Tea Party And Wicked Weekend

This last Saturday was my dear friend’s bridal shower. At a tea house! There were only 7 of us but that made it all the more special and fun. Walking in, this tea room was quaint and exactly what you’d picture when you think ‘tea party’. Each place setting was set with a unique and individual plate and unmatching cup and saucer, I chose a blue English looking plate next to the bride and prepared to enjoy the experience. This tea house probably fits 30 people and besides the 7 of us there was an Asian baptism party that made me feel very not-Asian. We had to choose three tea blends to come out during our ‘meal’ from a list and description and then wait for it to begin. The tea lady brought out our first two pots and we got to giggle over “one lump or two” and ‘pinkies up’ tea rituals. The food tiers came out and all of us started drooling. Everything looked amazing. Sandwiches without crust (of course) scones, fruit, and jam cookies. Delicious. After eating our fill and having our tea pots replenished with various types of tea the bride opened her gifts and I made her the rehearsal bouquet from the ribbons. She got a ton of really great things, and looks like she had cleared out Crate & Barrel at the same time. After everyone else left she and I had a mini date to catch up and sat on a bench and talked for several hours. She asked if I was pregnant and I told her no. I felt bad for lying but we are only 9 weeks and I didn’t want to give the game up yet. I did tell her when we are we aren’t going to tell anyone. So maybe she read between the lines. I left in time to go home, change my shoes and necklace then head out with the hubs to see Wicked!

Ahhh the greatest show! As I started typing this I went to youtube to listen to “Defying Gravity.” (I typed that as Defying Gravy the first time. Changes the song a bit…) The show was downtown, with is insane on a Saturday night, so parking was a nightmare. I finally decided it wasn’t worth it and we paid $10 to park in a structure. We showed up 20 minutes early and killed time splitting a brat and sauerkraut to tide us over until dinner after the show. I also had granola bars in my purse for intermission if needed. And candy, because who doesn’t like candy. Our seats were great. The tickets were a gift for our bdays a year and a half ago, so we were on the floor.  Ahhhh it was sooooo good! Even the hubs really enjoyed it. And he doesn’t like musicals. I sang along softly to the good songs and then talked hubs ear off during intermission about everything I love. He even said he’d want to go see it again in the future. That’s bug praise from him!!! I told him our kids would prob do it in high school because it’ll be released to schools by then. Scary thought. After the show we went to our favorite noodle place for drunken noodles. The only kind of drunk I get… we eve finally got recognized as regulars!  And we talked about the show until we went home at midnight.  The end. Sunday we made beef stew. I’ve been craving it. Delicious.