Last night was my monthly networking cocktaily thing. Every four weeks it’s hosted by a different area business — this month it was hosted by a jeweler. Whoever thought this one up is nothing short of genius. Offer 20 different wines to 100 women, some with their spouses, get them loaded and provide the perfect setting for impulse shopping.
And, just to ensure your prey is feelin’ good and primed to buy, offer this.
I’ll have an extra shot of endorphins, please?
In addition to Co-worker, my good friend Megan and I spent a LOT of time admiring these beauties, made by a local chocolatier. Come to think of it, we paid more attention to the chocolate than the jewelry. Which is good for my overdrawn bank account. Not so good for my arse.
Someone plays dirty.
23 Comments
August 22, 2008 at 4:32 am
That is so ingenious!
Sounds like a night filled with things women love.
I came across your blog from visiting Laural at Mamasphere. I’m enjoying your witty posts!
August 22, 2008 at 5:11 am
and what beautiful chocolates they were! Definitely not fair.
August 22, 2008 at 6:19 am
My sister worked in a jewelry store and they did the same thing. I tried to stay away, although if knew they had chocolate like that…
Glad you had a fun night out.
August 22, 2008 at 8:10 am
Those look too pretty to eat. As if that would stop me.
August 22, 2008 at 8:35 am
I left before the chocolates?? DAMN IT!! I AM SOOOO PISSED RIGHT NOW. Ok, I’ll stop yelling. But, I’m so… uuuccchhhh.
Those are the best chocolates EVER.
August 22, 2008 at 8:37 am
Dirty, indeed!
That’s some pretty sharp marketing right there.
I still need to know what kind of work I need to be in to warrant an evening of diamonds, chocolate, and wine. I’ll go back to school and everything!
August 22, 2008 at 8:43 am
That is freaking GENIUS!
I took my husband’s co-worker’s new wife into Tiffany’s last week while we were downtown at the meeting because she had never been. I am sure that my husband’s co-worker is thinking of the perfect way to thank me for introducing her to the little blue box.
August 22, 2008 at 8:45 am
Note my NAKED ring finger pointing to the chocolates! Aside from the fact that my diabetes forced me to only eat one chocolate. Will it never end???
August 22, 2008 at 9:55 am
I NEED THAT CHOCOLATE! They’re gorgeous! So much more attractive than the jewelry. That is definitely where I would’ve spent most of my time, next to the gorgeous chocolates, gorging.
August 22, 2008 at 9:58 am
ummmmmmmmmmmm…drool
August 22, 2008 at 10:43 am
can’t relate to the chocolate thing… just doesn’t “butter my bread”… speaking of bread… i am a carb hound. i love fries and anything with starch in it. good, greasy, fried goodness. you can take your chocolate AND your jewelry. only jewelry i own are gifts – i never purchase any for myself.
what a great picture i just painted of myself…
August 22, 2008 at 11:00 am
So here’s the deal. I’m so NOT a chocolate person either! If it’s sweets, it’s gotta be hard candy. But these were seriously ORGASMIC.
The one that killed me?
The Gulf of Mexico. “Fleur de Sel (Sea Salt) blended with Milk Chocolate ganache.”
Unbelievable.
And the jewelry? I’m normally not really a jewelry person either. I don’t even wear earrings. But something about the wine and the chocolate did something to my head that actually had me asking “how much is that topaz necklace?” A phrase I would never have seen coming out of my mouth.
I’m tellin’ ya. They were EVIL.
August 22, 2008 at 11:48 am
Because, as you know, the four Cs of jewelry are
chocolate
cocoa
caramel, and
cabernet
The fifth C is rarely discussed: CASH, of course. The sixth C is verboten: CELLULITE.
I just talked myself into a chocolate craving and a healthy dose of self-loathing.
August 22, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Hmpf. I need to move to your town!
August 22, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Works of ART!
August 22, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I suddenly have an urge for some chocolate . . . damn you Mommy Pie with today’s post!
LOL
No, seriously those ARE some delicious looking choccies there. So fess up, how many did you have?
August 22, 2008 at 4:25 pm
My PMS remembered the box of Caramel and Chocolate Trail Mix in the pantry and thanks you profusely!
August 22, 2008 at 7:54 pm
What the? Who the? Those are pretty.
August 22, 2008 at 8:16 pm
It’s a good thing I wasn’t there because there wouldn’t have been any chocolate left for the rest of y’all.
August 23, 2008 at 8:54 am
I’m not a jewelry girl, but that chocolate…
August 23, 2008 at 10:23 am
Holy Macarel… Do you have any idea that I am PMSing and almost jumped through my computer screen to get at the chocolates?
August 23, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Oh. My. God. Forget the jewelry, give me that tray of chocolate. The one with the flowers? Divine.
August 23, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Yummy! That chocolate looks delish but I am sure the jewelry would have one me over!