Tuesday, December 22, 2009

First Christmas Party- HA!!


Oh did I over prepare!!

We bought enough food to feed 50... I bought a couple of crafts for all the kids to do... I planned a really cool present exchange and picked out just the right book to read to everyone...I even made sure I had extra gifts in case someone forgot to bring one...I spent a lot of time compiling just the right play-list of songs that would please the majority...John and I stayed up until 2am preparing for everything...

It.... was.... horrible!

I expected approximately 18 moms and 25 kids to come. Within hours of the party... I had 13 cancellations and then 2 no-shows.

Yep.

THREE people showed up!!!

Wow.

The money wasted nearly makes me cry. I spent over $250 on this party with food, supplies, crafts, presents...

and as the story usually goes.... I didn't really have the money to spend in the first place..

Well...

Lesson Learned

2 comments:

Peterson Party said...

Oh, I am so sorry to hear that. I know it is so disappointing to plan something and it not go right.

Peterson Party said...

I have a question to ask you, but I can't find an email address for you. Can you drop me a line at carandrew726@yahoo.com
Thanks!