{"id":10860,"date":"2013-12-11T20:54:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T02:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=10860"},"modified":"2013-12-11T20:54:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T02:54:25","slug":"brians-work-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=10860","title":{"rendered":"Brian&#8217;s Work Christmas Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a lot of fun at Brian&#8217;s work Christmas party last weekend. They have an annual get together at his boss&#8217; boss&#8217; boss&#8217; house in Rose Hill. We&#8217;d never been able to attend until now because they always have the party the same night as our Employees&#8217; Association holiday party at work. This year the parties are on separate weekends so we were finally able to attend.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/11247194355\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching Brubaker, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3798\/11247194355_3fe0a7342a.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had such a blast!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/11247282533\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching Brubaker, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3794\/11247282533_d23408083a.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Some of the funniest white elephant gifts were the Accounting for Dummies book, the toilet seat (thankfully not a used one), and plunger. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/11247280873\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching Brubaker, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5539\/11247280873_af63fe1716.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have no idea how Brian picked the plunger out of all the gifts that were left. I don&#8217;t think he was paying close attention because he picked a gift wrapped in the same wrapping paper as the toilet seat. I would have totally stayed away from that one. LOL.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/11247217444\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching Brubaker, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2861\/11247217444_a7a5b05e3b.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian and I were more sneaky, though. Instead of bring two gag gifts or two serious gifts, we brought one each. Our serious gift was a glass bathroom scale and our gag gift was a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CUEYJ3S\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B00CUEYJ3S&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=aweldoclif-20\" >Bra Maid<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=aweldoclif-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B00CUEYJ3S\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, which Brian&#8217;s boss&#8217; boss&#8217; boss&#8217; eldest son Jonathan ended up with. That was hilarious.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/11247159845\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching Brubaker, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5476\/11247159845_7ea878a9aa.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/11247197554\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching Brubaker, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3803\/11247197554_3bbd79d832.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian didn&#8217;t end up coming home with the plunger gift, though. He ended up stealing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0026KWF96\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B0026KWF96&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=aweldoclif-20\" >Indulge Cafe Style Hot Chocolate Kit<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=aweldoclif-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B0026KWF96\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> from someone else. It&#8217;s actually pretty awesome. I know because I&#8217;ve used it already.<\/p>\n<p>I had stolen a candle warmer kit but it was promptly stolen from me so I ended up coming home with a vibrating massager thing. It&#8217;s okay. Not a substitute for Michael at Sveta&#8217;s, though. Speaking of, we are about due for another couple&#8217;s massage!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a lot of fun at Brian&#8217;s work Christmas party last weekend. They have an annual get together at his boss&#8217; boss&#8217; boss&#8217; house in Rose Hill. We&#8217;d never been able to attend until now because they always have the party the same night as our Employees&#8217; Association holiday party at work. 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