Furry Tails and Cocktails with Santa

Welcome to Grandson Date Night!

Tonight it's Furry Tails & Cocktails

with Santa.

 Okay maybe we're not having cocktails

but rather hot chocolate in our

Santa mugs.

 This table was inspired by these

adorable doggie and Santa paper napkins.

 Using this cookies for Santa plate

and my set of Scotty and Westie mugs

for a centerpiece kept it easy

and boy friendly.

I also sprinkled a few

dog trinket dishes around.

 We served BowWow BBQ sandwiches & Pawtato chips

for dinner.  Afterwards we visited a local

pet store to pick out a gift for our grand dog!

 I ordered dogs from Amazon

similar to the animals I used 

in the recent birthday post,

however this was an epic fail

because they were teeny tiny!

 This familiar

paper check runner & red paper plates

were also used in the Country Christmas table.

 We all need to keep things simple during

the holidays & not changing

out the entire table is an easy way to do that.

 I also reused my plaid flatware,

 red sparkle balls & mini light up

Christmas trees!

 I actually planned this whole table 

at the end of last Christmas around my dog

Madison, but sadly she is not with us this year.

 It's a ruff life for these tiny

plastic dogs because they hit the trash

as soon as we were finished.

 I have collected these set of four

Santa mugs from Pottery Barn for several years

along with my collection of vintage Santa mugs.

I feel better about using the new ones for

beverages plus they are 

dishwasher safe & can be easily replaced 

if an accident happens.

Furry tails and cocktails is also a great entertaining

idea to gather with furry friends & their owners for 

cocktails and appetizers or cookies and cocoa before or after a group trip

to a local pet fundraiser or pictures with Santa 

this holiday season.