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2012 has been an AMAZING year for My Little Flower Shop. What with brides, meeting planners, romantic boyfriends, loving mothers and Valley residents celebrating just about anything- our clients are the cream of the crop! Thanks so much for being part of our success.
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I was chatting recently with my old friend Michael, who I hadn’t seen in a while, and told him I was writing a blog. “Is it too technical, or would I be interested?” he asked. I began to giggle. Why you ask? Because for all practical purposes, this is a wedding blog. And Michael is not the marrying kind. Now I’m not saying he’s gay, he’s dated women as long as I’ve known him. He was even engaged once, but he couldn’t go through with it. He’s just not cut out to function in the kind of arrangement that makes so many others so very happy.
I was delighted to hear yesterday that after all these years, he’d finally figured that out. He laughed too and shook his head – and basically said (out loud!) that he knew “it was never gonna happen.” He knows he’s not meant to be married, and now he’s very upfront with anyone that comes into his life.
In this season of romantic jewelry store commercials pulling at the heartstrings of women across America, (see above for the kind that used to absolutely kill me as a single girl, and which will be EVERYWHERE until Valentine’s Day) I caution “someday brides” to tune in to their partners; make sure you’re not waiting for a ring from a guy who’ll never understand the way you love, and need to be loved in return.
Many are afraid of losing the Twinkie to history. But the word HOSTESS brings on fear of a kind unrelated to chemically enchanced spongecake. Let me be clear: there is no reason to fear having guests. At it’s most basic, entertaining is simple. Order take-out, and be entertaining.
Guests today are not like those of the 19th century. They do not come to your home in white-tie expecting to be served a seven course dinner by your Butler. In fact, if you are clear when you make the invitation, they may not expect to be fed at all. Recently we had friends over and I invited them for drinks and dessert. They plainly knew this was not a dinner party, and were delighted with a special winter cocktail, and freshly baked cookies. But were you neither baker nor drink maker, there are goodies at supermarkets that are delicious, and flavored holiday concoctions that are very celebratory spiked or non! And truthfully, if there is enough food and booze at a party – everyone has a good time.
Cheers to not waiting for “perfect” parties!
As for being entertaining, you don’t need your own stand-up comedy routine. There are many easy games that take the pressure off you running the gamut from old fashioned charades, to a full on session of “Dance Dance Revolution,” or if you’ve got a more academic crowd, a rowdy game of Scrabble will do the trick.
So forget making everything perfect! Do you ever hear people say they went to a “perfect” party last weekend? No. Aim for Great! Aim for Fun! Chinese food on paper plates might be the best party you ever had. Take that Martha Stewart.
