Still Want A Wider Lens

A couple of weeks ago, I went to a friend's holiday party and found my camera gear still lacking in the lens department. I love my 35mm lens (52.5 effective focal length on my cropped sensor DSLR), but sometimes it's just not wide enough to capture everything I want in one single shot. My lens couldn't convey how much food was on Allison's large table. But wait! A poor workman blames his tools. If I had been more creative, I would have stood on top of a chair and held the camera high over my head to get the wide angle I needed. Or I could have done the opposite and taken some very nice closeup shots of the food. Oh well. I was hungry and couldn't wait to dig in!