A day of Art and Entertainment

On April 5th, Vivian, Lynne, Jan and I started our afternoon off by attending Marleen Vermeulen's Gallery Showing Open House at GPG.  It was packed but we did get to view her beautiful work, have a couple of nibblies, and chat and schmooz with lots of people.  See Marleen on FB or on her web site.

Then off we went to the Ruby Slipper Fund Event.  Another packed house with 250 women and a sprinkling of men.  The silent auction had hundreds of items from new and lightly used shoes, handbags, scarfs and jewelry to lots and lots of items donated by local businesses.  I bought the $60 ticket package and began my rounds of putting tickets into the bags of the items I most wanted.  The biggest being the Michael Buble tickets in the Coca Cola box at GM Place.  I did not win it but I did not go away empty handed either.

Wish now that I had taken a photo before I ripped open my winning prize.  It was a large cello wrapped basket donated by Flemming and Sombrowski.  #26. The Ladies Party Package - A basket of assorted liquors.  Good time guaranteed - valued at $250.  I am not a huge drinker but no complaints.  With the 65th birthday pending, it will come in handy.

Grand Marnier

Baileys

Rum

Amaretto

Sambucca

Cointreau

Long Island Ice Tea

Skinning Girl Cranberry Cosmo (what is that?)

Baja Rose (what is that?)

Shooters

Ciders

and a few Breezers

Yep, it was quite a haul.  I needed someone to carry it to the car.  And Dave and Owen helped get it inside.  They also were on hand as I opened it up and lightened the load!

Funny how these things happen.  I must have put a dozen tickets in the MB concert bag and a couple for an IPad, and maybe a couple somewhere else and I vaguely remember putting 1 ticket in the Ladies Party Package.  They say it only takes one ticket and here is proof.