Feeling crafty

I helped host a baby shower today for a woman in my book club and her husband. Party hosting (really hosting of any kind) usually makes me extremely anxious, but this time it wasn't so bad, probably because it was at someone else's house. Here are a couple of things I did today that were out of my comfort zone:

Cut up a pineapple. I was all set to get pre-cut-up pineapple at the store but couldn't find any. So I got a whole pineapple and watched a YouTube video on how to cut it. Turns out it's not scary or painful! Unexpected tip: Place the pineapple upside-down in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before cutting to let the sugariness flow down into the whole fruit.

Created a scallop border along the tops of the party-favor bags. I am not crafty. I do not knit. I get stressed out at the idea of creating something. But I volunteered to put together the favor bags because ... heck, I don't know. Because it seemed easy and unrelated to food preparation? Fill bags with candy, done and done. But then I saw these on Etsy and thought that maybe the bags should look nice. So I ordered some personalized stickers from Tiny Prints, then I cut a crude version of that scallop border into 24 yellow bags from Amazon. I think they turned out pretty well!

Random baby shower realization: Turns out I have a knack for baby-shower games. This was the second shower in a row where I won the first game played -- and I wasn't even trying that hard! Usually I'm pretty competitive with games, but these are generally luck-based, so there's not much pride at stake. At the previous shower (for my friend Andy), I won on a tiebreaker by guessing a number between 1 and 20!

TV TONIGHT

We caught up on this week's two episodes of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report." Too tired after the baby shower to watch anything with a plot.