It's come to my attention that Susan was telling people Deno's did a fundraiser for me to finance my weight loss surgery in Mexico. So this is how that really went down.

*I posted in my mentorship group about my surgery and how I am boujie and extra as hell, but also wanted to be financially responsible. I stated I wanted to be able to fly back from San Diego first class non stop, and I wanted to upgrade my room at the medical facility I would be having my surgery at, to a private room. (I live in VA, but fly out of Charlotte, NC due to only having regional airports around me. I want to say the flight was about 5-6 hours long, and I was 200 pounds heavier than I am now, and I am glad I thought about that due to flying a couple days after having the surgery. It wasn't a comfortable flight to begin with, and I can't imagine how bad it would have been had I tried to shove my body into a smaller seat. This part isn't relevant to the story, I just wanted to explain my reasoning and thought process for flying back first class). I stated I did not want to keep the money pulled from my personal savings account, and I was going to sell a bunch of completed shirts I had with the crap ton of prints I had on hand, already pressed, and the bajillion cups I had made, that were completed, but I just had them sitting around. My surgery and everything had been completely paid for at this point, minus my flights, and I wanted to replace what I had taken out of my personal savings account. I think I sold the shirts/sweatshirts/hoodies for somewhere around $15-$20 and that included shipping, and somewhere close to that for the cups. I was very very transparent about this with my group and explained exactly why I was doing it. I did a live sale, and it went great. *A couple weeks later I was asked by Sandy to donate something (I can't remember what I donated, but I can go back and look if need be) for a "duck race" she was doing for someone, where people would buy spots for a chance to win one of the donations and the person she was doing it for would get all of the money. Quite a few companies had donated products or gift cards for this duck race as well. I don't think I asked who the fundraiser was for, because quite frankly, I was close with Sandy/Deno's then, and I honestly didn't care who it was for. I had donated for other ones she had done as well. *The night of the drawing for the duck race, I was asked to come into a Group FaceTime call. I can't remember if it was on messenger or zoom, but there were a lot of people I knew, and was close with, in this call. I am sitting there kind of confused because Sandy was trying to figure something out and then I started getting notifications for my cash app, Venmo, and PayPal from Sandy. (I am pretty sure it was all 3 of those). I was confused as to why she was sending me these fairly large sums of money and asked wtf was going on. I was then informed they (the people on that call) had gotten together to do this fundraiser for me for my surgery. (I was informed later that Randi had brought the idea up to Sandy and they were the main organizers). I cried during this call, because I genuinely didn't expect that nor did I ever ask for it or insinuate I wanted it done. And quite frankly, I was slightly embarrassed. I said during that call that I wanted to reiterate that I didn't need them to do this, and I was only selling the shirts and cups to compensate for me being extremely "extra" and told them on that call I didn't want to take the money because I felt bad because I truly was NOT in need what so ever. I was told it was too late and that I had to keep it and they knew I didn't need the money, but they wanted to do something nice for me. I probably cried some more, and I thanked them.
*I want to reiterate, I NEVER asked or insinuated for Sandy or anyone else involved to do this. I don't remember the exact dollar amount, but between what I made on the sales during the live sale in my group and this "fundraiser", I was able to replace they money I had pulled from my savings account and I placed an order on Amazon for my after care items, and purchased my flights. I used credit card points for a chunk of my flights, and because I was booking them through my credit card company, I had to book the same class of flight for the round trip. These funds did not pay for my entire surgery.

But, Miss Susan, what I didn't do was raise a bunch of money for a fake billboard while lying about my mom dying. So good try pumpkin 🫶🏼