A Progressive Nibbling

All the hustle and bustle from the last few weeks paid off as we were able to take time this week to enjoy the company of family and friends.

Yesterday, our luncheon club planned what we called a Progressive Nibbling. Not really a full luncheon, we progressed from home to home to enjoy Christmas tables and have a sampling of food of the hostess's choice.

We started at 10:30 with some coffee punch 

and nibbled our way from house

 to house...

 to house.

 Some pretty wonderful

  husbands and children 

got marching orders via cell phone 

when the group was on the way. 

We enjoyed everything
 from quiche to soup to fondue,

but mostly...

we just enjoyed the fellowship.

 We finally ended up at my house for dessert and hot beverages in the late afternoon.

I carried that shiny red kodak from table to table in anticipation of this post. I had planned to show every home, but very few shots came out at all. Apparently, I lack the ability to eat, yak and snap.

I do have a few shots of my own table
that morning

before the food was set out.

Just imagine

a variety of cheescakes sliced on this tiered dish...

I borrowed that plate stand from the Duchess

and used one each of the three dishes  in my place setting.

They're from a variety of sets, old and new.

See?

The dinner plate is Celebrations by Radko (Target).

 The salad plate is from a set that I've had for years.

The mugs match it.

I bought this little tea set at Home Goods.

Yes, I know it's a tea pot.

I served coffee in it instead.

You can do that when you're serving friends.

Of course, I offered cocoa too.

Now, we actually only used these dessert plates

which match that tea set.

My sister gave them to me for an early

birthday gift this year.

They have different patterns.

My favorite it the pinecone in the first picture.

And even though it wasn't an actual luncheon,

I still felt the need to make these little placecard holders

from shoe ornaments.

Because they were only a dollar a piece at Walmart, and well...

they're cute.

So I assigned places even though we didn't even sit at the table.

We just grabbed our dessert dishes and mugs

and headed to the living room for more informal chat time.

We finished the day with an overstuffed

group waddle to the mall.

 All in all,

our progressive nibbling

 made for a fun Christmas adventure.

I hope we make it a yearly tradition.

I'll be posting this on The Porch

when I get home from looking at Christmas lights with the family.