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Need party planning help
Every year, there's a holiday dinner for the business we all started with MIL back in 2007. We usually go to a nice restaurant, but over the past three years, the bill gets higher and higher because of alcoholic drinks. There was MAJOR drama at last year's dinner due to SIL's BF getting rip roaring drunk on 5 shots of patron and 2 beers before we even sat down at our table and ended up leaving because he had a fit. It wasn't good.
Also, in light of the recession, it was decided that the dinner would be catered at someone's house this year, and J offered our house, which is fine. At the most there would be 10 people and I know I can make the space work. Here's my problem: I've never held a party like this before. I've done Super Bowl parties, a birthday party, a graduation BBQ and a jewelry party at my house but nothing that was a full blown sit-down dinner. We have a lady who's a friend and owns a catering business. I've emailed her, but J is now weary of having it at our house because we would have to move the furniture around in the living room to make room for the tables. The dinner is on the December 17th, so I have a month to plan. Here's what's already covered/what I'm thinking:
1. We can borrow long tables from a friend of ours, so all we would need it chairs.
2. To cut costs, I was thinking of just having the main course catered and making a salad and dessert myself since those are the easiest parts.
But I know I still need help with this whole party planning thing, so I'm asking for ideas please. Thanks so much!
Re: Need party planning help
Personally, at 22 weeks pg, and a space where you're going to have to reorganize the furniture, I'd rethink the whole thing and do it at a restaurant and have the company not provide alcohol.
If you do it at your house, I'd have the whole thing catered.
This.
It's a holiday party. Not a wedding. People can buy their own alcohol. Maybe then, they'll have some self control.
Or... host a couple of bottles of wine at the table with dinner. If they want to get plastered, it'll be on their own dime.