We Look Forward to Seeing You on Thursday, May 14th at 5 p.m. at
The Spa at Norwich Inn
For
AAUW's Annual Meeting and Dinner Theater
This Old Hat–Leading Ladies
Presented by Patty Carver, Playwright in Residence for Connecticut Children’s Theatre
Scroll down for a sneak preview of our May baskets being offered to raise money
for scholarships for local girls and women.
Tickets will be sold for:
10 Tickets for $10, 30 Tickets for $20
Happy Birthday, Cupcake!
Here's something sweet for a special
person in your life. Basket includes:
 Six Happy Birthday cake plates
 Six matching mugs
 Two Betty Crocker "Fun-DaMiddles" cupcake mixes
 Cupcake decorating set
 Confectioner's sugar
 Serving platter
 Cupcake carrying boxes
Value: $40
What's Cookin' Good Lookin'?
Whip up an on-the-spot snack for surprise
guests (you don't have to tell them Marie
Callender or Neill helped):
 Marie Callender mixes: blueberry
muffins, cheese biscuits, sweet potato
muffins, and brownies
 Set of three white nesting bowls
 Confectioner's sugar, pastry decorator
 Neill's Irish raisin scones, brown bread,
raisin bread
 Two coffee pot hanging planters
 Large serving dish
(Value: $50)
Spring Has Sprung!
Spring brings a riot of vibrant colors.
Celebrate the change of season with
spring tulips and daffodils? Basket
includes:
 Tulips-patterned coffee pot
 Six matching mugs
 Daffodil candles and crystal
holder
 Two Tartlett Cookies
 Two Strawberry Wafers
 East Coast Market Coffee
 White tea
 Cherry oven dish for fresh cherry
tart
 White quiche dish
(Value: $40)
"Lovin' My Lobstah"
Ah! What's summer in southeastern Connecticut
without lobster? Think fun times, balmy nights,
barbeques, beach parties, and fireworks. Basket
includes:
 Lobster kit for four: includes 4
lobster crackers, 4 meat picks, 4
ramekin butter dishes, 4 disposable
bibs, 4 wet napkins, and 4 wooden
mallets.
 Lobster pail
 Bottle of Simi Sauvignon Blanc
 Two lobster serving plates
 Four stemmed wine glasses
 Shell containers
 Picnic cover
(Value: $40)
It's Wine Time!
Here's a creative present for someone you
love – a bottle of delicious wine along with
the proper accoutrements.
The basket includes:
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Glass Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
Four stemmed wine glasses
New York Bagel Chips
Fisher Almonds
Dry roasted Edamame
Cork coasters
Two E Wedel cookies
Sharper Image ice cube mold
(Value: $35)
Cookie Treasure Chest
Do you have someone close you want to do
something special for? This makes a thoughtful
gift to show you care. Basket includes:
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Value: $55
Floral storage chest
Nougatelli cookies
Raisin and Cranberry cookies
Double Chocolate cookies
Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie
Mix
Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Mix
Fluted quiche or tart dish
Floral paper plates
Two packages of pink napkins
Ridgways Darjeeling Tea
Two Lenox China coffee or tea mugs
Grill Power
Here's everything you need to fire
up your grill and get cooking!
 Barbeque apron and
utensil set
 Meat platter
 Reversible "Rib and Roast
Rack"
 Cedar plank for flavoring
 Williams Sonoma burger
press
 Citronella candles
 Two multipurpose lighters
 Everybody Grills cookbook
 Grill brush
This makes a great Father's Day
gift!
(Value: $55)
It's in the Cards
Is it your turn to host card night? Be ready
with these adorable serving dishes and snacks.
Basket includes:
 Four serving dishes, each in the
shape and imprint of a suit of
cards
 Bottle of Barefoot Pinot Grigio
 Four red Pier One serving plates
 Two EWedel Supreme Serving
Jaffa Cakes
 Brownie Brittle
 Two decks of authentic Casinostyle playing cards
 Fisher almonds
(Value: $45)
Party Time!
