Weekending - December 5, 2014

The weekend came...and now it's over.  It seems like it went by just that fast!  I was out of town most of last week and when I got home my friend, Carol, had visited my house.  How did I know she had been here?  Well, because this was the scene in my family room.

You see, I'm really not good at decorating trees.  Carol, on the other hand, is THE BEST at decorating trees.  So for several years I've had her come to my house and turn my trees into pieces of art.  We have five trees through the house and I'll be linking up to Home of Malones Holiday Link Up on December 16 to show them to you.  Hope you will follow me so you don't miss them.

Friday night was date night -- and frankly, we should have just stayed home.  Ever have one of those date nights that just didn't go that great?  Eric and I were both tired and it was cold and rainy outside, but I really wanted to go see Beyond the Lights.  I had been looking at several theaters to see what and when things were showing and I might have taken us to the wrong theater at the wrong time.  Yes, I drove us several miles to a theater that wasn't even showing that movie.  Thank goodness Eric is good natured!  We did end up finding the theater where it was playing and then neither of us really liked it that much.  I would suggest seeing it after it comes out on DVD -- don't waste your money seeing it in the theater.

                                                           

Saturday night was Girls Night Out.  We were celebrating Sherri and my birthdays so Tracy surprised us on the dinner location.  We headed to Element in St. Louis.  Great atmosphere, great bar, GREAT food.  Definitely a winner location!

Love these girls!!

Cheers!

Sunday I hosted book club at our house.  We followed the gift exchange idea I found HERE.  It was really fun!  Start with your gift in front of you.  I printed little slips of paper that had instructions like exchange your gift with the person who will be travelling the furthest at Christmas, exchange your gift with the person wearing the most red, etc.  Enough slips were in the bowl for everyone to have two turns.  It was definitely a successful way to do a gift exchange and I will do it again.

One of the soups I made for book club was Tuscan Tortellini Soup.  I found the recipe (and this picture) over at Damn Delicious.  It was yummy guys!!  The recipe called for spicy sausage -- I used sweet.  It still had a baby kick to it.  Overall -- easy recipe and I will definitely make it again.  I fed the leftovers to Eric for dinner and he loved it!

                                                       

I'm planning on spending Sunday evening totally vegging.  I haven't done that in a while and the couch is calling me.  Plus if I don't erase some stuff off my DVR it might explode.  Hope your weekend was everything you wanted it to be.  Hope to see you here later this week for more Penny's Passion.

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