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southernbelle82
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NBR: Need y'alls advice on something
southernbelle82
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I posted this on 6-12 months and thought I'd get my local girls opinions too.
Ok so IL's and I are throwing DH's 30th bday party this weekend. It's a surprise party. Looks like we're going to have around 30 people. With that many people, I'm a little nervous about food costs.
Our families are chipping in and we're getting DH this racing
adventure at Talladega Motor Speedway (he used to race a celica back in
the day and you get to take a real race car out on the track and race
it for 6 laps) My family is chipping in what they can and obviously
ILs are chipping in. Problem is, she told me what they were doing and
it's way less than I was thinking. Now my part of the gift is
considerably more. So add that to the surprise party and I'm freaking
out a little.
So my question to y'all is, would it be tacky if we asked our guests to bring a little dish?? (we would cover all the meat, fixings, and desserts) I asked MIL about this and she said no, we could all take care of it.
Normally in our group of friends, that's what we do. I've already had a couple of our friends email me asking what they can do/bring. It would really help costs and make for a GREAT variety if people could bring a little something.
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Re: NBR: Need y'alls advice on something
Have yu already sent out invites? If so, then yes, it would be tacky to go back and ask that they bring something.
If not, then I think you could easily turn this into a potluck type party - I see nothing wrong with that. I don't know how yu're doing the invites but if you're going the electronic route - Evite has an option to have your guests bring something.
Agree w/ Sarah.....
you could also do something cheap like bbq or burgers and get chips, etc for sides that are cheap.
I agree w/both pps. It all depends on how you've done this to date (meaning did you send out actual invites, or was it evite?).
There are definitely cheaper routes and I think a BBQ theme (w/racing decor) would be cheap!!!! You could get the supplies at target or party city and be good to go.
hope it all works out!!!
it was an evite. So you think if I did the 'ask guests to bring something' option now it would be bad?
We're doing a cookout so burgers, dogs, and sides...but I just get nervous with so many people coming.
I kinda have mixed feelings. Maybe those that offered tell them you'd be very grateful. And include "no gifts please" although people usually bring one regardless.
If you are a member of costco or sams I would suggest going there to get everything. We get these items for tailgating there and it's usually inexpensive.
Hope it all works out!!!!