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 Baby
Party Supplies
My
daughter just had her first birthday and of course, I went crazy buying
a lot of baby party supplies at my local party store. I quickly spent
way more than I had intended but everything was so cute that I
couldn’t resist. When the lady at the checkout gave me my
total, I almost said, “Never mind,” and walked out
of the store. But I didn’t.
Instead, I sent my husband back to the store to return the baby party
supplies that I really didn’t need. I kept some of the things
that were absolutely necessary. She needed the pink “Fun to
Be One” baseball cap and she couldn’t do without
the pink “Fun to Be One” matching T-shirt. She did
not need the four “Baby’s First Birthday
Party” signs that I bought to put on the road. Everyone
attending the birthday party had been to my home before, but I was so
excited that the cute signs matched the paper tablecloth, that I had to
add them to the baby part supplies.
My husband returned the paper tablecloth, too. I found a sturdy,
plastic one at our local discount dollar store at a fraction of the
price. He also returned other baby party supplies to the store, like
the paper centerpiece that would have lasted about ten seconds on the
table. The paper plates were returned as well. I spent nearly twenty
dollars on cute little plates, but I had to, they matched the road
signs that we didn’t need and they matched the paper table
cloth that was way overpriced.
After returning the unnecessary baby party supplies, my husband
returned home with seventy dollars. I went to our local discount dollar
store and found comparable items for a fraction of the cost. We used
the money we saved on the baby party supplies on an actual gift for the
baby, which is really more important than matching the centerpiece to
the tablecloth. I did keep the thank-you cards for my guests because
they are important and hopefully, they will be kept to remember the
special day.
The paper plates from the dollar store did not match the tablecloth.
The centerpiece was missing, but it wasn’t missed by anyone.
No one mentioned that we didn’t have signs pointing them in
the right direction. My daughter had a wonderful first birthday and we
had plenty baby party supplies. In fact, all we really needed was the
baby.
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