Beautiful Bride-to-Be

Mia's incredibly devoted and talented friends threw her a beautiful bridal shower at the Hyatt Hotel in Morristown, NJ yesterday. Mia was the recipient of all manner of gifts to prepare her for married life. They were heavy on the kitchen accoutrement, which is fine with Mia and Andrew as they enjoy cooking together. Missy's sister made Mia a fabulous whipped cream and strawberry cake with a ski theme. The weekend was like a lovely dream that is lingering in my mind as sweet recollections come rolling through my mind in waves. Today we had a leisurely morning before going to The Bargain Box - the Morristown Memorial Hospital thrift shop - to do our delayed Black Friday shopping. Matt found the perfect black dress suit and shoes to wear to Mia's wedding, along with an Oleg Cassini overcoat and a Jos. A. Bank trench coat. All are like-new. Matt has been worried about his wedding duds but no longer. Maggie and Mia scored big time with top-label coats, jackets and sweaters. Mia is wearing the gorgeous long, black, wool Perry Ellis coat she bought to NYC tonight, as her girlfriends are taking her to a club to celebrate and the teeny-tiny silver spangled party dress would hardly keep her warm. We traveled back to the farm in snow flurries today and found everyone in good shape. Kim and Kids took good care of the place and had a lovely fire burning in the wood stove as we came in from the cold with all our packages. I even brought home the bones from Andrew's turkey to boil and make soup. Dogs, cats, ducks and sheep are very happy to see us.