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We went to a really fun Tupperware party last night. The rep has been selling for 18 years, and she definitely knows her stuff, knows how to work a room, and knows how to work with a diverse group (it seemed). Their stuff is pretty expensive, but I've picked things up here and there all in the pursuit of saving space, keeping food fresh longer, being good to the environment (reduce, reuse, recycle) and packing and moving awkward things.
At the start of the party the rep asked that we all introduce ourselves and mention our favorite Tupperware items either current or past. ( Read more... )
I'm a pretty sentimental person, so I have specific memories of most things in my home. Our holiday tree is a good example of this - 95% of the ornaments have some kind of story that I'll remember more than Brian will. Some of them I swiped from my parents house for various reasons dating back to when I was a kid, things my great grandmother made, or things that were on my Dad's tree when *he* was a kid. Our tacky 1970's star hails from Brian's past http://tk7602.livejournal.com/627679.html , some links are dead, here's a current e-bay auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6581291616&category=33842. I have fun going to these Tupperware parties and being reminded of how old objects can carry such stories (of course, this was only the 2nd I've been to). I think its another reason that I like That 70's Show so much, because in many ways my house looked like the Formans, my Mom dressed as Mrs. Forman, and my friends (albeit at a later time) had their basement hangout place, awkward adolescent sexual exploration, rock music and all of the craziness to come with that kind of stuff.
There's stories to be found in the mundane everyday life stuff that we tend to take for granted. I think its fun looking for, remembering and carrying them on in a time that seems so different. I wonder if years from now people will put old Tupperware bits on shelves and display them as antiques . . .
At the start of the party the rep asked that we all introduce ourselves and mention our favorite Tupperware items either current or past. ( Read more... )
I'm a pretty sentimental person, so I have specific memories of most things in my home. Our holiday tree is a good example of this - 95% of the ornaments have some kind of story that I'll remember more than Brian will. Some of them I swiped from my parents house for various reasons dating back to when I was a kid, things my great grandmother made, or things that were on my Dad's tree when *he* was a kid. Our tacky 1970's star hails from Brian's past http://tk7602.livejournal.com/627679.html , some links are dead, here's a current e-bay auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6581291616&category=33842. I have fun going to these Tupperware parties and being reminded of how old objects can carry such stories (of course, this was only the 2nd I've been to). I think its another reason that I like That 70's Show so much, because in many ways my house looked like the Formans, my Mom dressed as Mrs. Forman, and my friends (albeit at a later time) had their basement hangout place, awkward adolescent sexual exploration, rock music and all of the craziness to come with that kind of stuff.
There's stories to be found in the mundane everyday life stuff that we tend to take for granted. I think its fun looking for, remembering and carrying them on in a time that seems so different. I wonder if years from now people will put old Tupperware bits on shelves and display them as antiques . . .
