Party Supply
We want to have a monthly cocktail party at our house w/ the same group of people – what do we supply?
We have two small kids so we can’t get out much and have a pretty tight budget. We have a great group of friends that we see occassionally but not near enough. We want to have a standing cocktail party once or twice a month; people could stop by after 7pm for drinks and snacks. We expect a core group to show up for most of the parties but anticipate others being invited occassionally by us or by people in the core group. What would it be ok to ask friends to bring? What should we supply?
Okay, I don’t think people who are saying that you should be supplying all the food and liquor every time either read your whole question or are understanding what it is you’re doing. I have a group of friends, at times about 12 to 15 of us, who all like to get together. We usually end up at one couple’s house though, because they have the room for one thing… they also have a pool table, a huge bar in the rec room and a pool. Just because they have the room to have better parties than everybody else, nobody has ever expected them to be entertaining us every time we go.
Like somebody else said, theme parties would be good. Let everyone know what the theme would be and let them bring an appetizer or dessert that goes with that theme. You’ll probably end up supplying most of the mixers for the drinks but if these are good friends, and this was everybody’s idea, then nobody will be expecting you to pay for the whole thing.