balloons?

[topsyturvytempo.livejournal.com]

Say I wanted to fill my living room with (helium) balloons.... where might I acquire said delights? Thanks!

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[koshmom.livejournal.com]

there's party stores (and even Costco sometimes!) that sells kits of helium tanks and balloons to fill.

[jennyelfenmass.livejournal.com]

Yup, IParty will allow you to rent a helium tank.

[topsyturvytempo.livejournal.com]

I'd love to be able to buy them already filled... hmm. I was thinking about a place like iparty but wasn't sure about this. I want just basic balloons, like so: http://artfarmla.com/blog/030309/ballons.png

Thanks!

[mjrocks98.livejournal.com]

Some grocery stores have balloons (usually the big grocery stores that have a flower shop inside) & are usually much cheaper than iParty to get them filled.

[adaptively.livejournal.com]

iParty (http://www.iparty.com/locations/party-supply-store-Medford-MA.asp).

[pushupstairs.livejournal.com]

Flower shops often have helium tanks and balloons.

[pushupstairs.livejournal.com]

obviously you can't take their tank with you, but you could get the balloons filled there and bring them home.

[topsyturvytempo.livejournal.com]

that is exactly what i'm hoping for! i'll check out some flower shops.. thanks!

[jennyelfenmass.livejournal.com]

IParty will also do that for you if you like.

[grapefruiteater.livejournal.com]

Shaw's has balloons. There's also the Balloon Boss on Main St. in Medford. I'm sure they would be happy to help.

[topsyturvytempo.livejournal.com]

thank you thank you thank you! for some reason i had convinced myself shaw's didn't have them.. i think it's because i only shop there very irregularly (and not for months) and in my quick dashes, i never noticed them. i wonder if balloon boss or shaw's is cheaper.. hmm.

anyway--i think i'm set now. and hope to be able to make someone's day better. thanks again :)

[publius513.livejournal.com]

I have to ask: how come you're filling your living room with balloons?

[topsyturvytempo.livejournal.com]

This might sound silly, but it's the truth... My fiance and I are currently both pretty stressed out, overwhelmed and exhausted (between work for me and graduate school for him on top of planning a wedding in a short period of time, and then just general lifeness) and I thought this might cheer us up. I saw a picture in a blog I read where someone had filled a room with balloons for her husband's birthday and it seemed so fun. So I'm going to cook us a nice (but simple! too tired for anything beyond that..) dinner and fill a room with balloons and force us to take a night off. There's the not-very-short-but-shorter-than-it-could-be answer. :).

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

This is a great idea - and such a sweet thing to do. My sympathies with the wedding planning...it can be so frustrating. Just remember: no matter WHAT happens, you'll still be married at the end of the whole process :)

[topsyturvytempo.livejournal.com]

Oh and I also plan to make the strings just long enough that our cat can't reach them because I can't help but love to torture the adorable little ball of energy... I'm hoping for hours of amusement.

Have you estimated how many balloons you'll need?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

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Re: Have you estimated how many balloons you'll need?

[topsyturvytempo.livejournal.com]

I'll probably just get a couple dozen, why do you ask?

Re: Have you estimated how many balloons you'll need?

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

I cannot say enough good things about Balloon City, http://www.ballooncityboston.com/

I've used them many many times! I suggest calling them,their webite is crap.

Re: Have you estimated how many balloons you'll need?

[jennyelfenmass.livejournal.com]

Just one small bit of advice: Walking down the street with a couple dozen helium inflated balloons is not as easy as it sounds. Driving in a car with a couple dozen helium inflated balloons is even less easy.

Re: Have you estimated how many balloons you'll need?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Oh, a couple of dozens would not even begin to fill the room! :)

Re: Have you estimated how many balloons you'll need?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

This is true. It won't even begin to cover the ceiling (which appears to me to be what was meant by "fill a room") unless the room is the size of a large closet.

Also, iParty is probably the most expensive possible place to get balloons.