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Jane & Ideal: First Dinner Party
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January 28th, 2010Frugal, Great Recession, PF LessonsJane the Way-Below-Average-Blogger: There is so much going on in my life and I only get to share with you 5% or 10% of it. And sometimes I think, hey, I should like share way lot more stuff, ya know? But, personal things aren’t “personal financy” enough and are just so super b-o-r-i-n-g!
Ideal the See Jane Get Rich Blog Reader: I think a lot of bloggers share personal stuff like the daily growth of their chia pet, conversations with friends other people can’t see and hobbies like people watching. I find these quite interesting. You could join them, you know.
Jane: Ha, ha, ha haaaaa! Oh, you were serious? Um, ok. I dunno ‘bout that. Well, here is something “personal financy.” I gave my first dinner party where I cooked and people actually liked what I made. I was so insanely nervous about that dinner party.
Ideal: You had a dinner party and you didn’t invite me!
Jane: Really, Ideal. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. You are really a figment of my imagination.
Ideal: I am as real as they come! Anyway, what did you make?
Jane: You should’ve been there. I made Salmon with fresh dill, lime juice and olive oil with a side of asparagus wrapped in prosciutto. I made a fantabulous spinach salad with crumbled goat cheese, dried cranberries, toasted slivered almonds and walnuts, dried cranberry and fresh grapes. Served it with white wine and had assorted sweets for dessert.
Ideal: That sounds like one tasty meal.
Jane: Now, I am on this big cooking spree because I fancy myself a mini-Martha Stewart. Um, without all the insider trading. White collar crime is so 2002.
Ideal: Well, this could be a really nice post about your first dinner party and how you did it the frugal way. How much did you spend?
Jane: I don’t want to share that! And no, I am not going to post about this! I overspent because I had no clue about the portions. I over-shopped. I got too much wine, too much goat cheese…well, too much of everything. I am so not gonna tell them that I spent like $50 on a dinner for 4 people! This is one post that is so not going to happen. They’ll never know.
Now, Ideal, it has been fun but I have more important things to do like measuring the hourly growth of my chia pet and watching unsuspecting people who walk by my window.
Tags: Conversations with my special friends, First Dinner Party, Ideal, Ideal Reader, Ideal the See Jane Get Rich Blog Reader, Imaginary friends are the best
6 responses to “Jane & Ideal: First Dinner Party” 
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Hilarious!
Sounds like a very successful dinner party! Don’t worry about the amount spent, perhaps… someday when you are comfortable with your nonfrugal crime… erh party, say in 20 years (inflation will make the number seem much lower then), that $50 will seem like a 10 spot.
I personally found a lot of entertainment value in your new alternative posting format. Thanks for bring it to the table (pun intended)
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I’m going to have a hot pot party with my friends tonight. It’s nice for a change that some other friend is hosting this party. Both DH and I will be there along with 5 other coupled friends. But my friend whose hosting will be charging us for her grocery shopping list of food. I guess everyone is concerned about how they spend their money these days.
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LOL!!!
We have to treat ourselves once in a while. That’s my motto.
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Nicole January 31st, 2010 at 09:30
Presumably you didn’t let all that goat cheese etc. go to waste! So long as you eat it eventually and it doesn’t get tossed, Ideal shouldn’t get too upset. And $50 for 4 isn’t as bad as $50 for 1 at a fancy restaurant.
Next time you’ll know to get less (get extra bread if you’re worried about running out of food because you’re from the Midwest or something… or just extra food you know you won’t get sick of if you end up eating/freezing all the leftovers), so chalk it up to a learning experience. Sounds like fun!
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@Nicole
Thanks & I definitely did not let all that yummy goat cheese go to waste! I used it with a lot of salads.@MoneyHoneySF
A hot pot party sounds like fun! I didn’t serve any bread but that is a good idea. Since this was my first I just wasn’t good at estimating portions at all. I think it will be much better the next time.
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You’re right! Since it was my first dinner party I so didn’t know how much to shop for. The next one’s going to be better!@MoneyReasons
Thanks for the shoutout!
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