These are a FEW of my FAVORITE things....

Last night, I hosted my 2nd annual Favorite Things Party.  I look forward to this ALL year!  Our guest of honor was Carrie--we are celebrating her 2nd Cancer-Free anniversary!  YAY for kicking cancer's butt!

The rules are simple:  pick one favorite item, $5 price range.  Bring 5 of that same item to the party, unwrapped.  During the party, we explain why the item is our favorite and then draw 5 names from the bag to receive our favorite item.  It's kind of like Oprah's Favorite Things Show!

Here are this years' attendees:

And the gift selections:

Gifts included:

• Post-it notes, gift tags, and paper clips in a cute box
• Glad candle and plug-in
• Christmas bag with snuggly, warm socks
• Scent brick (Grape)
• Jordana Eyeliner and blush
• Organizing pouch
• Coffee mugs
• Pouch with favorite candy, tissues, and chapstick
• Box containing multi-colored pens and favorite chapstick
• Pretty pouch with triangle-shaped mechanical pencils and mints
• Pretty picture frames
• Bath and Body works foaming hand soap and purse-sized germ-x

I ended the night with the scent brick, Bath and Body works, a blue coffee mug, the organizing pouch, and the box with multi-colored pens and chapstick (Burt's Bee's pomegranate, which is awesome!).

A few of my favorite people, a few of our favorite things, and our favorite foods....what's not to love?  The party started at 6:30 and lasted until around 11:00.  We had SO much fun swapping gifts and stories and just LAUGHING until we cried.  Being with good friends is the best.

What is YOUR favorite thing?  $5 or less.......