One of my favourite gatherings has to be the girls night. After all what can be more fun than gathering with a group of your best girlfriends over delicious food and heaps of drink for all the catching up and gossiping we can manage.
Last year was a little short on girls nights. It isn't that I didn't see my gorgeous possy of girls, it was just usually in the context of one on one catch ups or larger gatherings. So I decided to kick things off early this year and we have made a promise to hold them more regularly.
I nearly always serve tacos. They are so easy to make, simple to have gluten and/or dairy free (essential in my circle) and you can dress them up to suit yourself. We drank Pimms and lemonade, white wine sangria and caprioskas - with some alcohol free punch for the drivers. We chatted about what is happening in everyone's lives, workshopped wedding scenarios (there are 3 upcoming) and discussed various snippets of news. All pretty much our standard fare.
The thing about a girls night, however, is they are always so relaxed. I never worry about what to wear. Food is casual, conversation is flowing and the laughter rarely stops. They really are truly relaxed gatherings. And more to the point these are friends I absolutely trust, so it is the perfect group to talk through anything that is on my mind.
I feel really grateful to have found such a gorgeous group of girls and can imagine these nights will continue till we all have to arrange to be in the same nursing home together.
Mexican is my go-to for entertaining too ... after all, everyone loves sangria!
ReplyDeleteOh my, we made so much sangria we were still drinking it yesterday. Not that I'm complaining mind you!
DeleteWhat a lovely tradition - I have to admit that while I see my closest female friends semi-regularly, it isn't usually in this sort of context (as you say, either bigger events or sometimes smaller, one-on-one ones). It sounds like you have a great tradition and I hope it does persist until nursing home time!
ReplyDeleteI can seriously envision us as little old ladies. We will still be gossiping about all the same stuff and drinking too much into the small hours of the morning.
DeleteAwe!! Love this. I adore my girls nights. Currently planning a BIG one as one of our bffs is returning from a year in france! Cannot wait :)
ReplyDeleteHeidi xo
Oh how exciting. Our next one has been scheduled (we are determined to have more this year) and will be right after a group of the girls come back from Vietnam. I can't wait to hear the stories.
DeleteAww. So lovely! And I love Mexican food in general for that - it's fun and easy and so delicious.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kaitlyn! And Mexican is perfect. Every time I consider making something else but I just can't think of a better substitute.
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