The stake is having a "Young Marrieds" fireside tonight and Jeff was assigned to do the refreshments, so that meant a trip to Costco yesterday where we bought 18 doz. cookies and 4 gal. of milk. We really don't have any clue how many people will be there. But they figured about 15 couples from each of the 4 wards, so that would make 120 people, maybe! So we bought the cookies and some of the milk at Costco and then went to Walmart to get 10 gals. of chocolate milk. While there Jeff was feeling a little unsure about our ability to feed that many people with only 18 doz. cookies! Remember these are not a bunch of Priest that would take 4 cookies each, or a bunch of High-Priest that, because of their cholesterol level, are taking their lives in their hands to take 1 cookie! Thus the dilemma, too many or not enough! Jeff chose to err on the side of having too much so he proceeded to buy 12 doz. mini-doughnuts, and for those crazy young-marrieds watching their weight, some bananas and grapes! Then there is always the differing opinions of the "presentation". There was talk of just putting the cookies and doughnuts out on a table (no tablecloth) in the plastic containers they come in, with the gallons of milk sitting next to them for each to pour/spill as they will. Now, if this was just for the men I would say, "have at it", but their wives will be there, away from the kids, this may be their date night for crying-out-loud! I guess you know where I'm going with this, no plastic containers on the table, platters of cookies, bowls of doughnuts and fruit, and cups (already poured) of milk, and of course a centerpiece of some kind. For all of you that don't know, you may as well learn now, that when women are involved it needs to be soft and pretty with plenty of chocolate! So I'll let you know next week if there were protests because of the lack of refreshments or if Jeff and I ended up with 10 doz. cookies, 8 doz. doughnuts and 7 gal. of milk for the two of us to eat!