MVP4GPB, I love yours -- what a fun idea!
At our alumnae chapter's first event of the new year, we did a little get-to-know you thing and I thought it was really fun. Everyone found a partner, and then you and your partner wrote down five things that you had in common. After that, each partner was supposed to find someone else who had one of the same things on her list. As we were doing this, we didn't play by the rules too strictly, and we ended up forming a group of four people finding things we all had in common. It was fun, and I learned a lot about some women I had never met before, and sharing things you have in common is a nice little bonding experience.
Of course, the first thing on our list was that we LOVE shoes.