Recession Entertaining- Wii Party

Oct 13, 2009 by Katelin

Game Nights have been around for ages, but a couple months ago Hubby and I threw a Wii Party.  We invited a bunch of friends over, hooked up the Wii and went for it.  And you know what?  It was a huge success.

Wii Resort was particularly suited because the games (unlike Mario Cart) seemed to be done well by both sexs.  In fact the ladies really threw down, except in archery where the men scratched through.  But the real fun was the friendly competitive spirit brought out in everyone, and the accompanying comments.

We had some chips and dips, some sandwiches, desserts, some frosty beverages and a darn good time.  Everyone brought a snack and it was just a fun day.  Not an expensive party (unless you don’t have a Wii), but something we will be doing again.  The big hits were Haberno pepper jelly with cream cheese on crackers (which may have been popular more for the sake of ego, but I thought it was pretty tastey), and a pizza dip on bagel chips brought by a friend which was *I think* a layer of cream cheese topped with pizza sauce topped with mozarella cheese then baked.  Really hit the spot.

Which once again proves that you don’t need a fancy smancy party to have a rollicking good time.

As a note- one thing I liked was that we had a decent size group and that it didn’t become a couples competition and because the focus was on your ability to do a variety of games there was something for everyone and no one felt alienated or mad at the end of the day.  I always hate leaving game nights feeling like not everyone had a pleasant time.

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