Once a year her rescue holds a fundraiser at a local restaurant, and since Spouse and Steven & Thad and I had been talking about trying to do some new/different things, I talked them into going to the fundraiser last evening.
They were skeptical, imagining a bunch of 'crazy cat ladies' there wearing sweatshirts with kittens hanging from a tree branch saying "Hang in there!" But I told them there was a buffet for just $15 and a silent auction, and that we needn't stay any longer than we wanted. They reluctantly agreed to go.
Of course, it wasn't just 'crazy cat ladies', there was quite a mix of people/ages. The food was actually good and we ran into a few people we knew, although we all agreed NOT to 'check in' on Facebook at the kitten rescue fundraiser.
However, 99% of the silent auction items were kitten/cat themed so none of us felt obligated to buy tickets... until I saw a $50 gift card for a nice restaurant we like. So, to help out the poor little kitties I bought $5 worth of silent auction tickets and put them all in the box for the gift card.
Thad didn't want to wait around for the auction results but I lucked out and they started the auction with the $50 gift card. They called out the winning ticket number but no one claimed the prize. They must have already left. So they pulled a 2nd ticket, called out the number, and it was mine!!
All the way home I got to tease them about not wanting to come to the 'crazy cat ladies' fundraiser and now we have a $50 gift card to use. It was a fun evening.
1 comment:
no we are not all crazy cat ladies; thank you for helping rescue a cute widdle kitty!
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