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September 30, 2009
Free ice cream!
Way back in May, I entered a contest for a coupon for free ice cream from Moosh in Indyand BlogHer. That post was actually a review for Dreyer's/Edy's Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute, a contest Dreyer's runs annually to give away 1500 ice cream parties to deserving neighborhoods. I went ahead and entered that contest too, even though it required an actual essay.
I was thrilled when I won a coupon for a free 1.5 quart (whatever happened to half gallons?) from Casey.
I was absolutely dumbfounded a week later when I learned that I had won a party for up to 100 of my neighbors from Dreyer's!
When I entered, I had to pick some possible party dates. Not long after, we planned our trip to Gulf Shores. It never occurred to me that we would win a party, or that they would pick the week we were going to be out of town to deliver 10 containers of ice cream! And while the date of the party was negotiable, the delivery was not. Luckily, my sweet, kind neighbor who was taking care of our cats that week watched for the FedEx man for THREE DAYS, waiting to whisk the ice cream into it's chilly new home in my freezer.
With our vacation, school starting, family obligations and life in general, it took us until Sunday to actually hold the party. In spite of the 20 invitations we hung on people's doors, only 6 families showed up. It's a shame more people didn't come and enjoy the bounty, but we had a great time with the families that did come. It was nice to finally get to sit down and talk to some of the other moms without having to rush off to the next activity, or hurry home to get chores done. And because it was such a small group, I didn't have to work too hard to play hostess.
In some ways, the party was a complete failure. We only met one new neighbor. We didn't have a screeching horde of children. I had less than half the number of children I told the fire department I would provide.
It sure felt like a success, though!
Now what am I going to do with all this leftover ice cream?
Posted by me at September 30, 2009 9:10 PM