"I'm Not Drinking" Decoy #9

Guys. This might be our most elaborate decoy yet. But I guess that happens when you are pregnant with your third child and people are catching on to our ways (fact: I have three friends who found out about this pregnancy weeks before we were telling anyone because I brought sangria to a girls' night and they put me on the spot and asked if there was actually wine in it since they've all heard about our pink sangria decoy. Needless to say, I wasn't about to lie to their faces, especially since they are all close friends whom I trust dearly). So when Super Bowl Sunday was rolling around and plans were falling into place for a family gathering, Darrell and I knew we had to come up with something good, something no one in my family would suspect. And here's what we (well, technically Darrell) came up with:

Side by side you can probably tell that one of those beers is not like the other. But in a busy house (with four little ones) no one was watching my bottle closely enough to notice that it wasn't actually dark enough to be Amberbock. Darrell bought a six-pack of Amberbock (not usually his first beer choice, but he needed something with a twist-off lid) and a six-pack of O'Douls (truthfully, O'Douls Amber would have worked better for this decoy but the grocery store didn't have it), drank three of the Amberbocks (team player, let me tell you) and refilled them with the O'Douls. With the lids twisted (mostly) securely back in place, no one was any the wiser that the contents of three of the beers had been tampered with. And I at least got to pretend like I was enjoying some beer with my football and party food.

"I'm Not Drinking" Decoy #8

Okay, so I was all set to post about a different decoy (don't worry, post on that coming soon!), but then I realized I never posted about one of my favorite drinking decoys that we pulled off while I was pregnant with Garrett. And because it's relevant to the new decoy I'm posting about, I'm going way back and posting about it now.

Over the 4th of July, my family always gets together at our lake cabin. It's a grand time--and typically a very boozy time (not surprising if you know my family). So in 2014 (like I said--going way back), Darrell and I decided to contribute my pink sangria to the weekend's festivities. Except we replaced the wine with a white peach grape juice (minor detail). I just made sure to always request sangria when drinks were being poured, and life was good. No one was any the wiser. In fact, some of our cousins also came down, and one of them raved about the sangria so much she actually wanted the recipe. I (obviously) gave her the alcoholic version, although after we announced we were pregnant with Garrett I was sure to tell her (and everyone else!) about the little trick we had played over the Fourth. Needless to say, we are pretty darn proud of that decoy--although telling everyone about it may have been a mistake because now suspicions are raised when I provide a pre-mixed alcoholic drink to a family (or even friend!) gathering.

The "boozy" version of the sangria--but trust me, the non-alcoholic looked the same! Bonus points for drinking your booze-free drink out of a fancy glass ;-)