Friday, September 09, 2011

Chick-Fil-A Grand Opening in Marseille

CSI's birthday was at the end of last month, but she couldn't celebrate here in Marseille until this month. I told her I wanted to throw a sleep-over, and then I told everyone else the "full plan." You might remember from this post that she loves Chick-fil-A. She told me once that her one of her favorite things to do back in college was to go to a Chick-fil-A opening, and camp out overnight in order to be one of the First 100. I began planning while I was in the states in May, and stocked up on Chick-fil-A paraphernalia: cups, straws, lids, napkins, and bags.
So on Sept 9, 2011, the Chick-fil-A Marseille had its Grand Opening at my house! Everyone came dressed in black and white (so that we could be semi-dressed as the Chick-fil-A "cows,"), and I decked out the house in red, black and white. I printed out a bunch of the Chick-fil-A cows from the internet, and hung them all over the house. (Example: In the bathroom, the cow was wearing a sandwich board that read, "Beef is a real partee pooper." HAHAHAAHAHA.) Then, each friend brought things to make it a real Chick-fil-A experience: lemonade, sweet tea, salad, and brownies. I supplied the fried chicken and fries. Each friend also made a coupon (again, using Google images to make it look legit) to give CSI as a gift. We ate chicken, a cow cake, played games, took our "Eat Mor Chikin" picture, and stayed up watching movies while drinking cookies n cream milkshakes out of our imported cups. Fun times.
Happy Birthday, CSI!

4 comments:

emilykaye said...

You should submit this here:
http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Story

bettercountry said...

Emily, we party-goers suggested that to CSI, since it's really her story. Maybe she'll get more free chikin...

sandra said...

awesome.

Greener Grasses said...

This was incredible. Loved your creativity in the party!