Financial Tip #1

My boyfriend and I were watching TV several weeks ago, and managed to stumble across a repeat of Saturday Night Live. Steve Martin was the host, so we decided to watch a bit.

One of their fake commercials came on, and my boyfriend and I were nearly rolling on the ground laughing so hard. It sounds EXACTLY like something I'd say to people (and probably have, on occasion). It turns out that there's a clip of this commercial available on-line! So here is a link to it - you've just got to see it for yourself! SNL Video

This commercial tells you what my #1 Financial Tip is.

Let me know what you think...

It's called a M-I-X-E-R

So on 10/8 we had our first small fundraising event for HSSV. We managed to raise about $2500, I think, and had about 50-60 people attend. One of our sponsors was DateMyPet.com, which is a singles site for animal lovers. We held it at a brewery, and all beer was donated by a local brewery, which we then sold for $3 a glass to benefit the animals. We had a few games (i.e. doggie musical chairs where the last dog to sit when the music stops is out) and raffle prizes, and several people told us they had a really good time. We even had beer for the dogs! It's called Happy Tail Ale, and it's actually brewed just for dogs, without alcohol or carbonation. You can buy it on-line here.

[Sorry for all the links in this post. I just figured out how to do it and it's kinda cool! Practice, Practice, practice!]

One lady at the event, though, didn't seem to be having a good time. While delivering some glasses of beer to a table, she looked at me and said sarcastically, "This is a RAGING party." I decided to just ignore her. But my thought was, Well, it's a mix and mingle event, and you're sitting here by yourself in the middle and not trying to meet anyone. It's not my fault you can't mingle right!" Was she expecting a full-scale dating service for her $10 entrance donation?? Ugh.