Kate's First Annual Chili Cookoff!

Yes that is right, as if our company wasn't already identical to "the office" (we do have a party planning committee!) we had our first annual chili cookoff today! It was really fun! We started by all trying the 7 different chili's they had layed out:
and then we voted by putting poker chips in those red cups. Whichever one got the most chips won! It was fun as they all had different tastes: cinnamon, spicy, meaty, stew-ish, oily, etc. After you voted then you actually got a bowl of whichever kind you liked and then put all the toppings on it:

We all ate for a while then they announced the winners!

The winning team was Pat's! And they gave them aprons and hats... absolutely hilarious.
Her whole team:
One of the writers at our company made them (after much thought the MMIX means 2009) haha
Then they also gave 2 more aprons out to the 2nd and third place winning cooks. Here is Pat, Kevin and Laura:
Fun way to spend our Friday lunch I think!