Dear GrownUp Girlfriends,
I am planning a shower,
but want to keep the cost down. Do you have any advice?
It’s a difficult question
to answer without more details, but you can cut the cost by avoiding
main meals and switching your event to a brunch, afternoon tea or a
dessert themed event. Simplify the entire thing…sometimes less is
more! Go with simple elegance…
Borrow, borrow,
borrow…ask you Grown Up Girlfriends for dishes, table covers and
items they may already have instead of going out to purchase. The
mixed and matched table servings, as long as they don’t look to
conflicting, can add a shabby chic look to the entire event.
Keep the favors simple
too! If you are looking at brunch go with a tea favor, a package of
garden seeds with a special note or chocolate dipped biscotti in a
decorative package. If you are planning an afternoon tea, homemade
cookies in a decorative bag or decorative envelope filled with fun
recipes. If it’s the dessert party you are hosting then consider
chocolates as the favor. Or, just avoid the favors all
together…they aren’t a necessity.
And, if you are really
cutting corners, go green and send e-mail invites…avoid the paper
waste, expense and the cost of stamps!
It’s all about getting
creative, but still having fun in the process…
My Mother-in-law has come
to visit for the summer and she is driving me nuts…Every time we are
in any conversation, it seems to leave me with bad feelings and I
don’t know what to do or how to handle it.
From the details in your e-mail, it sounds like she leaves you
hanging over an emotional cliff with each issue, including the minor
details that arise. First, you have to know what you have, which it
sounds like you do. Second, you have to decide what it is you want
and third, you have to somehow take back your own “self power” in a
dignified, controlled way so that she doesn’t leave the frustration
on you at the end of each conversation. Since she’s doing it over
everything have a plan ready in advance so that you aren’t caught
off guard. Chances are the more you handle it, the less it will
happen but, do it before you hit the explosion point.
Ask your Grown Up
Girlfriends:
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