Any guesses as to who puts the fun in fundraiser? It's too bad I suck at putting the funds in fundraiser as well. It's possible that I actually lost money at my Drunko Bunco party for the Susan G. Komen foundation last Friday.
WTF?
This little tidbit should get the PTA off my ass for good. I would not make a good treasurer. As much as I would have liked to skim a little off the top of Komen for a couple of lattes, my failed fundraiser means I'll have to embezzle from a different organization. Watch out Little League, I'm coming for you.
The idea was to host a girls night in which I would gather 12 to 16 of my nearest and dearest to play a game of cocktail fueled Bunco in which each person bought in at $25.00. The grand prize would be the Flip camera that was supposed to be part of the TRX prize package of the contest I pimped so heavily for four months of my life. I figured I could purchase other prizes and keep costs to around $100.00 if I tricked my bestie Lisa and my mom into helping with the food. They came through like champs which would have left about a $200.00 profit margin.
There is a reason I blog and never look at my stats. I suck at math.
TRX has yet to send me the prize so I purchased the Flip camcorder myself and apparently I only have 8 people I can trick into hanging out with me on a Friday night. I considered cancelling when the response was low, but really I enjoy a good party and a good party it was.
Craig retreated quickly when I threatened to strap a pair of pumps on him and make him play which left my 13 year old daughter subject to the debauchery that was to ensue when you put 8 women and never-ending pitchers of Cosmos in the same room. She noted at one point in the evening that she counted the "f-bomb" 18 times and added dryly that I wasn't the worst offender. She was:
I love this woman and all of the new words she taught me. I will be testing them out in the coming weeks.
I consider the party a success because everyone seemed to be having a great time. People who had not seen each other for years were laughing together. Full grown women were demurely placing mini liquor bottles in their brassieres having Fembot type shoot outs. There may have been self exams and a "who has the biggest knockers contest". In case you are reading this Craig and getting a little excited, just stop. My mom totally won.
My daughter Sophie remarked throughout the evening how easily she could take advantage of the elderly and inebriated by way of cheating, but in the end she didn't need to. Sophie and my friend Cherie tied for 1st. During the roll off for the prize, Cherie won. Cherie very generously gave Sophie the first prize even though she rolled higher. Do I have great friends or what? Ok, the friends that showed up anyway! (Everyone else can buy there way back into my good graces, by donating here ——>Susan G. Komen.<——————donate there.
So I may have had a WTF fundraiser, but I am still headed for Boston July 22-24th to walk 20 miles a day for 3 days in a row with Mommakiss. In the meantime, if you see me at a freeway offramp holding a sign, it is because those bitches drank all of my vodka.
Seriously, next time…throw out the invite – I could've crashed at your place for the weekend to show my support! Because me+you+alcohol-mykids=perfection!
I would have come for drunken bunko too. I know how to play and how to drink martinis.
I am totally flying in for your next party. WOW!
So fun, too bad you don't have those kind of friends who start emptying their wallets as soon as they've had too much to drink. You could have made a ton. I think that's only men though and then the party wouldn't have been fun.
OMG can you imagine this will be the new cardboard sign you see people holding on highwways "Will work for $$ for Komen Walk" "Need money to walk" "Komen wants all my money and my friends are poor"
If I was close enough to attend your party, I'd have gatecrashed it. Glad everyone had fun!
Yeah Sophie! Well done. I hate missing your parties.
Sorry about your fundraiser, but it sounds like you through a pretty awesome party. Except for the bunco part, I hate bunco. I think I'm the only one.
I fail to see why Sophie didn't cheat.
I mean, she got the prize but she didn't WIN. What are you teaching those kids??
Now this is what I call a fund raiser! How awesome…
I can only imagine what your kids tell their teachers.
"My mommy and I stuffed money and bottles of vodka down our shirts and then she took pictures of us!"
Dude, TRX has been totally sucking up so many aspects of this contest!
sounds like a fun night!
I've been asked to play bunco, but I always say no. Probably b/c it's never been drunko bunco! Sorry the fundraiser was a bust, but still looks like fun!
I would never be able to concentrate enough to "play" bunco, but you know I'da been SO on board for this fundraiser! Too bad you're in the hole. FFS. Maybe I need to send you some cab fare to the airport.
Nice tits, ladies. Feel them up, get them checked out!
I know I could have counted on you to bring something tasty! As much as I whined about no one coming, it turned out to be great fun.
You would have been a welcome addition, it really was a fun party. You would have fit right in!
I was thinking more along the lines of "will work for vodka" but that is a good idea. I might try it for my next WTF Wednesday.
I don't even know that we did play, it's all a blur…but there were plenty of martinis flowing. We drained my liquor cabinet – which is seriously tough to do.
Now that would be fun…..
Like we played Bunco. That was just an excuse for the drunko. It was great fun and I'm not really in the hole, I'm good.
Ya, I can drink most things fun! The party turned out great with or without dice.
It sure was, wish I had the energy to do it every weekend!
Thank God it's summer – ha!
No matter how little $ I raised, I count it a win!
Ha! Maybe that's why no one showed. There was very little Bunco and a whole lotta Drunko going on.
True. I never let kids win. I'm mean like that.
I love this site. I'll be back. Congratulations on the fundraiser too!
Sounds like a blast! Good luck with your walk! I walked last year for the first time in DC and know what a huge deal it is to take this on! Have fun and don't get any blisters! (Found you by way of your bait & switch comment on Aiming Low – hilarious!).
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