My 'Why Paparazzi' Story

This week's challenge was to post our 'Why Paparazzi' story. Some of those posted are so inspiring and brought tears to my eyes as I read about single moms who are only able to have a great life for themselves and their kids because of Paparazzi! My story isn't nearly so powerful, but I wanted to share it none the less. This is taken directly from my post on the FaceBook group. Here it is:

Here's my Why Paparazzi: My story is a lot simpler than a lot of others' I've been reading on here. It's not nearly as inspirational, however, I do find Paparazzi to be more inspirational every day! I was introduced to it by my sponsor, Jessica Walker. She was in my town for a few days and I wanted to buy some cheap jewelry for myself. I really didn't think I'd be impressed (because how good can $5 jewelry really be?) and decided I was only going to buy one thing. Well, she came over and $20 later...I was so impressed! I told her that I couldn't believe how similar it was to Lia Sophia but I only paid the tax cost I would have for Lia Sophia jewelry! I booked a party with her a few weeks later, something I swore I would never do because I do not like to host or entertain...and I'm kind of bad at it too. We had a decent turn out for my party back in August 2012 and she sold $300 worth of jewelry in three hours!

When I decided to host the party, I had no intentions of joining. After the party, I had high hopes I could do it. I read through the polices and procedures and talked to my husband for several months. He was skeptical since it was a direct sales company and he isn't in favor of pyramid schemes. He read a few pages of the policies himself and said "This actually looks pretty legit." Even though it took a while, I was finally able to buy the $300 kit with some tax return money this February. I've only been doing this about 5 weeks, but I've already made back my money 200%! So my actual "Why" is simply so that I can pay for my little hobbies like showing dogs again and doing a little bit of traveling. I just want some extra spending money without feeling too bad about figuring out if it's the month's budget. And now that I'm in, I love it and really hope it becomes more than just a way to make some fun money.

I've already had my first launch party (at my house haha!) and a friend hosted a party for me this past week - so I found this last training call to be perfect for me - and I have another hosted party booked in two weeks. Plus, I have two craft fairs lined up in May. I really am amazed at how well it's taken off. Thanks for letting me share and sorry it's so long!