Dave and I dressed for the occasion....patches and all! (Truth be told...I really wanted to make "barrel costumes" for the two of us to wear...but, he wasn't crazy about that idea...so I went with the patches, instead!)

One of my girlfriends really got into the "recession spirit" as she came to the dinner with paper clip earrings, a paper clip bracelet, a garbage bag belt...and, a brown bag pocketbook!

It was great!