keepin' Sunday dinner special.

I brought out some stemware and a nice water jug. 

And some wine ...

I lit a candle in my new glass piece.



Spicy white bean dip & water crackers.  (Yes I wore gladiator sandals to dinner.  Holla.)



Taco fixings.

Self Portrait.

Dessert, (some were saved for breakfast ;).  Thanks Joleen!!

Last night's dinner was not special, per se, until I decided to style it up and make it so.  December nights can be funny in their tone - either they're super super special, complete with sparkly shoes & lips--- or not at all special and spent feeling entirely un festive, a la PJ's on the couch.  I was looking for something a little in between, a little piz azzy & pretty for me but not so much to confuse my dinner date into thinking he needed to change his shirt or sit at the table with a napkin in his lap.  Dinner was slow roasted pork and mushrooms  (think lots of white wine & peppers & sage) with guacamole, corn tortillas & spinach salad and dessert was lemon gelato with a toasted croissant.  Totally perf.