So every year my kid's elementary school has a fundraiser, and for the last few years we have sold frozen cookie dough and discount restaurant cards to raise money for the PTSA. Being the treasurer of said PTSA (and formerly just a member) I have always felt obligated to help out as much as possible and sell as much as possible to help out.
And then the fundraising company added this crazy incentive to those students who sold more than 15 items. The student would get to go on a limo ride to lunch.
Really?? Really??? As if I don't already feel pressured to sell lots, now I have to sell FIFTEEN items per child? Right now I have Rix and Bryce in school - so that is THIRTY ITEMS! (I know, my math rocks. That's why I'm the treasurer.) I can't even imagine the craziness that is going to ensue when Cole gets into school. Yikes.
Anyway, I didn't think I could do it this year. I barely sold the required fifteen items, and so I was haggling with my kids, saying that maybe Rix could go this year and next year we would sell enough for Bryce to go. They were okay with it, but I could tell Bryce was bummed. I had sold enough the year before when Bryce was in preschool and so he had gone with Rix and he knew what he would be missing out on.
So that brought on Mommy Guilt (you other moms probably know it well). And then, the night before the orders were due, I happened to sell like 23 items or so, and I only needed seven more to get enough for Bryce too! I went into what I call "Mommy Mode on a Mission" (MMM for short) and started brainstorming all the poor unsuspecting victims we would call upon to guilt them into buying something. No one can say no when a five or seven-year-old is asking you sweetly to buy some cookie dough, right?
It was a looooong night, but with the help of Carissa and her Facebooking in my behalf and all the sweet people who didn't say no, I sold THIRTY. (I saw I sold thirty because, honestly, I did all the work). So the first week of December both Rix and Bryce got to go on their limo ride and eat pizza for lunch. I'm a pretty cool mom (maybe like the coolest ever and ever).
2 comments:
Wait, does this mean you went to? My kids had a fundraiser this year and we didn't even try, seeing that at the time we knew like 2 people. And they didn't have the limo incentive :)
Yes, yes you are the coolest mom ever! What my future holds for me....you're going to have to teach me a lot! Loved you pictures! Can't wait to see you someday soon!
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