holiday weekend

i'm really looking forward to this weekend. i have a great party on sat. night at 2 of the writers house and these guys are insane in their decorating, the guys i went to the christmas village show a few weeks ago when they spent over $1400 on various christmas items. they can decorate their house insanely and would put the white house to shame. also theyr'e going to have a great caterer! and i'm going to know almost everyone as this party, so i'm psyched. then on sunday night my friend kristen is having a party in long beach where they apparently have canals people decorate for christmas, so we're meeting at her parents house and then walking along the canals, taking in lights and ending up at her friend paula's house for dessert and coffee!! i'm so psyched. i also have to make 4 dzn cookies at some point for cookie swap girls night on monday!! i can't wait for christmas!!! yahoo!! i leave in a week for NYC but not that excited since I was just there 2 weeks ago and travevlling is a big pain in the ass, but i will get to see my niece and nephew!! that's fun!