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Well. I had my first Halloween party tonight. I'd been looking forward to having one for years and I obsessed over all the details. Everything looked great.

Everyone showed up more than an hour late.

Everyone was four people. Two of those left after about an hour. I had prizes for my Tempt Your Fate game, and had to give them away because I bought 12 prizes. Wink of Death was a bust because the killer was one of the people who left early and she had forgotten to kill anyone.

I tried putting my tombstones in the yard but the steaks that came with them busted. Grim Reaper looked good though. So did my zombie.

Anyway, just wanted to talk about it cuz I was a little bummed.

Did you take any pictures of your party? I always that it'd be awesome to have a separate party. We just kind of incorporate trick or treating into our outdoor scene & people tell us we really know how to party.

Sorry to hear that your party was a bust

Had to smile at the comment about the killer leaving before killing anyone though lol

Recuperate and start planning next years!

MsM

Aw, man, that must be a bummer. Maybe next year. Use your enthusiasm on the TOTs. Still Halloween to come!

Now that sucks. My only suggestion is invite a different bunch of people next year. I hope this doesn't put you off trying again next year!

Sorry about the party. Halloween is one of the biggest party times of the year, so there is a lot of compittion. Don't let it discourage you though. Keep at it, and before you know your friends can not wait for your party.

I'm so sorry that happened! It always sucks when you work for months and months and then no one can be bothered to show or call! This year we had an ok turn out but I had people tell me they forgot about it (even though I had talked to them about it 2 days before!) I agree to keep at it though. We definetly have our group of about 20 people who look forward to the party every year and wouldn't miss it!

I'm so sorry that your party didn't go as you'd planned. That's a bummer! Your activities and decorations sound like a lot of fun. I am afraid that not enough people will attend our party this year because we're relatively new to this city. One thing is, it is entirely normal for everyone to show up 1 hour or more late ("fashionably late") - I have never given a party where people didn't do that. So that's no failure on your part, just folks being folks.

your looking at this all wrong

good food, good people (well at least 2 and yourself) and good company.
thats not a bust, so what, maybe the numbers we're down and ya didn't get to play all the games you wanted, but you've laid the ground work.

time to start planning for the bigger better halloween party of 2010!
you had 0 people last year, 4 this year, if ya keep following this trend it will be a block party in no time!

Originally Posted by Buggula

Now that sucks. My only suggestion is invite a different bunch of people next year. I hope this doesn't put you off trying again next year!

Yup. This is exactly what you have to do. Cuz half of them won't show. We must have invited 50 people, and had about 10-15 show up. Had we invited only 20, we'd prolly have 4 people show up as well. It just works out that way for some reason.