I don't have a problem with this. Some people have means. They chose where to spend those means. If I had these means, I'm sure I'd do a version of the things she did. I wouldn't do owls. But my invitations are gorgeous, I know it, and I love doing them. Other people take the postcards from Chuck E. Cheese and fill them out. That's their thing, no judgment from me. Those pastries on sticks? FanFreakinTastic. I want to do that. The back to basics activities, like painting the owls and musical chairs and pin the tail? Great. And I really loved that "Film Festivaly" backdrop so people could take pix. How cheap and fun is that?! I'm doing that next year, too. I didn't love it all, like I don't wanna moniker everything with DS's name cuz no one wants other kids names on their stuff. That's the arrogant part of it, to me. And the giveaways were a bit skewed in age and, yes, a bit much.
But, again, this chick has a thing, clearly this is hers, and I say a big so what? I'm gonna copy alot of what I saw there. I take so much pride in DS's bday parties. He's got a finite amount of them, and I want them to be memorable, not just for him, but for me and DH, too. He's the only kid we've got, and we celebrate his bday for ourselves, too, with a bittersweet joy that our baby is another year older.
Was it excessive? Yeah, for me it was a bit much. But that's me. I'm still gonna borrow some of the ideas ...
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