Scotches and Watches

So the question now is obvious: how do we celebrate our decennial?

Admittedly, I had the thought of going retro. It's been years since we have gotten together outside the office or without our families for a night of cheap beers, darts and pool. I actually half thought it would be fun to do a pub crawl like the "good ol' days", hopping from bar to bar, taking shots as we pleased, scarfing down nachos and wings and not paying attention to the time.

But then reality set in, and I remembered what those nights were really like.

More often than not, at least one of us would be praying to the porcelain deities by bar number three, the wings and nachos packed led to us packing on pounds that we're still having trouble losing (Gregory more than Robert and I but you didn't hear that from me) and when you have 8:00 a.m. hockey practices to cart the kids to, then the idea of staying out until the wee hours of the morning just isn't practical.

So how do we choose to celebrate instead. Well, considering that collectively we've accumulated enough wealth from these 10 years in business, we've decided to splurge and treat ourselves to some of the finer things in life.

Of course, that only served to open possibilities for us, not narrow down our search.

At first we thought it would be cool to all purchase family boats that we could take to the lake; but Robert reminded us that his wife was prone to getting sick on the water and Gregory thought his kids would fight too much over a hypothetical Sea Doo.

Then we considered taking a two week group holiday to a resort, but naturally, finding a place that we would all be happy with was an impossibility (I still say that Disney World Resort would have been way cooler than Hawaii or Cuba).

Just as we were ready to give up and do something sensible like take out GICs or RRSP funds, we received an invitation from the Winnipeg Men Magazine crew, to join them for a special event in early October. Birks, Glenfiddich and Mercedes are all involved in this evening, so, needless to say, we will be bringing our credit cards.

So our plan is set. After this incredible evening, we will be purchasing our Mercedes (looks great in our company's parking lot, no?), kicking back at my place with a fully catered dinner, topped off by 30-year old Glenfiddich. As the company's CEO, I've also purchased Birks watches for all of us (the guys don't know this yet, so keep it to yourself).

Be sure to check the special winter issue of Winnipeg Men Magzaine for photos from this event!