green_trilobite and I went to a tea-party the other day (anonymous Don was told by his sister a few months back that she'd help him move if he'd finally take their grandmother's tea service from her garage); his apartment still doesn't have a lot of chairs, but there were scones, and tongs for the sugar, and he'd run around the day before looking for clotted cream before finally tracking some down in the yogurt section of the supermarket; we dressed up, as did missmtoyou and Alexa. Dee was going to dress up, but she could only take a few hours off from marking papers, so she was in blue jeans, but her manners are impeccable. Don's sister was there, with her (step?)daughter, who I hope was not too bored - then again if she's anything like me at her age, being at an adult party was exotic enough to compensate for much.