Favorite Things Party

For December's book club, we (again) had a "Favorite Things Party". This year Jilene Ray hosted a WINTER WONDERLAND themed party.The snowflake sugar cookies and the brownie bite pops were AWESOME! Everyone brought one of their favorite treats/snacks to share and a favorite item for the gift exchange.

We also played the game we did last year, "What's Yours Like?" (favorites version). We took the opportunity to go around the room and say WHY it was our favorite. That added an additional element of fun.

With our book club leader moving, the torch has been passed. Hopefully we will continue to carry on as usual. I always look forward to going and hanging out with these women.

Book Club

Book club started this week and I got to be the first hostess. We read, "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns.

The book takes place in Georgia, around the early 1900's. Cold Sassy is the name of the little Southern town where Will Tweety (14 yr old boy) lives and tells the story of his life and the people in it.

The story begins with his Grandpa Blakeslee getting married to a woman half his age and just three weeks after his first wife passes away. It's a small town scandal!

I came to love Grandpa Blakeslee and enjoyed Will Tweety pining over a girl, who he could never have... even though he kissed her once!




We each took turns rating the book 1-4.
1= Didn't really care for it.
2= It was ok.
3= I liked it a lot.
4= I loved it and would read it again.

Our group rated it 2.5 to 3.

I used the decorations from Abree's party.

For refreshments we had Old Fashion Oatmeal Cake and pink lemonade... seemed Southern to me. :)







Cold Sassy got it's name from the sarsaparilla trees that grew there. I had heard of sarsaparilla, but didn't know exactly what it was. I found out that they use the root of the sarsaparilla tree to make tea and soda. The soda is more commonly called rootbeer today. Get it? ROOTbeer.

I sent everyone home with their own sarsaparilla.
(I had to explain to my kids that it was only rootbeer. They were concerned that I had purchased alcohol, because of the look of the bottles.)









I also made everyone a bookmark. I had wanted to make those cute beaded ones with a little charm, but opted for a more simple one that I already had the supplies for.










In the end, I thought they turned out cute. We'll see if they actually work.

We named our group the "Read'em and Weep" club... or R.A.W. for short. Who knows what could happen in book club, with a name like that?! :)

Our club is not exclusive and would love to have more members. So if you're looking to get away in the evening once a month, and want some cool chicks to hang out with, come join our group.

Our next book selection is, "In This Mountain" by Jan Karon.