For that Big Game, wait, are we allowed to say it on blogs this year? {rhymes with Pooper Schmoul?} or even that small game– or in my house, the Hockey Game which alas, my boys are thrilled to even have part of a season, ANYWAY, for the game, if you are planning on hosting I have a few tips that I’d like to share with a little help from World Market.
Sometimes we make things harder on ourselves than we need to be. It has to do with perfection and what we think others will think of us and usually good motivations. But, when we expect too much from ourselves, oftentimes, we give up before we even start.
Three things I see people do the hard way, that I think we need to stop doing::
1. Don’t make everything from scratch
I am all about semi-homemade. A little Zebra pop and Kettle corn mixed in with run of the mill microwave popcorn (that way your more expensive popcorn lasts longer and you still get to have freshly popped HOT popcorn). It lasts longer and everyone is happy.
Nachos. My boys love nachos, especially BBQ chicken nachos. But, instead of making it all myself from scratch and then dread making it and then finding an excuse not to make it. And then not wanting to invite anyone over… I make it simple:
First, grab a rotisserie chicken, shred it up and mix it with Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey barbeque sauce. It doesn’t even have to be warmed up at this point. 2. spread a layer of chips (I used three types from World Market, the Lime ones were my favorite) on a baking sheet and sprinkle the BBQ chicken and the cheese 3. put it under the broiler for 4ish minutes. maybe 3ish. maybe 5ish. Don’t walk around and do anything else. practice patience and hang out there at the stove. 4. top with olives and green onions or peppers and sour cream. I picked up this Ballpark Nacho sauce while I was at World Market and it was just the finishing touch we needed.
Prepackaged. Fun drinks I don’t normally buy in glass bottles, individually wrapped snacks they rarely get are just the easy kinds of things I’m looking for. Everyone grabbed a moonpie and a drink first thing, and I didn’t have to cook either one! I was so surprised at the huge selection of sodas and if you and your man are in a beer rut, World Market has a huge mix and match section.
2. Don’t buy a bunch of disposable football themed plastic stuff.
Y’all. Let’s face it. The paper cheapo-football festivity making companies are selling to the women. No real football man cares all that much about having football printables and banners and flags and plastic football cupcake toppers. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that, if you love it, go for it, but don’t lie to yourself and tell yourself your husband will be sad if cupcake doesn’t have a football topper. I say, save yourself the trouble and don’t try to be all fancy football themed. Instead spend the money on a helpful server for your table. Serving pieces are just that. There to serve. And they should serve us well. I’ve learned through the years that I’d rather spend my money on a hefty all-purpose white platter that also looks nice in my home, than a dollar store plastic sports or holiday themed ‘serving tray’.
My new favorite, a fold flat two tiered server that works with all my different sized plates. I LOVE tiered servers but I hate storing them because they take up so much room. This one folds FLAT! I’m in love and it’s on sale for $7.49.
3. Go Square.
Make life easy on yourself and start gathering up some square things. We’ve talked about this before. Square (including rectangles) is easier to store and makes better use of storage space. I’m serving with these things today, but tomorrow they’ll be put away or holding stuff in a drawer. I like my things to work overtime for me. And square is a very hard worker.
Yep, they went straight for the MoonPies. Why do I even bother?
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*Must be a CPWM Facebook fan to enter the sweepstakes. Entry form is not available unless the customer’s account is a fan of our page
I get asked all the time—the two green recycled glass candle holders are from World Market as well. Had ‘em for a year or so and still love them. And now I just realized they have a 3rd size so now I’m considering that, I love groups of threes.
Lastly, before I even knew I was doing this post about some sport and it’s much-anticipated final game, I bought two of these Ella Side chairs from World Market. They have been on my wish list for MONTHS. But always too expensive for me at their regular price of $359 for two. Right now they are on sale for $199 for TWO, plus if you sign up to be a member of their Explorer program you’ll get an email for 10% off that you can use towards the purchase! Also, ignore the cord back there, it’s driving me CRAZY.
Also, as an Explorer Member, you build up points. For example, with every $100 you spend on gourmet food you get a $10 gift card, there are also coffee perks and a birthday surprise.
- “This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™, naturally, all my opinions are my own. Disclosure here”
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