Valuable lesson

I learned a valuable lesson today: Never have a party again, even if my sister begs on her knees for me to have one so she can get free Tupperware.

Let's see where I went wrong. I invited all I know. Showed everyone the catalogs. I had 4 say I'm coming, one was bringing a friend to make 5 total. Got orders from those who could not attend. Spent 4 hours cleaning my apartment completely to impress my guests. Made cupcakes, got punch ready to mix. My sister is bringing the punch bowl and pin wheels to eat. Took out the garbage and cats escape. Tupperware lady finds me chasing my cats in the parking lot. My friend Teresa helped carry a cat in. Mixed the punch while Tupperware lady and Teresa talk. Offer punch, move the dining room table so the lady can do her presentation. Lady says we do food at the end and moves it off the table to the kitchen.

While we wait for the others to come, we talk and Teresa looks at the catalog. Nobody else comes. My sister calls saying Mom is in terrible pain and has to go to the doctor. She is very sorry about not coming, she had had all her stuff ready by the door. Tupperware lady does her presentation and since we don't have enough people to do the purse scavenger hunt we get all the prizes. There are no words to express how much these prizes mean to me. I tell the lady that my coworker wanted her own catalog and didn’t figure in the shipping and handling part when she wrote her check so her total is off, then she goes to Minnesota so I can't tell her that. I did leave a note for her at work. Then my sister will give me the list of what she wants, but she wanted to see the samples first. Lady said she can drop by her house and show the samples. Tupperware lady asks if I want to get orders from those didn't come. I say fuck them for not coming. Besides who knows when I will see them again, they work for different companies so I can't call them at home. I ain't going to bring a catalog to work tomorrow to get more orders.

Then the neighbor girls knock on the door to play with my cats. Lady gives the girls a catalog to give their mother. Girl leaves with the book to return saying her mother is coming over. The bitch never shows up. That is a big surprise. The girls play with cats while we ladies talk.

Well the party was suppose to last until 8:30. At 7:00 my friend has to leave. I beg her to take a cupcake with her. I offer cupcakes to the girls and the lady. Lady says she had a big dinner before she came. She has vowed to never eat at the parties she attends. How nice. I get a cup of punch for a girl. Of course, the Lady packs up and leaves. I move my furniture back where it was. Teresa liked the way I rearranged for the party.

The girls left a little while ago when it got really dark. Well better go dump the punch down the sink. Old punch always tastes bad when the pop fizz dies.

An hour later, my aunt calls saying she will not be coming. Yeah, I figured that out. But she does want the can opener. Ok, that is ordered. I wrote a check for my aunt and the gal at work. I give the lady my email so she can list what everyone ordered so I get the right stuff to the right people. Huh? Post later.