and films for the party, this time I wore a very pretty turquoise dress that Maryann had given to me after she shortened it to suit my size. Being so short I have to have all my clothes altered. I felt so completely at home and very feminine, as if I'd worn these clothes all my life. Mary- ann helped me so much by treating me always as a girlfriend and com- panion. Later on that day Joyce and Maryann went to get the material for their two sets of Culotte Loungers that Joyce will make up for the party. They will be fabulous, I'm sure.

Tuesday morning and afternoon we went shopping again and I really went all out, buying myself a lovely blue and white print dress with white collar and bow also a gorgeous pale green ruffled blouse to go with my black cocktail skirt I'll wear at the party, also a multi-colored sash to go around the waist. We then went to another store where I purchased the most darling thing of all a pink dotted Cullote lounging set that Maryann said would look wonderful on me and she wasn't wrong. It's just lovely. Then we came home and Maryann fixed up the clothes to fit me as usually has to be done. The dress fitted me and looked so lovely that I'll just have to wear it tomorrow.

The next day after breakfast Maryann and I went to shop for gro- ceries and goodies for the party, almost buying out the whole store. We started home and suddenly, of all things, we got a flat tire. What a riot, and now what to do? We were still too far from home to run on it, so we girls started to change it. I got the jack out and had the wheel half off when a very nice young boy came along and said, “Could I help you ladies?" and we very nicely let him take over the rest of the job. We gave him our thanks and a tip and started on home. What a delightful experi- ence. It was quite hilarious to us when we told Joyce that she would have to get a tire fixed. She got a kick out of it too. That nite was exciting because Joyce finished her Culottes and they look so femmetabulous. Then she started on Maryann's pair. In the meantime I somehow or somewhere picked up a cold and sure didn't feel or look too lady-like with a runny nose and teary eyes. I hoped it would clear up by Saturday. I wanted so much to be at my best for the party, to have a good time and to meet many more of my sisters in T.V. land.

It is now Friday morning and I feel lots better than I did yesterday in fact I made up my mind I wasn't going to feel miserable and not sit around all day in my housecoat and not do anything. So I dressed up in my blouse and skirt, and we three started to get things ready for the party. I helped Maryann in making some pretty net corsages with names for all the girls to wear, also helped in preparing the salads, etc. Things