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It’s just great when people decide to use their home for entertaining, we work so hard on making our home the way we want it, and too often of times people never have the opportunity to show it off and to use it to its full potential. If you’re planning a dinner party, here are some tips help you along the way.

Your first step is to decide what type of party this is going to be, simple, formal, or gourmet. A simple party would be a very casual get together, you may decide to even order in, these parties your guests dress “as is”. A formal party is one where you prepare dinner, people usually dress it up a little, and often people even turn these into murder mystery dinner parties or such. A gourmet dinner is when again guests would dress up, but your main focus is on food presentations, you want it all to look just right, and you spend a lot of time planning and preparing for this.

Recently we had the pleasure of attending a dinner party that was pretty much catered by, of all places, Costco. No, they didn’t send a server, they didn’t arrive hours earlier and transform the house, didn’t clean up the dishes. But they did provide delicious food and make life much easier for the hostess.

We had a scrumptious, already prepared and cooked chicken, boiled small red potatoes, steamed broccoli, a spring mix salad, and fresh fruit for dessert. A little wine (yes, Costco again) and the meal was complete.

As the guests sat around devouring the good food, compliments were plentiful. And it turned out that all of the food had been purchased at Costco. The hostess was as relaxed as I’ve seen anybody be at a party. And why shouldn’t she have been? She saved herself lots of work and the finished product was as delicious as any cookbook would have guaranteed.

To make your party even more special, make a flower centerpiece from Costco’s flower center. You could even buy your dishes, silverware and glasses there. You, in essence, could have nothing in the morning and a full dinner party by that evening if you wanted.