Posts Tagged ‘Deidra23’

Years ago, there was a group of us who used to get for coffee every week.  We were all stay at home mom’s (well, I was a stay at home preggo at that point… the benefits of a cruddy pregnancy and not being able to work), and so Leigh-Anne, Nic, and I would all invade Crystal’s house, put our feet up, gossip, share, commiserate, and relax.

One-by-one, everyone gradually went back to work.  Except me – I’m still the lazy bum.

We still try to get together for the occasional lunch or an evening of cardmaking, but schedules make it hard.

I’ve really been missing that, the longer I stay a home.

So about a month ago, Crystal decided to resurrect the coffee time.   It’s a new group of ladies; people we’ve met on Twitter.  But every other Saturday, we troupe over to a nice coffee shop in the south of Calgary and chill.

These fabulous ladies;

• Crystal, our fearless organizer, supplier of Avon brochures (which is why we call our coffee dates ‘#brochuresniffing’….don’t judge), bringing of pretty jewelry to play with, and fellow coffee snob.  Fun fact:  for some reason we haven’t figured out, Vista insists on calling her oldest daughter ‘Princess’.
• Jackie - she’s one of those people who walk in to a room and you can’t help but smile at.  Last week she showed up with the CUTEST crocheted cap that she had made for Vista.  So sweet.
  
• At the last coffee day, Danielle braved the waters and came out to join us.  This woman is what it is to be classy.  I want to be her if I ever grow up.  Oh, and I may have been totally coveting the scarf she was wearing.  If I could have figured out a way to get it off her, I probably would have… but don’t tell her that, mmmkai?

Now it’s your turn. Create your own coffee tweetup. It’s a great way to get out for a few hours and make some fab new friends. Then you’ll have some great picks for your own Follow Friday post, too.

If you’d like to play along , then link up, and if you’re so inclined, grab a badge.

<a href=”http://www.princessjenn.com/?cat=114″ target=”_blank”><img border=”0″ alt=”Princess Jenn’s ‘Princess Prose’” src=”http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx353/designsbyprincessjenn/Followfriday.jpg” /></a>

That’s right, it’s Follow Friday time!

This week is the shopping and gifts edition.  So get your credit cards ready.

• LYIS is a great twitter follow.  And her esty store?  DROOOOOOOOOOL.  I mean, what little girl wouldn’t love this quillow?  (I’m thinking this would make a great Christmas present for Vista)
• Deidra23 is my IRL (in-real-life) friend.  Yeah, that means the poor girl has to actually put up with me in person. She also owns Johnson Originals with her hubby (Dragonflybytes).  I love, love, love their jewelry.  The only bracelets I wear are the ones she’s made for me.  And if you have to wear a medic alert like I do, she makes custom, interchangeable bracelets that are WAY better than those ugly silver ones.  I get people coming up and complementing me on them all the time.
• Another Twitter fav of mine is RJFlamingo.  Witty and oh so funny.  In addition to her Flamino Musings blog she also has an estate sale going on where she’s selling her MIL’s jewelry (that’s right mother-in-laws… this is why you should be nice to your daughter-in-laws. *grin*)
• And finally, Ladybugsgrama.  I totally want her to adopt me.  She is teh awesome.  You can find her hiding out in the Vixen’s Den making aprons for her Apron Frenzy shop.  Trust me, these aren’t your mothers (or grandmother’s) aprons.  These are sexy.  And she even has kids smocks that would be great for painting and crafts (think less laundry)

You can link your Follow Friday post and see other Follow Fridays over at My Life With Them