Day 5: Plastic Free Partying

Anyone that knows me can guess that I don't let much get in the way of socializing. I'm sort of an extrovert. So when it comes to weekends and get-togethers, I didn't want to miss out on any fun just because of Lent.

It happened to be my roommate Emily's birthday last week, so Wednesday and Friday we had shindigs at the Big Blue House.

When my other roommate Whitney asked me to grab a lighter to light the birthday cake candles, I paused. Plastic! I reached instead for the matches. Perfect, so easy.

No party at the Big Blue is complete without an assortment of beverages. Bag of ice cubs? No way Jose, it comes in plastic. Luckily, I scored a couple of metal ice cube trays at a yard sale last summer.

Party on, plastic-free people.