Four of my favorite sorority sisters came to visit to catch up on girl talk and watch a football game, a nice balance if you ask me. Mackenzie, Robin, Emily, Leigh and I have started a semi-annual reunion schedule since we all graduated from TCU. So far we have been able to plan reunions around bachelorette parties, weddings, and TCU bowl games. This reunion was somewhat random, but it had been about 9 months since we were all together in Phoenix for the Fiesta Bowl.
After the whole crowd arrived on Friday night, we went out to dinner at Good Food on Montford, a swanky neighborhood tapas-inspired restaurant. JJ was living the life, sitting at a table surrounded by 5 beautiful women. After dinner, JJ was kind enough to drop us off downtown so we could re-live our bar hopping days of college. (This was a bit of a stretch for some of us, who are usually in bed by 11, but worth it for the fun factor). We started at Ri Ra, an Irish pub, where we were the youngest by 20 years. We took advantage of the many beers on tap, and then headed out to find the cool kids. JJ and I aren't really up on the Charlotte bar scene (or any bar scene for that matter) so I told the girls we were just going to have to wing it. We followed the crowds until we came across Connolly's on 5th, another Irish pub. Based on the outdoor patio, the music they were playing, and the fact that every person going in or out looked like they walked straight out of a j. crew catalog we new we had found the right place. No creepers here (well I guess there were a few, but that is just a given at any bar)! We ended the night at BlackFinn, where the creepers were out in full force. Don't worry, I enlisted the help of 2 big guys, who looked totally out of place and kept rolling their eyes at the weird guys that kept circling my friends. We found out they were from Iowa. Obviously they were good people if they come from God's Country.
Most of Saturday was spent recovering from Friday and watching college football, but we did make it to Terrace Cafe for brunch and a few of us took Barney for a walk on the nature trail behind our house. That night we popped a bottle of champagne and played a few rounds of the Game of Things (best game ever, if you don't own it go out and get it before your next group gathering). Emily took this opportunity to ask us all to be her bridesmaids, which was quite exciting!! This will be my first time in that role and I will be happy to return the favor after she did such a great job for my wedding. Emily also shared with us the bridesmaid dresses she had selected for us...Robin came out modeling a hideous tight red quinceanera looking dress with reflective sequins all over. It took us about 2.5 seconds before we all realized this was a joke. Nice try Emily, we all know you have better taste then that! To celebrate (as if we weren't "celebrating" all weekend) we went to dinner at The Wine Shop at Foxcroft and the ended the night with fro-yo at Yoforia and a drink at Selwyn Avenue Pub.
Sunday was game day! We had breakfast at Eddie's Place (where the waiters always recognize JJ, haha) and then headed to the stadium. It was terribly hot and our seats were on the sunny side. After about 2 minutes I gave up and took the grls over to the shade side and sweet talked the usher into letting us sit there until the real ticket holders showed up. Luckily they never did, so the game was much more bearable...minus the loss. After the game we went to Red Rocks for dinner and then came home and played Apples to Apples.
Everyone else left on Monday morning, so Leigh and I had the rest of the day to enjoy SouthPark Mall (she was going through Nordstrom's withdrawals living in Omaha) and getting pedicures. The perfect way to end a girly weekend.
It makes me so happy to have these girls in my life, and it is always so much fun to catch up on their (totally exciting and successful) lives. Can't wait for our next trip! Is it too early to start planning our Vegas trip for Emily's Bachelorette??? No? I didn't think so either :)
** Also, next time ladies we need to do a better job of taking pictures!
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