And the winner is.....

Sunday, February 24, are the Academy Awards.....the Oscars......basically the biggest award show out there. I love movies, I love movie stars, and I love watching the Academy Awards. Before you start judging me with a list of all of the Sunday worthy activities I could be participating in tomorrow, let me tell you about the elite Academy Awards gathering that I have been able to finagle an invite to. It all happened about three years ago. One of my roommates at the time mentioned that her family was having their annual Academy Award party and invited me to join in the festivities. Of course, I accepted. Little did I know that this one little act would alter the course of the next three years! Okay, not really but I really didn't expect it to be such a big deal. So there's a pretty selective list of family and friends that are invited to this shindig. There is tons of food and really awesome people and we all fill out ballots on who we think the Oscar winners are going to be. The person with the most correct guesses wins. There is a statue of an Oscar with all of the prior years winners' names engraved on it (I learned early on not to try too hard because if a "friend" makes the list, they aren't invited back the next year). The winner also wins a DVD package. Everyone also puts their names in a bowl for some drawings for free DVD's that occur throughout the evening. I know....it's bigger than the Superbowl. Now, my roommate got married and moved out of state but luckily I've remained close friends with her sister so I've been able to get invited again this year. Really it was a close call and I basically had to beg for my invite but I'm not ashamed....I love this family and I love their parties! Really, this is an event that I look forward to every year. Thanks Sara, for taking a chance on me!