PAMPERED WHAT?????

Soooooo...... One of the girls from work invited me to a Pampered Chef party that she was having at her house. For those of you who don't know what Pampered Chef is... it is on the lines of Tupperware. They sell cookware and other kitchen stuff. Mostly middle aged women throw and go to this type if thing but yes i felt like i had to go!

I had a late night at Feminist Inc. (as usual) and didn't leave the office till about 8 p.m. so of course i was late. As expected the presentation of this exquisite tremendously overpriced kitchenware was well under way and here i come ringing the doorbell and barreling in the front door like an animal. Seriously, all of the grace and poise that i usually possess must have shut off when i rang the bell. Luckily i wasn't the only late one and i brought another woman in with me.

As I am trying to get settled surrounded by middle-aged onlookers, put my stuff down, give the host my coat so she can get out of the middle of the floor, and take a seat...... My phone rings!!!! It couldn't be just a "Beep Beep" text message tone NOOOOOO!!! It was a total "someone is calling, pick up the phone, volume on 10" ring! The only thing that saved what little dignity i had left was that it was one of the stock ring tones, and not "the thong song" ringer or "How low can you go".

OK... so no I'm finally all put together, stopped the phone, sitting in a chair catalogue in hand listening seemingly very interested in what PC Lady is selling when she ask the very question that i hoped that i had missed. "So ladies can you introduce yourselves and tell us your favorite PC product?" I wanted to die at this point! Here is how the scene played out:

OTHER LADY: Hi! My name is Soccer Mom and my favorite product is the ice cream scoop!

PC LADY: That's great! We always have someone who likes that and tonight we didn't, but you just weren't here yet! Welcome! And you? (Motioning in my direction)

ME: Sure. Well my name is Sam and i don't really have a favorite product.

PC LADY: Really Why?

ME: Well I'm still at home and i don't so most of the cooking.

PC LADY: oh ok you're lucky

ME: Yep... Lucky!

(You would think she would just leave it at that right... no not at all)

PC LADY: Well is there something that your mom uses that you really like?

INTERJECTION FROM CO-WORKER HOST: Her dad does a lot of the cooking.

PC LADY: Wow i wish my husband cooked (of course this was followed by co-signs and head nods from the soccer moms and Suzie homemakers around me.) Is there something of his you like then.

(By this point i was so done, and clearly the only single woman who was still living with her parents in the room. All i could say was...)

ME: Nope

PC LADY: ok then well welcome I'm sure you'll find something tonight!

Yea... can you say embarrassing! Why did i feel like i had to go? Realistically, i have absolutely no need for that stuff. Like i said, yes, i am a 25 yr old single woman who still lives at home with her parents and doesn't do .a lot of the cooking! Pampered Chef kitchenware is not really on my list of needs. Needless to say, i ended up spending $50 on an ice bucket wit a scoop and a drink pitcher. UGHHHHH!