How did I celebrate? Well first I got all of the Board of Directors together and did a presentation. Here we are…
Oh, the Board of Directors is just Frank and me. I’m the Chairman and CEO and Frank is my CFO. I went over highs, lows and neutrals of the last year. We reviewed my income, expenses and my projections. There was a PowerPoint presentation, charts, graphs and plenty of Excel spreadsheets. (Bill Gates should really pay me for all these plugs.)
The last page of the presentation was a “wish list” which I asked my CFO to approve. These are things I need for my office. He approved the following:
-A new dry erase board (I write all my assignments on there and the one I have now is too small.)
-A cute storage bin/basket to store my clips (published articles). “Why does it have to be cute?” my CFO asked. “Because I need to keep it out in my office, not in the closet. So it has to match and look nice," I explained.
-Customized address labels
He did not approve the following:
-A laptop (“Maybe in 2008,” he said.)
-A fax machine (“Then we’d have to get a phone line,” he rationalized.)
We had to table those items until the next meeting.
After the meeting we hit Souper Salad to celebrate! We had coupons. (I know what you’re thinking: “Those spreadsheets must not have added up to much, Wriginggal.” No, that’s just how we are. We’d probably go to Souper Salad with a coupon even if I had ended the meeting with, “So in conclusion I made a million dollars this year.”)
Man, Souper Salad is awesome. I think I’ve only been once, years ago. It was $5.29 each (with our coupons) and we got salad, soup (duh), wraps (with tortillas OR lettuce) pizza, baked potatoes, bread AND ice cream (with sprinkles and chocolate syrup and everything)! And the salads weren’t just lettuce; they had all kinds of pasta salad too. Mmmm…it was so good.
We then came home and toasted to Writinggal with some Vela Love wine (from a shower for Steve and Tricia Vela).
The wine was delicious! We sipped it while watching our Ti-fauxed episodes of Big Love. Then the party got wild with my CFO throwing water bottles.
I’m so glad I don’t have co-workers or I’d be embarrassed to come into the office today.
11 comments:
Congrats on the 1 year anniversary!! Can I be on the board? I can be a member at-large and I'll just come in to play when there needs to be a tie breaker between the CEO and CFO.
well congrats to you!!!
maybe your next article can be "how far is too far" when asking so much of a family member.
That sounds like a good plan. Of course, I'll have to check with the other board members and we'll have a vote.
And Jenni: I thought at first you were like a cousin of mine or something and I had asked you for a big favor. Then I read your blog and now I get it.
Congrats!! I've spent the year enjoying your stories of grannies, boozing, shopping carts, baking, and more boozing.
Oh, ya for Big Love!
oops
That was supposed to be:
"YEA for Big Love!"
Congrats!! We've enjoyed sharing the year with you and being able to help with stories. Keep it coming!
You're the first to try the wine. It really was good and tasted like REAL wine??
Jessi: Thanks! Oh, and just to be clear, it's not the one year anniversary of the blog BUT that is coming up next week and I have big plans!! Stay tuned.
Tricia: It definitely tasted different than our other wine but we rationalized that this was b/c we only buy cheap wine.
Congrats Elsa! Similar to your Kashi, nf milk, & blueberry daily ritual, reading your blog is something I like to enjoy daily!
Looking forward to another year!
Good job Elsa and much success in your career!! Keep up the good writing, I enjoy reading your articles...
Don't worry. My CFO has that covered :)
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