Novelties
Added on May, 10 2008 at 8:10 PM by Sarah
Don't you just love going into those crazy party stores and looking at all of the novelties they stock for just the kind of party you want to have. Sometimes even if you were not planning to have a party and you visit a party store, some little novelty will get you thinking about what else would be fun to go with it that before you know it you are picking out wacky balloons and light up items and colorful paper plates and napkins and before you know it, YOU ARE HAVING A PARTY. Now you have to think about those friends you can invite and those people who you would rather not find out about it because they come with their self-absorbed personalities and are your basic party pooper. And they somehow cannot be ignored, they somehow always seem to find out and they always need for you to prepare something special for them to eat because the last time they had shrimp cocktail they swelled up like one of your balloons and hugged the commode for days and days on end. So, then you have to come up with an alternative to the elegant shrimp dish you were counting on serving and somehow macaroni and cheese does not serve well in your new stemmed glassware with the ice bowls in the bottom of them. A walk around food cocktail somehow loses its appeal if it is mashed potatoes or macaroni and cheese and then that party pooper begins his or her crap because their walk around food cocktail isn't as exotic as the other revelers. Maybe that is the time you could thrill them by giving them the biggest, brightest balloons and let them have the wackiest of those light up items that you wear on your head. You will never be able to make them happy with the food because they are allergic to anything and everything that is good and on top of that their diverticulitis prohibits them from eating anything that is not as bland as wallpaper paste and almost the same consistency. I think a good idea for something that would probably sell well in a party store would be a book on party manners that also serve as an invitation. On the inside of the invitation, you could also tell your guests ahead of time what you will be serving and then maybe the poopers would re-think accepting the invitation. Don't steal my idea.