Stylin

I wish I were a fly on the wall, when my pastor gets the bill.

You see, we're a group of 10 women going to the Boston Catholic Women's Conference. Last year, we were 18 women. We also had Fr. Dave, as pastor. He took up a second collection and that paid for a bus for us. Of course, we, being only 18 ladies, couldn't fill a 40 seat bus, so we invited all the area churches to ride with us. Great public relations, no?

This year we have a new pastor, who doesn't "do" second collections. :-/

But he said he'd pay for our transportation. I feel badly for the other churches who thought they could ride along with us. But it's out of my hands. So, since the pastor said he'd pay for us 10, I priced different modes of transportation.

Forget it! Almost $800 for a bus. A van or small bus was just as ridiculous. We even called a limo...guess what? We found a very, very, helpful, savvy customer service rep. This lady explained to us why buses and vans and taxis and limos, were so expensive. It was the down time. The drivers had to wait all day for us. So she suggested that we hire two limo trips, one way each. That way, we get a ride in. The driver goes home. At the end of the day, a new limo and driver picks us up and brings us back.

This was the most cost efficient at $ 125 each way.

But imagine the look on the pastor's face when he reads...

"You ladies took a stretch limo to the Conference!!!"

;-D