Purse Night

Flyer


Invitation


Decorations

I'm finally getting around to blogging March’s Enrichment Night, which was SO much fun! We went potluck, so we had a delicious variety of fresh salads and soups in bread bowls. The decorations took a bit of time (about 12 hours in all) but they made a big impact and cost very little. I just wish I had thought to take a picture before we started cleaning up!



I created this purse poster for our presenter to use as a visual. I love visuals and I had so much fun making this up, even if it is a tad on the cheesy side. So here’s the jist: The purse is used as a metaphor for life and each item represents something that takes our time. The poster is put up and the “necessities” are added in:



Wallet: prayer
Keys: going to the temple
Cell phone: fulfilling our callings
Lipstick/Make up: taking time for ourselves, meditation, journaling
Medicine: reading scripture, going to church
Gum: staying close to our family

Then the “extras” are added in, and are placed over the “necessities” so you can’t see them:



Teddy bear: play dates, activities and sports
Receipts: shopping
Socks: laundry
Snacks: cooking
Brush: hair appointments, spa days, etc.
Floss: dentists appointments
Camera: scrapbooking
Water bottle: gym time, exercising

We talked about when we have a new purse it’s organized, filled with only essentials and everything is easy to find. But as we go through life we end up collecting extras, things continue to be added into our purse until it’s too full and it’s become hard to find our keys (aka time to go to the temple). The “extras” are all fine and good things but sometimes we fill our lives with so much good that there isn’t room for the great. We lose sight of our priorities and our cell phone (time for visiting teaching) gets lost. The whole theme was sort of centered around the Good, Better, Best talk. We also shared a talk from Bonnie D. Parkin that fit the theme.



One thing that had us laughing pretty good was when we gave prizes for the following:

Heaviest purse: winner’s purse was over 10 lbs
Lightest purse: barely 2 lbs.
Most cards: winner stopped counting at 42
Most receipts: winner stopped counting after 50
Most coins: I don’t remember, but a ridiculous amount
Strangest object in purse: a miniature bottle of ketchup



We finished the night with some dessert and a service project. Two quilts that admittedly took a lot longer to tie than we thought. About 10 of us stayed until 10:30! We’re still learning. haha