Party for the Pantry

Thank you Valda for forwarding me this fantastic picture of my big boys during a break from cutting trees. Today we have rented the wood splitter and will be spending the day spitting rounds. Just our luck, the weather had turned from this beautiful day to blowing 30 and snowing. Should be a fun day.

Last night I attended a great girlfriend party at Shannon McBride's house. This party hit home runs on two counts; helping the food pantry and Haven House AND eating chocolates and deserts. If you ever want to throw a party and need an idea, here is a great template for you to follow:

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Party for the Pantry - deserts, drinks and clothing swap! (pass the word- all chicas welcome)

Saturday night, November 8th, 7:00 till late. Bring: * 2 cans of food for the Food Pantry. *Something to drink or chocolate or desert. *Clothing Swap items can include clothes, shoes, purses, jackets, scarves, hats, jewelry, etc. *Fun girlfriends - bring a friend or two - all ladies welcome (no guys, no kids, no dogs)!

How it works:Come prepared to try on clothes and exchange things. All the Clothes Swap stuff gets put out and we try things on, find what we like and take it. Anything we leave with at the end of the night, we add a Dollar to the Party for the Pantry Pot and the money all goes to the Food Pantry (3 things, donate $3.00). All the stuff that doesn't get taken at the end of the night Shannon will donate to Haven House (the women's shelter). The can's of food I will take to the Food Pantry.

Look at this killer dress Irene found. She really looks killer in it. I think I was the one who really scored. Look at these shoes I nabbed. You can see from Suzanne's face in this picture the shock and ah she was experiencing from the beauty of them. I promised everyone that if they need to wear them for anything (like a trip to Vegas) to call me and they could come get them. Honestly, it's not like there are ample opportunities in this climate to wear such fabulous shoes. One pair of shoes like this ought to work for everyone in our entire peer group. You know how there are big municipal libraries where a person can check out power tools. I think in Homer we could do the same thing with shoes.

I just have to mention one last thing about this party. The desserts. Aimee brought this fondue that was spellbinding. She had bits of candied ginger, cookie, angel food cake, all kinds of stuff...and the chocolate, I think she bought special fancy chocolate for the fondue, I don't know, but she totally rocks!

Good time, great cause! Thanks Shannon!