“In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.”
Anon
I do love a chocolate chip, Spidey!
So, it’s the last day of my half-term break, and yes, I have rested. I read many, many books. I also did a little work on the manuscript and have sent my edited version to the publisher and editor!
But the most fun thing was that I met my friends! Two sets of friends, actually Ona slightly newer bunch, in the Society of Authors, local chapter. We had a great evening chatting about all things writing and publishing. There are a few very successful and prolific writers within my group. I am fortunate to be a part of it!
The icing on the cake this week though was meeting my Tootie Frooties! If you go back around three or four years on my blog, you’ll have seen me mention them more. We are a group of women and mums who came together a while ago. All like-minded with the need to be able to let down our hair without the constraints of being mums and wives. We even completed a charity walk in London for Cancer Research a while back.
Long story short, our friendship has been there throughout the last few years, but what with Covid and lockdowns, and life, we haven’t been able to meet up for around three years. Our WhatsApp group has remained active, and some of us have met individually here and there, but a physical meet-up hasn’t happened. Life happens. Some members weren’t able to be there, but seven of us managed to get together for a drink, a lovely Italian meal, and a lot of laughs.
It was much needed.
It was a later night than I am used to since I am getting older now😜 and need my sleep, but I felt so refreshed after!
So, tell me, how often do you get out with your friends?
Wishing you a wonderfully peaceful Sunday, Peeps!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Jan 09, 2023 @ 14:29:02
🤗🤗
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Jan 09, 2023 @ 08:12:44
😍😍
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Nov 04, 2022 @ 00:10:22
Tootie Frooties!!! YES! I remember, as we both have a similar group of friends. I am SO glad you were together again. It’s a tonic for the soul.
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Nov 04, 2022 @ 06:02:10
It was much needed, Jennie 💛
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Nov 05, 2022 @ 00:15:40
Oh, yes!!!
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Nov 02, 2022 @ 04:20:04
It’s nice to read that you and Tootie Frooties were able to meet in-person after such a long time apart. Everyone ages, Ritu, and somehow you always look flawless.
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Nov 02, 2022 @ 06:01:52
Aw thank you, Leanne! I’m definitely ageing! But beingveith friends is the most important thing 🥰
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Oct 31, 2022 @ 18:35:25
Congratulations to the reunion with your besties, Sis! You are all looking wonderful! 🙂 xx Michael
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Oct 31, 2022 @ 18:56:26
Thank you, Bro. It was wonderful 😁
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Oct 31, 2022 @ 19:14:21
Women in reunion always saying this, as long as no man is in the team. 🙂 xx Michael
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Oct 31, 2022 @ 19:15:05
😁😁
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 21:45:27
Sounds fun Ritu. I must admit to missing my Cambridge friends and author/illustrator group a lot now that I’ve moved away. I hope to see some of them sometime in the New Year. My Cambridge friends, we have known each other since our kids were babies, or youngsters. I’m very sociable and love meeting up with old friends.
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 21:58:14
It’s always great whenever you can get together 🥰
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Oct 31, 2022 @ 11:09:45
It is indeed. 🙂
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 15:10:51
What a great support group to have! Glad there were drinks to celebrate!
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 15:34:09
It was lovely, John 🥰
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 11:51:21
Staying in touch with our friends is so important. It gives us so much and we can be the ones we used to be years ago… lol. I have started meeting old friends more lately. And I am meeting my BFF at least once a month for years. We are best friends for 40 years now. Isn’t that a gift?
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 12:25:26
That truly is a gift, Sis 💛
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 12:51:39
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 11:48:18
Sounds like a great half term break and so glad you got out with the girls and the “Local Chapter” you sound like Hells Angels 🤭💜💜💜💜💜
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 12:24:57
Ha ha!!! Not quite Hells Angels, but it was all fun!
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 12:31:25
Glad to hear that 💜💜
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 10:35:21
how great, these meet-ups are so incredibly important!
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 10:39:23
Oh, they really are, and when you have one after letting them slip, you remember just how important, again 💛
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 10:19:10
Gathered with a couple of the gals this past Tuesday for a midday visit (one of the benefits of all of us being retired) and it was wonderful! Congrats that you were able to connect with your buddies! ❤
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 10:27:28
Oh that must have been great, Sis 😘
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 07:49:48
Great night out and lovely photos, Ritu. One of my favourite times of year is December, when I try to catch up with some old friend from my ‘corporate world’ as. Sue used to call it…
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 08:01:58
Thank you, Steve.
The festive run up seems a good a time as any to catch up, doesn’t it? 🤗
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 09:06:54
Early December is better. It gets a bit counter productive later!!
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 09:37:48
True!
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 07:06:55
I haven’t been out of the house in such a long time, I have so much catching up to do!
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 07:40:10
Aside from school, and seeing my in-laws, I am the same, so this was such a wonderful treat, and I am just excited that I have at least three more occasions where I am going out before Christmas, with my Tootie Frooties, once, and colleagues and friends, too!
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Oct 31, 2022 @ 08:00:52
With all the germs out there, I’m in no hurry to step outside…
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Oct 31, 2022 @ 08:26:26
I bet, hun 😁
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 05:59:10
I think that meeting friends is the best therapy ever.
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 07:39:07
I have to agree, there💛
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Oct 30, 2022 @ 08:58:36
💖
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