hillarygayle | Tea sandwiches, shade-hardy plants, & prom!

It seems very silly that I don't like sandwiches very much, but you make that same sandwich into a tea sandwich (i.e., cut it into small pieces) and all of a sudden I'm a huge fan. Witness my bologna sandwiches on little butter & egg rolls.

Fact is, this has been my most favorite lunch as of recently: a cup of Twinings Irish Breakfast Tea & a plate of tiny little sandwiches. Most often they're a "salad" of some kind: chicken salad, tuna salad, pimento cheese, but today we have bologna, mustard & red leaf lettuce. I don't always use rolls; sometimes it's just wheat bread cut into triangles. Next up: I want to try my hand at Benedictine spread, bacon & olive salad, and cucumber sandwiches. I'd also like to find an egg salad recipe that isn't bland.

I've also been wanting to have a party at our house again. May is filled to the gills with STUFF, but June is still pretty open. Think I will schedule a Friday or Saturday afternoon for a 2.0 gathering. We can have tea sandwiches! :)

Went to see

girlwithoutfear today at Bennett's Nursery, where she works making amazing flower arrangements & beautiful jewelry. She helped me pick out a whole box full of shade perennials that will grow in my full-shade yard. It had never occurred to me that the dark red foliage I favor so much is an adaptation plants have to shade growth...so my favorite color plants are perfectly suited to growing in my yard! Pics soon. :)

Tonight is both the DMB concert in Southaven, MS (a suburb of Memphis) and the WHS Prom, which I want to attend because it's the last prom my high school will ever host. Then the DMB show in DALLAS is now being disrupted because the night BEFORE (we had planned on driving down that night) is WHS graduation! WEINER. WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO MESS WITH MY DAVE MATTHEWS BAND SHOWS. I HAVE HAD ABOUT ENOUGH OF THIS.

Seriously though, prom is going to be fun, I'm sure. Bryan has chosen suspenders & a bow tie. I am going to do a slightly retro hairstyle & full-rim glasses. Geek chic is fun. :)

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