So I posted before that I wasn’t too happy about the group set up of the decorating contest, but I thought I’d do my best and get into the holiday spirit. I was actually enjoying planning and decorating, as one of the girls in my group has her own decorating blog and was willing to help out. Liza wasn’t so lucky, her team at odds on theme and what to decorate, failing to pitch in monetarily or even physically, preferring to sit while Liza climbed desk after desk hanging lights and hundreds of snowflakes made by her.
It was all supposed to be in good fun, especially since I knew the outcome would be biased. I helped other teams, gave them tips and even the templates to make the 3-D snowflakes. Even though Liza was doing so much work herself, she enjoyed decorating also. As with any fun at our humble company, it was short-lived. Once my team started pulling out our major decorations, the “hatin” started, complaining that we were too much, that we stole their ideas, when clearly I had freely told everyone what we were planning, and that having the boss on our team wasnt fair because he paid for it all out of our expense account. Of course that wasnt true. Our team members all pitched in, well except one but that’s a whole other story, and he paid out of his own pocket as he was by default, part of our group.
The mess didn’t stop there, Liza’s team failing to place, even though the two of our teams were the only two original and creative decorations, with a single, well thought out theme. Our team did get first place, a gift card, the denomination hardly enough to feed the nine of us at the most expensive chain of restaurants in our city.
Overall, I had fun, taking me out of what is normally a depressing time of year for me, and even though it means nothing, Liza’s team should have been second place.
Tippi’s Team Decor….
Liza’s Winter Wonderland….
The team that actually won second place. I loved the idea of Santa going down the fireplace. If anything, it’s what put them over the top, but the wrapping paper, including the hanna montana/justin beiber, although funny, was done by every other team besides Liza’s and mine.
In The Timeout Corner 