A Spring Mimosa Tasting Brunch

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I threw a mimosa tasting brunch for a few of my PA girlfriends last weekend and we had such a good time! Now that the weather is warming up, I get this urge to host more at home. When I woke up, I immediately checked the weather and luckily although it was raining heavily it was noted that the rain would stop by 11am. My brunch was scheduled for 11:30am and by 10:30am the sun was out in full force. Because of that all our outdoor furniture dried so we were able to eat out on the deck like I planned.

I made a simple egg muffin recipe that I found on Pinterest and it was ridiculously easy and so good. I picked up bottles of champagne, juices, bagels, three flavors of cream cheese and a few treats and invited the girls over for some girl chat, food and mimosas. Brunch is so much easier (and less expensive!) to host so I'm not surprised that I see a lot more of these in the future.

I picked up four different containers of juice; of course orange juice as it is the classic. I also picked up an orange pineapple combination, mixed berry and a lemonade with raspberry combination. We tried them all and my favorite was the champagne and lemonade raspberry combination. We made sure to add strawberries, blueberries and/or raspberries in our mimosas.

I took some pictures before the girls arrived to share and as usual I got carried away
and took pictures of nearly every possible angle...

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Izabella being one of the girls in the picture below makes me laugh.

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I'm thrilled that the move to PA allowed me to meet these women.
To think that there was a time when I did not even know they existed...

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I also took pictures around the house to share some new additions because I received a request to share more home posts on the blog. I�ll work on that post and share shortly!

I hope you all are having a wonderful week and have amazing weekends!
The weather this weekend is suppose to be hot with no sign of rain. Hallelujah! ♥

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