It was my birthday on friday and I threw a party. I really like to entertain, and I’ve done it a lot so I thought I knew what I was doing, but apparently not. See, at the end of the night I had plenty of booze left. Like, a lot. But I was completely cleaned out of food. It didn’t help that it was a 9 hour party or that one of the edibles was forgotten in the fridge, but still.
Next time, here’s what I’m going to do to make sure that doesn’t happen.
- Don’t put all the food out right away. Although this is way more convenient when it comes to fridge space, it’s better in the long run to not have your guests gorge themselves then sit around feeling fat for the rest of the night
- In addition to random noshables, have one new thing every hour.
- Push the booze. If the guests are drunk, they won’t notice the no food.
- Have some less classy but still edible chips and such on reserve just in case.
- Have a big food event at some point. At my birthday, I felt like there needed to be a cake, like people expected that there would be one. So next time, it’s ice cream cake all the way.
I would just like to say that I have enjoyed myself immensely at your last 2 shindigs. We always over-buy on the food side and have too much left over… there is definitely a balance one has to strike while entertaining. So when’s yer next party??? hint hint