update on PP party

[buildin_a_bayis]

Just to update; at 8:12 PM it was me, DH and the hostess in an immaculate house and a beautifully set-up table. I get a text. Friend's sister can't make it. Yay. Text my (non-Jewish) coworker, who is supposed to pick up another women, asking if shes coming. She texts back 'sorry, no'. My heart sinks. NO ONE IS GOING TO COME!!! I text back 'why not'. A minute later I finally hear the door open. In walk my two coworkers. She is a total goofball and I told her I was about ready to kill her . In the end there was a nice small group. I think about 8 people. A couple of her friends brought kids so it made it livelier. A neigborh brought two daughters. An old neighor popped by for a little. And my one local good friend from the neighborhood came. She gets brownie points. THe cool thing is her friend is also my neighbor, one of the young ones I talked about. And her other friend was the other neighbor. So it was really nice to have them there and shmooze. The table was full and it was actually fun. THe girl who did the party was a lot of fun and the products are actually pretty cool. Not everyone ordered but some actually did so it wasn't a waste of time. All in all, a decent time. So relieved its over. I know for the future (not that im doing this again for a LONG time!) random facebook invites and flyers do not get people to these things; its nudging friends over that does.

The nice thing is I got this neighbors num, told her I wanted to have her for shabbos. she said her hubby doesnt like going to new places but they would have us along with the mutual friend couple and she texted me today inviting us. If i end up getting friendlier with neighbors because of this its worth it! THanks all for hearing me out and the chizuk and stuff...