The biggest hitch to the party was probably that I couldn't find an great place to stand in my living room, because it is long and narrow. From the best place to be seen by all, I wouldn't have any place to put my materials within easy reach.
The party proceeded through the Five Senses tasting, and then I served the mousse I had made with the Swiss Bittersweet. It was delicious and so velvety! Daughter #2 gave us a generous helping of whipped cream with it, and since I had a lot of people, I served it in little cups and got 24 samples out of a recipe that should make 8-10 servings. Soooo good. Then we proceeded with the truffle samples, guided by the catalog page. The most popular truffles that evening were coffee and dark orange. Because this was my first party, I was both the hostess and the consultant. I thought it would be double-dipping to take the prizes as the hostess, but my supervisor assured me that the generous rewards were for me! I got the promised snowman truffles & Lindt Bears, as well as a nice credit and some half-price items that I used to order more supplies for future parties, like more coffee truffles & some dark peppermint! I am excitedly stalking my order on-line (the label has been printed), and waiting for it to arrive. My husband is stalking the the leftover samples and complaining about not getting any (because I need them for another party this Friday).
When I began this adventure, I realized I had some serious Fear of Failure issues. All I wanted was to make back my investment and not crash and burn, having wasted the money. I am happy to say that I made my money back at my first party! So from here on, although I have to order supplies and things, I am making a profit. I have more events booked, and many more leads to follow up on, some sort of surprising! Now I fear that I won't be able to keep up with it! I know that business may not always be quite this good~ I am riding a wave of holiday gifting, etc., but I for now, it's going to be great.
