ahhhmazing weekend.

so, i pretty much had the best weekend ever.

i realised a few weeks ago that i hadn't had a free weekend since

AUGUST

and therefore got really excited when i saw this delightful workless rehearsaless planless weekend coming up on the calendar.

i started thinking, what, oh what shall i do with it?

and it was then that i realised. all i really wanted to do was bake.

or more like,

bakeandbakeandbakeandbake

so friday night was my amazing bookgroup, which went on for 6 hours - we always deviate from actual book discussion about an hour or two in, but any conversation with these girls is wonderful. plus they don't judge me when i confess embarrasing things about "sisterhood of the travelling pants". i'm always so uplifted to be around them, its good to be with people who are in the same place in life as you and are going through the same things, facing the same decisions and oh my aren't we all facing some decisions right now!

saturday morning-

BAKING DAY!

catherine and caroline, who are in my bookgroup and also the amazing pride and prejudice cast i'm a part of this season, came over and baked and listened to french music for a while

we made blackberry-apple kuchen, rarebit muffins, chocolate cake, and banana-chocolate muffins

can i make baking my spiritual gift please? =)

as the first step in making baking my spiritual gift, i took a red ridinghood basket over to dan and caitlin

that evening i had the place to myself, so i made a tasty omelette, had some cake and tea, and watched a short movie. it was one of those evenings that makes me feel better about my future. i always worry that i'll turn into a tvdinner girl who scrambles together meals, but the fact that i voluntarily used a dessert fork to eat my cake and took the trouble to put cinnamon on the whipped cream makes me feel a little better about that.

aaaaaand around 9:30 emily and ally decided to do a little spontaneous kidnapping, so they came and stole me away for the night. those girls are awesome.

"lets make crazy faces so they can't see how tired we look!"

i guess i missed the memo... ugh. nice havingaweirdface skills there =/


SO pretty much the best weekend ever. i should feel more rested than i do, but all i've felt like doing all week is hibernate. its awful. i think it's the weather, cold dreary grey weather isn't exactly energizing weather. hope you had a grand weekend too!

The Book Group of Wonder

I've recently organized a book group with some wonderful friends I met in a Shakespeare class. We meet once a month, and so far we've read Manalive, by GK Chesterton, and The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton. Last night was our third meeting, we had a potluck dinner and cupcakes... and I just want to say...

these girls are incredible. It's not often you meet 8 girls who are all brilliant, eloquent, lively, funny and awesome in the same class. It just amazes me where all our conversation goes...

social annahilization - hamlet - twilight bashing - obama - darth vader - chuck norris - marc chagall - christian artists - edward elgar - creating our own university - gilbert and sullivan - and on and on until late into the evening.

It is wonderful, they are wonderful. I hope you have friends as awesome and brilliant as mine.

(most of us are in the picture, which was taken on the last day of Shakespeare class with the amazing Mrs Lovell.)