freakin' on: luck o' the irish

for my impromptu st. patrick's day party i have purchased almost 9lbs of corned beef, 10 lbs of potatoes and 3 large heads of cabbage. it is way too much food for the amount of people we are expecting, but i'd rather be embarassed by overdoing it than by running out of food. plus this leaves the door open for days of reuben sandwiches and corned beef hash. i also bought a green tablecloth, some cardboard shamrock cutouts and some sparkly shamrock confetti. what can i say? my mom is an elementary school teacher.