Thursday, February 18, 2010
Fundraiser frenzy
When I attend fundraisers, I love to bid on the silent auction items. Faith in Action had their Soup and Jazz fundraiser on Tuesday. It was held in a local party center. Area restaurants (12) each brought their signature soup and there was a three piece jazz group playing. It was great fun to see many people I had worked with or volunteered with in the past. I bid on several things and was the highest bidder on three. The first is a free consult with a Chiropractor, a 30 minute massage and two bottles of wine (worth $285 total. I bid $50). The second is a decorator who comes to your home and decorates it for the holidays. I assume she uses what I have, but I haven't talked to her yet. This was valued at $150 and I bid $50. The third was two ticket to a local theater, an oil change for the car, 4 tickets to the Akron Zoo, $20 worth of dry cleaning and $15 for a purchase at a ceramic shop. I bid $40 on this. Gerry was rolling his eyes when I wrote out the check for $140. It is for a great cause and I will get a lot of enjoyment out of all of these things (well maybe not the dry cleaning.)
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That's my idea of a fun time - RM would be proud of you. How can Gerry think you did not get excellent value for money? The last bundle of items alone was worth the $140.
Well of course Gerry rolled his eyes. I'm sure he did the cost analysis and figured he could give you a massage, redecorate the house himself (might take a few years to get to that), and build a dry cleaning machine (probably need a couple of years for that as well).
Wow, what a deal! Can you use the dry cleaning for your good coats, or for wool blankets or feather pillows or duvets?
I admire your winning! My recollections of silent lotteries is always getting outbid by some sneaky bastard at the last minute with an increase of .01 cents or something over mine.
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