How to Plan a Party in a Day!

A party in a day sounds crazy, but really it was crazy fun.  I was throwing a party and the details changed, and I had to plan it in a day and decided I could do it with a little help from others.  That would be Central Market and Whole Foods.Sunday night needed to plan a menu.Drop by CM and WF and taste some salads.  Pick one. No running around.  Choose and move on.Monday am.  Go Pick up:Tarragon Chicken Salad.Marconi almonds, I will take those for fun.  Yum, they are good.Dessert...friend loves cheesecake. I will take that one. Very chocolate.Pick up bread.  I love the Sea Salt Ciabatta bread at WF.Choose flowers- yes, orange is spunky fun for a fab 50 year old friend.Get home.Make a pasta salad with tomatoes, basil and fresh mozzarella.Hmm..need one more salad...green salad with my good friend's dressing and candied pecans.Iron napkins.  Set table.Party favor- rosemary leaves in a baggie, tie on a name and voila- I have place cards.Make a signature cocktail- no jigger-no prob- google how many tablespoons a 1/4 oz is...thank you, Google.Sweep.Make an easy appetizer that I have made a billion times.How about some guacamole...yes, thank you, I will.Set it all out.Friends arrive.  Ahhh. A party in a day. No prob.Sounded impossible, but so doable with a little help.Didn't think about things too much.Did what I could, bought the rest.Didn't worry.No over the top recipes.Spent time praying over who was coming.It really is all about the conversation and friends.I will do a party in a day again.Try it sometime.No pictures this time.  Use your imagination.