography assignment. She told me it was due at 10 so I wasn't in too much of a rush to get there.

I finally got back to my apartment to drop off my stuff around 9:45. Everything was dark.

Odd.

My roommates all said they were gonna be busy that night, but I figured they would have been home by then. I left everything out on the table and counter, including the chicken, when I left to go help Taylor. She had told me before to just walk in and come up to her room. When I got to their apartment it was dark as well. It didn't seem as strange, because Taylor and her roommates tended to be upstairs whenever I came over.

Then I saw a shadow on the couch.

It freaked me out for a second.

Then I realized what was going on and on came the lights!

At least 20 people were crammed in the living room of Old Farm B1, for me?

Woah.

*Disclaimer: Seeing as this was only a month into school, we really didn't know that many people. I did recognize most of the faces in that room... But I didn't necessarily KNOW them. That's where Ariel comes in: We love our social butterfly who can make anything fun! :)

There was much jubilation that night! A very festive apartment with lots of purple decor, a towering purple funfetti cake, a rainbow pinata, and presents! (Including a Golden Ticket for my very own copy of Beauty and the Beast when it was "Released from the vault" the following week.)