Weekending - Last One In January

I just love weekends!  This one was lots of fun - full of friends and good times.

Friday night I stayed late at work and then made a few stops on my way home.  I was looking forward to hosting lunch on Saturday for the girls and wanted to get all my shopping done before I got home and settled in for the evening.

I got up Saturday and started on the Valentine's decorating.  It felt good to have things on the mantel again -- it looked so bare the few weeks it was empty.  I'll have a full post on all our Valentine's decorations later in February, but here's a little preview.

My friend, Carol, gave me the vintage metal letters for Christmas and I knew immediately that I wanted to make them a part of my Valentine mantle.  Love the way they look!  Guess what sign the letters came from?

Lunch was so fun -- and lasted most of the day.  We met at 11:30 am and was still sitting at the table chatting when Eric got home from work 4:30 pm.  We had a large agenda to get through.  Yes, we seriously have agendas most of the time when we get together.  We learned a long time ago that if we don't have an agenda, we forget some important items we wanted to discuss.  Agendas -- it's the way to go.

Lunch was great -- I'll be sharing the recipe for this wonderful Tuscan Tortellini Soup in a later post.  It was fabulous!!  The spinach salad was pretty wonderful too -- recipe coming soon.  Carol made some cinnamon rolls that were to die for.  Overall, great food - great conversation.  I just love my friends!

Tracy gave each of us a "to-go" gift -- a pastry called The Darkness from our favorite bakery, La Patisserie Chouquette.  It was the perfect thing to have for breakfast on Sunday!  Just look at the layers of goodness.

Sunday my monthly book club met at noon and it was fun catching up with that group of friends.  We're still working on our Book Club Bingo I blogged about here. To be honest,  we chat about other things more than we talk about books.  Movies were more the topic than books this month.  With the Oscar nominations out, we all had thoughts to share on the movies we had seen.

Came home after book club to get ready for Super Bowl watching.  Our menu was pretty old school this year.  I didn't try a single new recipe -- just stuck with some old tried and true crowd pleasers.

What did you think of the commercials this year?  Several had a little sad overtone I thought.  Which one was your favorite?  I liked the Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric one and of course who didn't fall in love with the Anheuser Busch puppy.  There were several that were Super Bowl worthy. We had so many leftovers!  I know what I'll be having for lunch this week.  Anybody else wish the game was played on Saturday so we would have a day to recover before returning to work?   I vote for that.

Monday is here too fast.  I really love weekends!  Don't you?  Well, we'll have another one in just a few days and I'm already looking forward to it.  Have a great week!

Check out what others were up to this weekend.

Champagne and Suburbs

B Loved Boston

I Should Be Mopping the Floor

Life of Meg

More Pieces of Me
Bella and the City
Oak and Oats
A Cute Angle