Watching me plan a party and buy groceries for it is such a sight that I don't know why more people don't want to watch me do it. I have my menu spreadsheet. Then I go to all the stores and compare the prices on everything I'm not already familiar with the price for. Days and days of nothing but grocery stores. I try to keep each trip to $10-$20. It makes my heart hurt to think that I've also made about 6 trips so far. If I spent all that money at the same time, I'd cry. I'm poor.
This is the table of things that don't have to be refrigerated and aren't whiskey. There's orangeade for tint that I found at C-Town on sale. Jugs of apple juice for the american drink (whiskey and apple juice). Cups and plates. Hot dog buns are $1.50 for 12 at Western Beef. Cheez whiz was $3.99 at Key Food this week. Prices ranged up to $5.69 for it. You can't see the Bac-o's. They make part of my baked potato dogs. There are 2 boxes of gemelli there that I'm goign to turn into a pesto pasta salad with tomatoes and mozzarella (so it's like caprese).
In my refrigerator are sour cream, the mozzarella, parsley, basil, celery, lettuce, and I forget what else.
I accidentally made 10 lbs of chickpea orzo salad. That's what 1 bag of chick peas and 2 boxes of orzo will get you. It's not done yet because I still have to add the parsley and taste it. I might buy a can of chick peas. I don't know if I like this ratio right now.
I still need to buy 8 bottles of wine for tint (generously contributed by Agnes on the condition that I do the legwork) and maybe some more hot dog buns and ketchup. I ate all the ketchup I had on pasta the other night. I better check out my mustard situation too.
I am currently in a very very bad mood. I often get in one as I get ready for a party. Right now I am rehearing every criticism ever made of me that I'm too cheap and shouldn't use lemon juice from a bottle, for instance. Or that tint is gross because it's not sangria. I am willing to give out very affordable black eyes to anyone who suggests such a thing to me tomorrow.
I get in a mad mood planning for a party because I think nobody really wants to be around me and I also get criticized for spending too much on the food.
ReplyDeleteYou should become a better grocery shopper and then people won't say that. Serve pork instead of beef, for instance.
ReplyDeleteI just stopped having people over to solve both of the problems.
ReplyDeleteBut now I get mad I do nothing on holidays and on weekends.
So I can't win.