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I showed you HERE and HERE how my friends and I spend a weekend every year together on a Girls Trip. We have theme dinners and this year a progressive Pinterest inspired appetizer night. My team and I took the others on a little journey to Tuscany with THIS display.

Another group of friends took a Pinterest idea of serving a Mexican layered dip in a cup, kicked it up a few notches, and served their dip in a martini glass accessorized with a mini Mexican blanket/sarape.

Michelle purchased a plastic tablecloth at a party store, cut out small rectangles, punched a hole in each piece and attached them to the martini glasses with a small piece of jute. Simple and perfect.

Pick up an assortment of martini glasses at Goodwill and make this appetizer for your next Fiesta, your guests can have their appetizer in one hand and their drink in the other and you’ll be the perfect hostess/host!

¡Salud!

The Goodwill Gal

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On my yearly Girls Trip with 11 of my closest friends (HERE), we have themed dinner nights. In the past, we’ve had Fiesta Night, with Mexican food and music, an evening eating sushi with Japanese decor to match, called Sushi to the Max, and also a Hawaiian night, Wahinis Gone Wild, just to name a few. This year, our coordinator, Sheila, came up with a Pinterest inspired theme. Prior to our trip, we were put into teams of 3 for a progressive evening, dining on appetizers. The teams were to provide an appetizer and beverage for the group, setting up a display was optional.

My group decided on a Caprese salad with grilled crostini and a crisp Sangria to compliment it. Since we had the amazing Sedona red rocks as our landscape, we decided to take our guests to the hills of Tuscany.

Using a wooden bench from inside the home, we set up a rustic table, using items from Goodwill, at the end of a bocci ball court.

We used my huge Goodwill hurricane, loaded with peaches, oranges, apples and more, from Goodwill for the sangria, and my friend Vicki provided the Pinterest inspired wine glasses. The glasses were dipped in chalkboard paint so we could write each guests name in chalk. Everyone could find their wine glass and we had no MIA wine charms. Genius!

Night time arrived, and among the candlelight votives placed in the desert landscape, we all sat in benches and chairs, listened to Italian music, sipped Sangria, and savored a peaceful evening with friends. Perfecto!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Ciao!

The Goodwill Gal

My Goodwill Shopping LIst:

Gold rustic vase: $10.99

Silver candelabra: $15.99

Red checkered tablecloth: $3.99

Wooden salad bowl: $4.99

Picnic basket: $4.99

Large glass hurricane: $12.99

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While I was on a Girls Trip (see here) in Sedona last weekend, the ladies and I celebrated a milestone birthday for our friend, Vickie, with an elegant sit down dinner.

The home we were staying in was in a remote area and access in and out was quite treacherous so we packed everything needed for the entire weekend.

While everyone was assigned food items for the dinner, I was in charge of setting the table. I loaded up bins with items from Goodwill and had to ship it to the home with some of the ladies in two separate cars!

It was a perfect evening with food and friends.

Goodwill. Don’t leave home without it.

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Menu:

Caesar salad

Twice baked potatoes

Grilled beef fillets

Oreo parfait for dessert

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Here’s my elegant dinner table set up with items from Goodwill:

Large silver Godinger candelabra: $15.99

3 White tablecloths: $3.99 each

Black and white plate chargers: $2.99

Miscellaneous candlesticks: .99 – $1.99

4 Silver vases with roses: $2.99 each

Sprigs of rosemary, compliments of the Sedona landscape.

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Every year, 11 of my best friends and I get together for a weekend of fun. This year we spent our weekend in Sedona, Arizona. My outfits were from Goodwill and the views, the food and the friendship were all a gift from heaven.

One evening we celebrated a friend’s birthday with a black and white dinner party and this is what my friend Michelle and I wore.

Since I’m all about shopping Goodwill I had to grab Michelle and do a side-by-side comparison of our outfits.

Michelle’s a great friend and supports my thrift shopping so she was happy to oblige.

Obviously, I’m going to have to work on Michelle to curb her retail spending habits! After all, her best buddy is The Goodwill Gal! I do have to say Michelle donates her designer apparel quite frequently to Goodwill. I imagine the gal who snags this Bebe jumpsuit is going to be very happy!

Here’s to Good Friends, Good Times and Goodwill!

The Goodwill Gal

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My House of Goodwill: Seaside Decor

School has started, summer vacation is over and it’s time to take my summer seaside decor down and do a little nesting for fall. At this home, hockey, football and soccer take center stage so I’ve got to keep things simple around here to keep up with all the action.

As for my relaxing summer themed decor from Goodwill, it’s served me well by providing me with the feel of living in a quaint seaside town, even though I look out the window and see another dust storm rolling in. That’s life in Arizona.

Other than the vases and the lantern on the fireplace, the succulents, and the Perrier water on the table, I’d say everything else was purchased at my local Goodwill and styled with inspiration from a Pottery Barn summer catalog.

So long summer,

The Goodwill Gal

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