For some 2005 Goes out with a Kiss, others must take one for the Team

Well girls, HP02 ended up spending New Years weekend in Steamboat, the location of our Cross-Training expedition next month, and it 'rocked the cazbah', as they say. HotPantsLittleSister hit the ground running after 10 months in Africa, and accompanied HP02 to the mountains ready for some "shennanigans". Game on! It was a fantastic weekend! We arrived on Friday night, where it just so happened that the Olympic qualifying competitions for the arials and the freestyle ski events were taking place. AND, after the ski competitions Hootie and the Blowfish were putting on a concert at the base of the mountain. Rock out-Hootie!! I LOVED 1995!! The concert was actually outside, with snow falling- it was hillarious watching all the drunks stare at the snow swirling around in the spotlight. And the evening included fireworks over the ski mountain! Uncle Bear naturally brought the peppermint schnapps, so no one was feeling cold, all his old-fart drunk friends were rocking like it was 1999! Ha! (Incidentally all those Hootie guys look exactly the same).

New years eve day consisted of a huge snowshoeing expedition behind the house (and a photo-shoot at the top of the mountain), a viewing of "Love Actually", and the perfect execution of a textbook new years eve game plan. It was HotPantsLittleSister's first new years on the bar scene, and she had one thing on her mind: the new year's kiss. BigSisterHP aka HP02 was up for the challenge, and was in the mood for 'doin it and doin it and doin it well'. The line was long at the Tugboat, best bar in Ski Time Square, but nevertheless we braved the cold, only to be turned down at the door. Crap! They were at capacity. Never accepting defeat, HP02 skillfully talked the bouncer into letting "just two more girls in". Obstacle #1 overcome. It was now time for HotPantsLittleSister to ID the target- "pick anyone in the room, and we'll make it happen" says HP02. A bold proclomation, I realize, but this big sister was feeling the pressure to perform! After HotPantsLittleSister found a couple of hotties, HP02 reeled them in with the classic "excuse-me can-you-hold-my-beer, I-cant-find-my-phone" routine.
Cheesy, I know, but I was on a selfless mission on behalf of my darling sister. Fate took it from there and alas, HotPantsLittleSister got to kiss the cutest guy in the bar on new years 2005! As for HP02, turns out the hottie friend was the wingman with a girlfriend, so she settled for a kiss on the cheek when the clock struck 12.
Just goes to show you, sometimes you simply have to take one for the team in order to get 'er done!