The Ladies Who Lunch

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I have a CD of show tunes and one of the songs is a medley of Pretty Women and The Ladies Who Lunch, both great songs and I always sing right along with it at the top of my lungs.  Mr. Tide lies to me and tells me that he likes my singing...reason #1 million why I love that man!

Today I had the girls from The Vintage Source over for lunch.  These are 4 of the prettiest women you'll ever meet!  Joy, Cathe, Sheryl, and Michelle are pretty on the outside and beautiful on the inside!  Today we were the ladies who lunch, enjoying chicken salad, croissants, fruit, and for dessert we had raspberry and lemon sorbet.  With temps over 100 degrees today, it seemed like the perfect dessert, and throw in a few Pepperidge Farm cookies and you're all set!  

 

I served dessert in the parfait glasses pictured above that once belonged to my mother.  My mom loved to use these dessert dishes to serve sherbet in or vanilla ice cream with cream de menthe when that was all the rage in the 1970s.  As kids, we always thought the cream de menthe tasted like mouthwash, but my mother thought it was tres chic!

The Vintage Source girls are always so sweet to me, and today was no exception!  I received two bottles of wine...I love the green polka dot ribbon on this bottle!

And the other bottle was tucked inside this darling wine bag!

Isn't this too cute with the flower and the butterfly cut out that shows the color of the bright orange tissue paper?!!

And check out this colorful flamingo note card that had a very sweet message written in it!

And lucky me, I got a whole bouquet of these gorgeous sunflowers, one of my favorite flowers!  This picture has not been photoshopped, they truly are this gorgeous color!

 

 

Apparently they put dye in water and the flowers absorb the dye, and it colors the tips of the petals this beautiful reddish orange color!

I also received two of the prettiest embroidered cotton guest towels!  

Look at that comfy adirondack chair and that sweet little straw hat!

These towels are so soft and you could use them as kitchen towels, but they are too darn pretty for me to risk staining them so these will be for "display only" in my house!

This beautiful aqua shell will soon take residence on one of the hooks in my hall bathroom!  And the best part of all is that these will be available for sale at The Vintage Source so be sure to stop by for this month's sale and pick some up, they make perfect gifts!!!

Thank you ladies for these lovely gifts, which were completely unnecessary!  Having friends over for lunch is such a nice way to spend the afternoon, and when the guests are as kind and fun to talk to as these women, it makes you want to be one of the ladies who lunch...everyday! (If you scroll down to the bottom of the post you can listen to the song and see a wonderful video full of beautiful women...many of them my favorite actresses of all time!!)

Thank you to everyone who entered to win The House At Royal Oak Giveaway!  The lucky winner was #34 Sailing Simply!!  Just send me an email with your mailing address, and I'll get the book in the mail to you right away!

 

 

 

The next few days I will have my nose to the grindstone working on some very overdue posts about people I've been wanting to introduce you to, and a few stories that have to be submitted by the end of this week!  I hope you all have a wonderful week!