Lunch with Friends

Today's Beautiful Thing is lunch with friends. Three of us had lunch downtown, at the cutest little sandwich shop/bakery, and dined alfresco. It was such a lovely day, we didn't want to go back to the office. :)

I googled "lunch with friends" to find for a photo for today's post. The little play set above is actually called lunch with friends. Is it cute or what?

Cards and Gifts

Today's Beautiful Thing is the simple pleasure of wrapping gifts and writing a card for a special friend. I love the way the gift bags, tissue, ribbons, wrapping paper, and the card envelope coordinate in many fun colors.

CNN

Today's Beautiful Thing is CNN's Election coverage. The hubby and I are political junkees, and we enjoyed watching the late-night coverage.

Yum!

Today's Beautiful Thing is a leftover piece of cake from the hubby's birthday party Saturday night. It was 4 layers of cherry and chocolate cake, with 3 layers of cherry and fudge filling, and a lovely white buttercream icing. Heaven!

Sugar & Spice

Today's Beautiful Thing is the sweetness of children. In the parking lot at the grocery store, a little girl called out to me, "I love your hair."

I replied, "I like your hair too."

She pulled a piece out from either side of her head, "It's blond."

"It's very pretty," I told her.

Her sister, the cutest little redhead, popped her head around the side of their car and held pieces of her hair out for my inspection.

"I like your hair too," I told her.

She giggled.

Her little blond sister blew me a kiss.

My heart melted all over the parking lot.

Every little thing she does...

Today's Beautiful Thing is our little fairy princess. She wears her tiara, wings and wand oh so well. :)

A New Candidate

Today's Beautiful Thing is channeling sadness into hope. While I will always wonder what the world would have been like with John Edwards as president, I can't wallow in those thoughts forever. We visited the Barack Obama campaign headquarters and talked with his enthusiastic volunteers. I must admit, their excitement is infectious. We now have new bumper stickers on our cars, buttons on our lapels, as as well as a sign on our front lawn. Go Obama!