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becomming a member of the green party
After a long debate, we decided to hold our annual Christmas Open House. What with starting GreenPoma.com both money and time are tight, and the financial company severance package isn’t going to last forever. But, the way I figure it, the couple hundred dollars we’ll be spending on cocktails won’t push us over the brink into financial ruin, and this year especially, who doesn’t need an excuse to get out and share some holiday cheer? Besides, it will be the perfect opportunity to show off how beautiful our home looks, now that every single lamp and fixture has been converted to bulbs for sale at GreenPoma.com. We were about 75% of the way there through normal bulb replacement, and now I just have to figure out what to do with the 15 or so bulbs that we pulled out that are still usable. For now they are stuffed in a laundry basket in the cellar.
The first green change I made for this party was to buy about 40 metal forks for 3 bucks from the Salvation Army the other day. I’ve never been a big fan of plastic utensils anyway, and I can just throw these in a drawer and pull them out whenever we entertain. None of them match, but since they will be on the buffet, I’m not too concerned.
Today I am going to figure out if I have enough cloth napkins to avoid buying large napkins. I don’t think I can avoid cocktail sized napkins, but I have loads left over from last year, so at least there won’t be a new purchase of disposable paper ones.
Tags: green party planning