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so what are you thinking right now?

We just tallied up the cost of DS's birthday party. DH took $300 out of the bank this morning and told me he has $16 left. THEN he tells me that he put the food on the CC which was about $80ish bucks. Plus we bought tons of game tokens so we spent about $400 on the party. :faint:

There were 12 kids and the wrist bands for them to play lazer tag and go carts were $20 each. **** we're doing something wrong!!! :surrender:
 
mrsmom said:
We just tallied up the cost of DS's birthday party. DH took $300 out of the bank this morning and told me he has $16 left. THEN he tells me that he put the food on the CC which was about $80ish bucks. Plus we bought tons of game tokens so we spent about $400 on the party. :faint:

There were 12 kids and the wrist bands for them to play lazer tag and go carts were $20 each. **** we're doing something wrong!!! :surrender:
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Or something right Rebecca! - you said they had an awesome time and I bet ds was thrilled with his party.
 
mrsmom said:
We just tallied up the cost of DS's birthday party. DH took $300 out of the bank this morning and told me he has $16 left. THEN he tells me that he put the food on the CC which was about $80ish bucks. Plus we bought tons of game tokens so we spent about $400 on the party. :faint:

There were 12 kids and the wrist bands for them to play lazer tag and go carts were $20 each. **** we're doing something wrong!!! :surrender:
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I think that making memories with your loved ones is priceless!!!!!! After all is said and done all we leave behind is the memories. Plus I'm sure all his friends are saying "man your mom and dad rock":lol:
 
mrsmom said:
We just tallied up the cost of DS's birthday party. DH took $300 out of the bank this morning and told me he has $16 left. THEN he tells me that he put the food on the CC which was about $80ish bucks. Plus we bought tons of game tokens so we spent about $400 on the party. :faint:

There were 12 kids and the wrist bands for them to play lazer tag and go carts were $20 each. **** we're doing something wrong!!! :surrender:
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Not to a teenager! I bet they had a blast.
 
poidoman said:
Or something right Rebecca! - you said they had an awesome time and I bet ds was thrilled with his party.
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True, they did have a blast! Last year DS struggled a little socially for the first time in his life...........not sure why. But this year is much better and ALL the "cool" boys from school showed up (I wasn't sure that a couple of them would). :cartwheel:

I can't believe my first born is a teenager (well tomorrow). :pout:

I did tell him we did this because it's a milestone and that next year he can have a slumber party. ;)

ETA: You guys rock! Thanks for the positive comments. :)
 
mrsmom said:
True, they did have a blast! Last year DS struggled a little socially for the first time in his life...........not sure why. But this year is much better and ALL the "cool" boys from school showed up (I wasn't sure that a couple of them would). :cartwheel:
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I think you should feel great about this expenditure. In the end all you can do with money is spend it--and frankly if he is at that sort of turning point and all the popular kids came and he wasn't sure they would and then he threw a kickass party it really could have lasting consequences for his position in the pack and his happiness in the next few years. It probably shouldn't be that way, but it is. Good for you -- and good for your son!
 
slpeters19 said:
I think you should feel great about this expenditure. In the end all you can do with money is spend it--and frankly if he is at that sort of turning point and all the popular kids came and he wasn't sure they would and then he threw a kickass party it really could have lasting consequences for his position in the pack and his happiness in the next few years. It probably shouldn't be that way, but it is. Good for you -- and good for your son!
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Awww you're so sweet! I suppose it couldn't hurt. ;)
I have to admit that last year when things were a little rough socially, I bought him the "cool" (read spendy) brands of clothes. He said that kids did tell him he has cool clothes.............I'm not above buying coolness. :lol:
 
I doubt they will sleep much, MrsMom. :giggles: I don't think boys care too much about sleeping conditions. Area rug, sleeping bags & blankets all over the place & you should be good.

I'm a big fan of the "house party."
 
dragonfly said:
I doubt they will sleep much, MrsMom. :giggles: I don't think boys care too much about sleeping conditions. Area rug, sleeping bags & blankets all over the place & you should be good.

I'm a big fan of the "house party."
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I know, right?! That's all I ever had. I made the mistake early on when they started school by always having parties at various places. I would be a multi-thousandaire if I had all that money back! :lol:
 
eiramnoaj said:
Just curious if Gingerballs is the clingon. :giggles:


Hope all goes well today. Looking forward to new pics!
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thanks! :dance: Gingerballs (Leonard) is affectionate with everyone, but Jody the long-haired polydactyl princess is the real needy love-me-now-I'm-jealous-of-everyone clingon.

pics soon (even though it's kind of messy right now)... batteries in the camera have been dead the past couple days, and everything is everywhere so I have no idea where the battery charger is.

Garage door guy didn't show up until 10:30, so as it turns out I could have slept longer and/or had a shower. But it's ok; he was a nice guy and he threw in more than we paid for. Now I am calling it a night and chilling in bed with my clingon while DH moves stuff. This is our last night sleeping in this place! The new place feels like home now; I couldn't shake the feeling of half-expecting a cat to walk by all day today.

