I need Party Planners Anonymous' 12-step program

I think I need an intervention to separate me from this laptop.

You see, I have been researching my daughter's sixth birthday party.

I take birthday parties very seriously. I suppose it is because I am no longer in the high-stress world of advertising and need an outlet for all the energy I forced my body to expend for years on end (I do realize that raising three kids, homeschooling, working part time and maintaining two blogs is work enough, but let's just say that party planning is a three-times-a-year obsession, and I am definitely an obsessive sort of person).

So Jilly is having a Fairy Party. Maybe a Forest Fairy Party. Or a Pixie Party. Or a Butterfly-and-Fairy Party. Definitely NOT a Tinkerbell or "Disney Fairies" party. Think: twinkly lights, pinks and greens, twigs and flowers. . .but probably not toadstools and elves. More girlie than that.

So, I found this cute party idea on Martha Stewart's site which should have been enough to stop myself in my tracks. First, it is Martha Stewart. She takes party planning to Level You've-Got-To-Be-Kidding.

Second, her pixie party involves getting two white ponies and staging them in your yard (I kid you not). I'm not sure where the hell I'd find two white ponies, but it'll be March, so chances are these poor animals would be shivering and pooping all over my (not gigantic) backyard.

Also, she says you should ask your guests to come in nightgowns and have the party at twilight since this is when fairies are most likely to appear. Based on the photos, her guests must shop at "Ethereal World" because not one of them is in a Pink Disney Princess nightgown or footsie PJ's. Plus, like I mentioned before: March. In New England. I'd hate to send the girls home with frostbite as their party favor.

However, this did not stop me. I was smitten by the sweet little headpieces Martha had on all the little girls. And, so I spent at least an hour today (maybe much more; I refused to look at the clock) searching for "prewired millinery flower buds". I still have no idea what a millinery is but it may have something to do with hats. Or frustration. Or maybe it's Martha code for, "ha, sucker! Think you can throw a party as cool as me?"

Alas, my search was for naught. Tis probably for the best since I doubt any of the girls coming to this little soiree will sit still long enough to balance a wire head piece on their head.

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