Feeling festive? You'll be
prepared for your first big picnic
and ready to party with plenty of
wine for a fine time! Basket
includes:
 Bottle Marborough
Sauvingnon Blanc
 Bogle Old Vine Zinfandel
 Sangria pitcher
 Four footed wines
 Large party platter/bowl
 Breton cookies
 Nut and chocolate snacks
 Cranberry blend snacks
 New York Bagel chips
 Pepperoni
 Fisher almonds
(Value: $60)
A Perfect Day in the
Garden
Finally! After all the snow and bad
weather, you can get outside into your
garden and bring things back to life
again! Basket includes:
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Seed starter crate
Rapid Turf grass seed
Big Book of Gardening
Claw tool
Digging Tool
Two packages mailbox and lamp
post flower seeds
Gardeners' holiday decorations
Iced tea pitcher
Iced tea mix
Garden stake
(Value: $$60)
Wedgewood Blue for You
Take your tea and celebrate the blue skies and blue
waters of spring. Basket includes:
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Quiche dish with blue design
Blue design teapot
Four Corelle mugs
Hat box or sewing box
Bahlsen Nuss Desert cookies
Bahlsen Deloba cookies
English Breakfast Tea
Blue and white napkins
(Value: $30)
For Olde Tymes' Sake
Don't feel like cooking for your guests? Head on down to the
Olde Tymes Restaurant and enjoy a hearty breakfast, lunch,
or dinner with this gift certificate. Basket includes:
 $25 Gift Certificate from Olde Tymes
Restaurant
 Wood salad bowl with painted-on Hydrangea
 Pair of wood "salad hands" salad servers
 Old Cape Cod Blush Wine Dressing
 Newman's Own Lite Balsamic Dressing
 Chatham Village Homestyle Caesar Croutons
 Crackers
(Value: $45)
Wine Bonanza
It's time to party! Here's enough wine to get
you through a lovely evening with friends. A
little white, a little red, a little taste of
everything! Basket includes:
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Stonington Seaport White Wine
Hahn Cabernet Sauvignon
Taylor Brooke Summer Peach
Barefoot Pinot Grigio
Amethyst ice bucket
Tarralli Rosemary Italian Pretzels
Dry roasted Edamame
Sweet and salty peanuts
Cork coasters
Fisher almonds
(Value: $55)
Easy Peasy Baking
No muss, no fuss! Do your baking
right in these nifty paper baking
containers and don't dirty a single
pan! Give your delicious cakes and
loafs to friends as gifts, too!
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Four paper bundt pans
Three packages of loaf pans
Cookie press
Banana Bread mix
Peaches and Cream loaf
mix
 Banana Bread loaf mix
 Mixing bowl
 Betty Crocker peanut
butter cookie mix
 Betty Crocker chocolate
chip mix
 Wood spatula
(Value $40)
Spa Delicious!
Here is a special spa delicious treat donated by the
Spa at Norwich Inn to help you pamper yourself
with apricots, a good book, and a cup of java.
Package includes:
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Tote
Bistro mug
Book titled The Universe Knows
Two Apricot Harvest Shower Gels
Apricot Harvest Body Lotion
Apricot Harvest Conditioner
(Value: $75)
Wine Lover's Delight
Take this basket down to the shore and
enjoy the sunset on a summer's night.
Munch on some snacks, too, and relish the
smell and sounds of the sea.
Basket includes:
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Barefoot Pinot Grigio
R Collection Field Blend Wine
Jonathan Edwards Chardonnay
Hormel Pepperoni
Olive Oil and Sea Salt Crackers
Breton Crackers
Forrelli snacks
Four etched stemmed wine glasses
(Value: $45)
Everyone has a great chance to win a basket!
See you at the dinner!
Price for basket raffle tickets is 10 tickets for $10, 30 tickets for
$20.