Now I'm in trouble with my mother ... She read the blog entry about the bake sale marketing and took every word to heart.
"I just spent an hour and a half in my favorite retail establishment," she complained into the phone, asking if I knew how hard it is to find decorative plastic wrap.
She apparently cruised up and down every aisle of the Arkansas-based megaretailer and couldn't find the elusive plastic wrap or a single roll of curly ribbon. She wanted to make her bake sale goodies stand out from the crowd on Friday when her parish holds a sale. She finally approached the manager and asked him, only to be greeted with a chuckle. I guess this has happened before.
Oops. I usually buy the plastic treat bags for bake sale goodies at the office, and that feat alone took me an hour Monday night at the aforementioned not-so favorite retailer. I wasn't too happy about that after a long day at the office. And then the store-bought cookies that some of the guys here bought for our bake sale didn't fit into the bags. Double AARRGGHH!
I had a stash of colored plastic wrap in my drawer so no, I didn't know how hard it is to find plastic wrap. So for all of you who cruised the store looking for colored wrap, let me apologize. I do know that the stores have cute treat bags right now and cupcake liners.
And now Mom has asked for a collection of colored plastic wrap for her Christmas present. If you happen to see any before Christmas, please let me know so that I can be released from the Daughter Hall of Shame.
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I just talked to the mentioned professor who told me the same story (I laughed). I would like to give her kudos, however, for putting plastic pumpkins on a stick on top of the some of the cupcakes and funfetti on the others. She's starting to get the hang of the whole bake sale thing, I think. :)
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