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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is that it doesn't have to be fancy. Indeed,

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Speaker 1: sometimes not so fancy things can make everyone happy. I

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Speaker 1: have been thinking of today's tip because I recently had

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Speaker 1: a few people over for dinner. I got out the

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Speaker 1: formal china and some nice wine, but I was trying

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Speaker 1: to think of what I could serve as a main

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Speaker 1: course that everyone would like. Now, there may not be

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Speaker 1: a perfect answer, but I also realized that when I

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Speaker 1: had served fried chicken from a local place at a

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Speaker 1: picnic the year before, everyone had loved it. Why not

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Speaker 1: at a dinner party too. So I called up the company,

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Speaker 1: put in an order, and we ate fried chicken on

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Speaker 1: fine china. It was easy and people liked it. As

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Speaker 1: I was reflecting on this, I remembered a couple telling

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Speaker 1: me about their wedding where they decided to have an

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Speaker 1: ice cream Sunday bar for dessert rather than a traditional cake.

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Speaker 1: What a great idea. Most people don't like fondant. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: you can get lots of ice cream and toppings for

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Speaker 1: a fraction of the cost of a formal cake that

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Speaker 1: serves a hundred people. It doesn't have to be fancy,

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Speaker 1: even for a fancy occasion. I am sure you can

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Speaker 1: think of lots of other situations where this advice might work.

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Speaker 1: I have bought various dresses for speaking over the years,

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Speaker 1: but I have realized that a colorful top and simple

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Speaker 1: black pants tends to work as well as anything. A

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Speaker 1: handful of tulips and daffodils from your yard can make

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Speaker 1: as beautiful a floral arrangement as something from a florist.

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Speaker 1: I have been playing around with fancy planners, and they

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Speaker 1: are fun, but I often wind up writing my to

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Speaker 1: do list in a little notebook. Hey, it works. So

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Speaker 1: if you are struggling to figure out a fancy solution

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Speaker 1: for something, consider that maybe it doesn't have to be fancy.

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Speaker 1: What do people like? What is a crowd pleasing solution?

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Speaker 1: We don't have to overthink these things. It turns out

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Speaker 1: that you can buy fine wines to pair with fried chicken,

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Speaker 1: and I didn't have nearly as many leftovers as I

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Speaker 1: thought I might. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. To Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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