A Quaint Housewarming

We picked the date of our housewarming based on two factors: our moving day and our first house guest. Troy's cousin has been staying with us for the first week, seeing friends and helping us around the house. Aside from the late night Magic games, everything has found its place. 

The housewarming was a potluck/banana split party, also to celebrate my upcoming 28th birthday. We went from worried about too many people, to not enough food, to having way too much food and just a small group of 8. Perfect balance. 

A quick tip: If you don't have banana split boats, use aluminum mini-loaf pans. They're the right size, and disposable. 

Much prettier than my banana split.
Source: www.completelydelicious.com.

I've never had a housewarming, or even a party based around me/us since I was 8. Presents are never mandatory, but these gifts I was excited to open. We received a gift card for Crate&Barrel, which I used on new wine glasses and an extra set of silverware. We also got a new whiskey decanter and serving dishes, something we are tragically low in. We also received our very own hookah for the house. Don't get all judgmental. It looks like it's out of Arabian Nights, and it's only a once in awhile thing.

Mostly from Crate&Barrel. Perfect fit in the new kitchen.

First breakfast in our nook, with our new table from Craiglist.

The final carpet installation is today, almost two weeks after move-in. The cabinet fronts are supposed to be installed today, too. I'll finally get to post pictures of a semi-furnished house.