Valerie said:
There is an easy way to solve this......just don't have friends :)
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:roll:

NannyMcCheapy said:
I'm sorry, that came across wrong. She makes fun of me because my house is usually pretty clean. Not always "eat off the floor" clean, but pretty clean. Her house mostly looks like a bomb hit it, but she is always doing stuff for others instead of her own family. I like to have fun too, but when I always have the mess to clean up and it always goes past my bedtime it irritates me. I think I'm getting old and crabby. I just don't have the energy anymore and it woud be nice to go to someone elses house, eat, drink have laughs and 10pm oops, my bewitching hour....goodnight! Even when I repeatedly yawnnnnnn they don't get it. Blood dripping from my eyes and glazed over and the conversation just drones on and on. Then the 30 minute goodbye at the door. Get the hell out already. I'm done now and feel better. Had to get that out.
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:lol:
 
mrsmom said:
We just tallied up the cost of DS's birthday party. DH took $300 out of the bank this morning and told me he has $16 left. THEN he tells me that he put the food on the CC which was about $80ish bucks. Plus we bought tons of game tokens so we spent about $400 on the party. :faint:

There were 12 kids and the wrist bands for them to play lazer tag and go carts were $20 each. **** we're doing something wrong!!! :surrender:
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Sounds like a great time, mrsmom!

Birthday parties are expensive! I just had one here at the house last weekend. My kids both have November birthdays and since they are 2 years apart, I usually just throw one big bash. Usually we do it at some venue, but I was a little daring this year and decided to invite a ton of kids to my house.

I had 30 kids and maybe 15 adults over.
175.00 for a 45 minute magic show
160.00 to rent a bounce house for the backyard
65.00 for pizza
30.00 for cake and cupcakes
Plus various other expenses for goodie bags and food and drinks

I'm guessing that I spent around 500.00 for the party. But ...

When my kids went to bed that night, they told me I was the BESTEST MOMMY EVER and throw the best parties EVER so that made it worth it for me. :lol:

Happy Birthday to your DS!!!
 
NannyMcCheapy said:
We had a party about 15 years ago and we had a friend stay until 5 am! :faint:I didn't want to have to say :gtfo: so I sat up talking with him. My lovable dh said, goodnight and went to bed. I was so pissed off that he did that to me. I lived on a very quiet street with little traffic tucked away in a subdivision. He was completely smashed, but driving wasn't an issue because he lived across the street. I put his **** out the door at 5 am. His wife told me he didn't get home until 7am. When we talked to him he was :lol: saying he was too afraid to cross the street for fear of being hit by a car, so he stood at the curb trying to cross for 2 hours. We laughed our asses off.
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That is too funny!

We entertain a lot too and many of our friends like to "linger" as well.

I've had people stay at my house until 3, 4, or 5 a.m. It wouldn't be a problem if I was 10 years younger (I'm 38 now) and had nothing to do. Besides that, my kids wake up at 6 a.m. every single morning no matter what so I can't go to bed at 5 a.m. and still function that day with an hour of sleep.

What I've learned to do now when I entertain ... I tell people ahead of time that they can't stay past a certain time. I tell them, you guys need to get out of here because my kids have swim lessons at 8:00 a.m. and I need to get to bed. (Half-truth ... they do have swim lessons, but not til 10:00.)

If that doesn't work, I start putting everything away. Put away all the food, the snacks, the drinks, the paper plates, etc. Then I turn off the tv and music too.

Once there's nothing left to eat or drink and people are sitting around in dead silence, most people will just hightail it out of there. :lol:
 
luvagreatdeal said:
Why are people so inconsiderate sometimes? My BIL and his girlfriend are flying in from New York next week. They are flying into Milwaukee in order to save a few bucks on airfare but want DH to drive up to the airport there to pick them up. Their flight gets in at 8:00 a.m. If DH can't pick them up, they want my 70 year old MIL to drive up there to pick them up. I haven't been out that way in a long time but I'm guessing it would be at least a 2.5 hour (probably 3 hour) round trip drive not to mention the cost of gas! They refuse to arrange for any other type of transportation.

I'm sorry but how is it okay to inconvenience other people BIG TIME in order for you to save a couple of bucks??? Typical of my BIL, he is basically an overgrown 45 year old child who thinks only of himself. And now he has caused a major argument between DH and me over this!

They will often stay with us for a day or two and he is a vegetarian and she eats a gluten free diet which makes things difficult too but it is this other thing that is really pissing me off.

Arrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!
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Update:

So my BIL and his girlfriend are now going to take a shuttle bus to O'hare Airport from Milwaukee. Then my MIL is going to drive there (from Barrington) to pick them up. So things are a little better.

But get this, they want to borrow one of our cars for a day or so instead of renting a car. My DH drives to work everyday. My kids have piano, swimming, gymnastics, Cub Scouts, choir practice, other appointments, etc. during the week. Gee, I guess I'll just loan them my car so I can walk 5 miles to drop off and pick up my kids from all their stuff. Yup, being sarcastic here.

It never ends with some people ... GAH.
 
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