Graduation Party Planning

Last month I graduated with my MBA, and in a couple of weeks I’m hosting a party to say “thank you” to my family and friends for putting up with me encouraging me over the past 4.5 years. Yeah, it took that long: Part-time school while working full time was invigorating some weeks and completely exhausting other weeks. I’d go from taking one class per semester to three, and at the same time go from “I can totally do this” to “what was I thinking” (totally normal- sounds like my classmates did the same thing!).

How perfect is it that there’s a Class of 2015 bottle? I was excited when I found this one at Walmart while shopping for graduation party essentials. (One of the best party items I purchased last Summer was this galvanized tub – we’ve used it so many times already!)

I thought it would be super cute to have a personalized bottle of Coke from their “Share A Coke With…” campaign for each person as a sort of party favor, but I love that the 24 pack of Coke Zero cans I bought has fun words like “sidekick” and “better half,” so I went with those for the party instead.

I’m so excited to host this party, maybe because there’s BBQ food involved and maybe because it’s going to be a big group of some of my favorite people. Either way, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite things!

I found my personalized bottles at Walmart, and here is a list of Walmart stores where you can find yours to share with someone this Summer. They have the widest selection of names, and bins at the front of the store where you can easily spot the names you’re looking for. See if your name is available online here and find out here how others are sharing their summer with Coca Cola.