crayzkirk
07-02-2022, 04:13 AM
I'm bummed out; we have been planning our celebration for months. Family coming down, bringing the grandkids and... Covid-19 hits the kids. Cancel that weekend. Okay, we had two weekends planned. Friends coming down and... Covid-19 again on one of the spouses. Hoping everyone is going to be okay.
I was expecting prices to be higher this year and they were, about 20% higher. Then I found out that my favorite place changed their policy of 66% off retail on orders over $1000 to $2000. Since we would do a group buy, getting to $2000 was usually possible. Normal is 50% off and it would seem that 16% isn't that big of a deal however paying $40 instead of $60 for a 500 gram cake adds up fast. Selection wasn't great as a number of items we were looking for were gone.
We did a small display however it's just not the same without the kids there.
Everyone be safe; we had a couple of close calls on cakes where they disintegrated midway through and sent fireworks at the crowd. Perhaps quality control is down as well; Bling Bling basically exploded and sent stuff everywhere.
Bummed in Missouri...
CK
I was expecting prices to be higher this year and they were, about 20% higher. Then I found out that my favorite place changed their policy of 66% off retail on orders over $1000 to $2000. Since we would do a group buy, getting to $2000 was usually possible. Normal is 50% off and it would seem that 16% isn't that big of a deal however paying $40 instead of $60 for a 500 gram cake adds up fast. Selection wasn't great as a number of items we were looking for were gone.
We did a small display however it's just not the same without the kids there.
Everyone be safe; we had a couple of close calls on cakes where they disintegrated midway through and sent fireworks at the crowd. Perhaps quality control is down as well; Bling Bling basically exploded and sent stuff everywhere.
Bummed in Missouri...
CK