i heart supper club

I live in an awesome neighborhood. There are many many houses I can go to, not just to borrow a cup of flour, but where my family has been invited for dinners, playdates, craft nights, and parties. Our children are all around the same ages and count each other as best friends. We carpool and share babysitters. We meet at the park for cupcakes, and other kids in the neighborhood know where everyone else keeps the popsicles. It's the main reason my upcoming move will be bittersweet.
A bunch of us neighbors started "supper club" as an excuse to get dressed up and go out to dinner once a month, without the husbands. We've shared gossip and secrets and stories; appetizers, drinks, and always, the bill. We've celebrated births, talked trash about exes, and shared stories of our losses. And as some of us move away, or our lives change as they inevitably do, we always have supper club to look forward to.
Our first 'anniversary' will be this week, on the first of February. So I just wanted to say: to Polly, Tracy, Melissa, Jo-An, Claire, Hanna, Cara, Rebecca, and Tara: Thank you for your friendship. And probably for the ride. And sorry I don't have a picture of all of us!