Yesterday when we showed up at a business called Sugar and Spice, ready for Ella to have her very first "not-combined-with-her-twin- brother" party, it was empty and no one would answer the phone. This was a party I had already paid for, and that we had planned for weeks. We bought her a new pretty dress, she invited girls from her school that she wanted to be her friends (she's had troubles with making them), and I went all out. Yes, I know that no amount of money can replace the love I feel for her or the hurt she feels when girls at her school don't like her, but dammit, I was going to do what I could to make her 10th birthday party one that would knock everyone's socks off. I'm a mom. I wanted to help. To show up at that place and find it empty, well, it blew that plan to bits. I was embarrassed, she was embarrassed. I asked the moms if they would meet across the street at pizza hut, and they were gracious, and they did. The party I wanted Ella to have didn't happen. I know there's a lesson here for me and for her, I know we shouldn't place importance on material things or on trying to impress other people. But I wanted her to shine, you know? I wanted her to be a princess for a few hours. She made the best of it, and she was a trooper. She didn't cry until we got in the car to go home. DON'T GO TO THIS BUSINESS!! This happened to my Granddaughter yesterday! How low can you go??? This company took it to Hell. read more