Pizza Anyone??

There is a great new concept that I recently heard of-- it is called "House Party".

It is a marketing website that wants people to be able to try new products. If you like to try new products and/or get coupons for these products-- you may want to look them up.


It uses the age old idea of having parties in a home to introduce a product-- except the great thing about these parties-- there is nothing for your guests to buy! I have always liked the idea of friends getting together for a party-- but have always felt awkward about the expectation that they were being invited to buy something, so you could earn free stuff. (i.e. Pampered Chef/Tupperware etc.)

House Party actually sends you a box of the product and other types of things to help you have a fun party. All that is expected of you is to take pictures, post on a blog and give honest oponions about the products. This however, has become a very popular website and so you need to fill out applications to "win" the party.
When I first heard of this website I signed up to win a Wii Fit Shape-Up/jello mousse snack party. Shortly after the application was filed I got a rejection notice. I got a few other notices by email of other available products to have a party with. Either the date of the party did not coincide with our calendar or the product did not work for us-- ie we don't have a potty training child so we did not apply for the Pampers party ;)

About a month ago I signed up to win the Digiorno Pizza/breadsticks party. It was scheduled for the first weekend of March Madness. Last week I got the notice that I won the party. This idea is great because it will also force me to invite all those people over that I have been meaning to have over. Not that I don't want to invite them over- I just always think that I need to paint the room, put up new curtains, and get some projects done first. We are excited to have people over in spite of the "projects" that I want to do.
Here is the link to the site.

Pizza anyone??