Girls Get Together

This weekend my sweet daughter-in-law hosted a get together early holiday tea for her friends. It is so nice to see these girls having such a good time together, chatting away and enjoying afternoon tea and sweet things. They all have such very busy schedules and it was really interesting to me to watch them literally slow down and relax while taking afternoon tea, as if transported back to a simpler time.  I LOVE afternoon tea, it just rejuvenates you and simply forces you to slow down, take a breath and enjoy the moment. In these busy times we all need afternoon tea to pick us up!

My daughter-in-law even insisted on having a very traditional English Christmas Pudding as part of the menu, an acquired taste unless you're a Brit! At one time this dessert was very foreign to her but after many years now in the family she loves it as much as we do. I wasn't sure how her friends would react though but they all seemed to enjoy it!

I wasn't too swift with my camera so a lot of the food was already gone before I took photos!

A cute thing... one of my daughter-in-law's friends couldn't remember the name for a tea cosy, and referred to it as a tea "huggie".  I love it, think about all that lovely tea being hugged to keep it warm :)