Last year, my friends and I planned a fancy dinner together before we all went to our separate ways for our first year of college. We all got dressed up and went to the restaurant RoseBud in our local Downtown Naperville. It was such a fun, delicious and loving experience to be surrounded by such an amazing and beautiful group of friends.

This year, I wanted to do something similar, but without all the pressure of dressing up and spending a lot of money! I decided to host a potluck dinner at my house! For anybody who doesn't know what a potluck is, it is meal or party to which each of the guests invited contributes a different dish, either told by the host or of their choice. I sent invites to a bunch of my girl friends and began to be extremely excited! I told them they could bring whatever they wanted, but I wanted them to at least attempt to make something! I know I was going to be!