Sweater Party

The KC Sweater Party Friday night was Ah-MAZING! It was such a great atmosphere. I've described it as similar to Halloween - everyone is super friendly and chatty, and you have an easy conversation starter with everyone around you. "Nice sweater."

Especially when your sweater lights up! I loved this Elf!And yes, we had to take two pictures to capture the awesomeness of our tights.
Speaking of tights... I found a tights twin! Except her tights were $40 from American Apparel and mine were $16.50 from Wet Seal.

Skirt made from actual Christmas tree skirt, FTW!

This girl was great - she told me she was the token Jew at the party with the token ugly Hanukkah sweater. Complete with dreidels. I told her to act Jewish while I took the picture - she was like, "What? I don't know how to 'act Jewish," and I snapped this:

Gangsta Santa tries to get fresh.

But has more fun with our Elf friend.This guy seriously had on four legit layers. We were floored. When T.Hart asked him if it was a real turtleneck or a dickie, he dug around in his sleeve until he was able to pull 'her' out. Yup, he called his turtleneck her.

He claimed he wasn't hot. I feel hot and claustrophobic just looking at him.

T. Hart and I didn't plan this or know the other person was making this face. Loves it.

A girl came up to me at one point in the night and told me a funny story. When I walked into the bar, her mom called me a bitch because I was more sparkly than she was - hilarious. Later in the night I see the girl again, this time with her mom. I approached her and told her I knew she called me a bitch, it was hilarious, she was like, I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I didn't mean it! After I finally got her to understand I actually loved it and thought she was adorable, we had a great chat about finding our respective sparkly outfits.

"Grandkids Warm the Heart"

I think this girl had the most literal ugly sweater.

I called this guy Felon Santa because he never had a wig/beard/hat, plus the short hair, and general tough look. He looks too nice in this picture... Here! This picture is more like Felon Santa. Ahh! Finally! Dolewite takes the stage. I had never seen them before and was really looking forward to it. They did not disappoint. Excellent band for a party. They do old school hip-hop and rap covers, songs everyone knows, loves and can't resist.

So I threw on my dancing shoes, and got down!

I accidentally snapped a shot of the set list. It's incredible. Tricky, Clear my Throat, Hip Hop Hurray. It was awesome.

And yes, they did some Salt N Peppa. It was awesome. The girl in the group terrified T. Hart and I, but she rocked the hell out of the set. The next day I asked T. Hart why we were so scared of the singer. We concluded it was due to the fact she was hardcore and looked like she was ready to kick any one's ass at a moments notice. Come to think of it, I kinda wish she was my friend...They band was such a good time, so chill. They didn't even care when T. Hart and I commandeered the mics for some back-up vocals.

In fact, they were super cool about it and took our picture. And so I took his.

At the end of the night they announced the winners of the contests - there were several categories. And hell yeah your girl won Sexiest Sweater. That's right, I brought SexyBack to Sweaters. Ugly ones at that.

I was surprised to win Sexiest Sweater after seeing this get-up. Yup... that's mesh. With Santas on it. And white tights. With no pants. It's Ugly Sweater Overload.

If I knew the date for KC Sweater Party, I would mark it on my calendar right now. It was such a blast, and awesome knowing that all the money went to Operation Breakthrough - I think it was over $5k that was raised. Incredible.

Also, if you get the chance to see Dolewite, don't pass it up. They are fun.com