Friday, February 12, 2010

Pink Saturday All Week Long

I’ve been celebrating Pink Saturday all week…It started last Monday with my Beta Sigma Phi chapter…we had a Valentine gift exchange with our secret pals…we call them our Beta Buddies…my gift was darling…a Department 56  lighted M & M house with a dish in front for a heaping dose of M & M’s…we call them little pills for “Whatever Ails You”…Isn’t it just the cutest little house?

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And we had cookies with our name on them…heart shaped, of course.

valentines party at nancy's 2010 017   And frosted with shades of pink…But there’s more. On Wednesday  our friend Nancy hosted a crafting luncheon for our girlfriends’ crowd…or the Ya-Yas as we’re also known. She has a wonderful blog…it’s raining valentines over there…stop in to say “Hi”. http://www.mycraftylittlepage.blogspot.com/

She had letters all printed and ready to go for us to cut and create a Valentine banner. Her sweet hubby served us so we didn’t have to leave the work table or the banners we were creating…

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Chicken salad on a croissant with fruit and poppy seed dressing…and our favorite poinsettias to toast the day.

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We each had lovely banners to hang when we got home. Here’s mine…not nearly as well done as the others, but here alone with no competition to show it up, it looks just fine and Mama’s happy with it.

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And so it’s been a super week…pink from start to finish…Now stop in to give Beverly a hearty hello http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/     and add lots of  get well wishes. I think Beverly needs a few M&M’s while she recuperates. Stay warm and dry until we meet again.

5 comments:

Nancy said...

Oh my - her husband is certainly looking long in the tooth!! LOL Your bannner turned out so lovely. You may be a computer idiot but me, I'm a cellphone idiot. Everytime I switch over I screw it up...and then Bob came. Sigh. I'll call you manana. xoxo Nancy

Anonymous said...

Hey, her hubby looks mighty fine to me! What's that gal talking about long tooth stuff! If he still has his teeth, it's OK if they're a little long! :)

OK back to your lovely post! You LUCKY DUCK....I would LOVE to have that neat Dept 56 house. I didn't know they had such a thing!!! AND that cute cookie...how lovely! Also, I'm jealous right down to my toes that you gals, you "ya-yas", had such a fine gathering. Can I be a "ya-ya", too? Please? :)

Hope your VDay is filled with more fun and I also hope your PSat is a great one! Dana

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

What an adorable Dept. 56 house!
HV!
Debbie@debbie-dabble

♥Mimi♥ said...

So sorry that I missed you yesterday. It seemed like the day just ran away from me! But, with this being ♥Valentine's Day♥ what better time for me to stop by to see your Pink Saturday goodies.

It's been a long and dark winter up here near Canada so filling myself up with pink is my way on the weekend of chasing away the blues - not that blue isn't a nice color, too☺

I ♥ coming here. All the pink and all the girlie stuff just floods my brain and makes me want to do a happy dance right where I sit!

Thanks so much for sharing. After all, isn't sharing one of life's greatest pleasures?

♫Happy Valentine's Day♫

Kerri said...

Thank you for leaving such sweet comments on my blog!! I love your M&M house! I use to be in Beta Sigma Phi. I miss the girlfriend time we use to have. Once the boys starting getting into sports I had to give it up! I love your blog! Have a super weekend.



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Mexicana

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