Celebrating Sisterhood (VERY PICTURE HEAVY)
Did you guys have a good weekend? I sure did!!
I have told you guys before how much Patrice and Stacey mean to me. These are truly two amazing women! I love them both dearly! Love you ladies :-)
Ok...enough mush lol....
Well, we planned a trip to get together and have a good time. I've met Stacey before but not Patrice...BOY did we have fun!
I hoped in a plane early Friday morning...
To go and see these ladies! I had a nice little flight so what did I do??
Did a lot of knitting and listening to my ipod. I LOVE that thing!
I STILL don't understand the logistics of my flight..I had to fly to Chicago just to fly down to North Carolina...but OH WELL lol. When I got there I saw these neat Lego displays..
I thought these were so neat! Aj LOVES legos so this was more for him than me lol.
After a little layover I FINALLY made it to Charlotte
YAY! We left the airport and went straight to Bojangles for some nice and greasy fried chicken lol. It was SO good!
We then made our way to the fabric store Mary Jo's
OMG! This store is HUGE...
I am SO glad I made the exception to not buy fabric unless it was vacation fabric when I said I wouldn't buy any fabric until the new year lol.(dang, how many times did I say fabric? LOL)
Serious discussion going on lol
Cutting some fabric! Wooo Hoooo lol
It was OVER once I found the knits :)
Ohhhhhhhhhhh I was in heaven!! I will have to show pics of what I got later on lol.
Yep, we stopped for half a second to take a picture lol
After fabric shopping, we went back to Stacey's place to rest up for a minute and freshen up.
They even had a birthday cake for me!! Awwwwwwwwww. I was doing something on my phone and didn't even notice them lighting the candles lol
You guys are so sweet!!! After those festivities we went out to dinner...
The food was yummy!
and so were the drinks!
Just a group shot...
we had SOOOOOO much fun lol
After dinner we went home..rested for a few then got dressed and went to Blue Restaurant and Bar and had a FAB time!!
I promise y'all we really didn't sleep lol. We left there and headed over to "Kiss"
Whhooooo talk about fun!
We had a blast. Have I said that already? I will probably say it some more lol. Tanisha is in the red hat. She is Stacey's neighbor and she is a sweet heart too! HEY TANISHA!!! :)
Once we left KISS, we headed home and passed out. I woke up at 4:30 despite not going to bed until ummm shortly before then lol. It's my internal clock. Sorry bout that Patrice :-)
Saturday was SO.MUCH.FUN!!!!
We met up with some fab ladies!!!
Michelle who SERIOUSLY needs to update her blog, Nik, Delta Purl aka Jennifer, Toni, Renee and I even met Christi aka Turtlegirl!
We all met up at The Cottage Yarn Shop...
Ohhh so much pretty yarn! I will have to show those purchases later as well :)
Nik was serious about her shopping y'all lol
Yep...SO much fun lol.
We left there and headed over to Big Daddy's Burger Bar
OMG... TALK about GOOD. Like VERY good!
I had a "spiked" milkshake. It was SO good. Even Patrice who is the most picky eater I have EVER known liked it lol. It was called a Royal Peaches & Cream. SO good. Once I got mine, everyone else at the table wanted one hahahaha. It was the bomb. I want to make some at home lol.
We left there and headed over to Charlotte Yarn
This store was really nice!
Stacey took us to the mall next...it was a nice mall. I picked up some perfume and that was it lol
We left there and I FINALLY GOT TO GO TO TRADER JOE'S!!!!
I now see what all the rage is! Christina would send me tea from there and I LOVED it. NOW I have gone and I am totally hooked. EVERYTIME I go to Atlanta I will restock! LOL Ohhh and I picked up a few bottles of white wine that I've heard so much about! It's SOOOO good! Ben the wine guy was HILARIOUS...
We left there and rested up for a few minutes and headed back out to another spot called Tempo.....babbbbyyy Michelle you were right..it was "different" lol
People watching was SO INSANE and SO funny it was just CRAZY!!! This one dude...man..and these two girls that looked like men...and well just wow lol.
We had such a good time...I know I keep saying that but we really did lol.
I guess this post is long enough..I will say that before I got on the plane to come home it started snowing in Chicago lol and it was COLD up there!!!! 30 degrees in Chicago and 30 degrees in Alabama is TOTALLY different. Dana and Robin, I don't know how you do it lol.
Thank you Stacey for a wonderful time and for being such a super sweet host! I had a blast!!!
Ok, you guys have a great week! I have ONE more birthday celebration for me tonight and that is it for my birthday! LOL
Toodles!!!
OH GIRL LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN!!! I'm so happy for you guys! Girl.. you look amazing.. in every photo!!!
Posted by: Ronalyn | November 11, 2008 at 01:37 AM
You did an EXCELLENT job on the details..except poetry night and the bee movie! ;op Haha! Okay I had to tease! Haha!
SOOO glad you came to visit me Adrienne! It was a wonderful time!!! Luvs ya gurl!!!
Posted by: Stacey_CrimsonPurl | November 11, 2008 at 05:55 AM
Looks like you had a fabulous time. Come on, repeat after me, my name is Adrienne and I'm an addict".(lol) I don't care how many fabric diets I put myself on, something always seem to pull me in and I fall off the wagon.
Posted by: Cynthia Dickinson | November 11, 2008 at 06:20 AM
The pictures look wonderful!!! You guys had lots of fun! And I can't wait to see the new fabrics, LOL!!! That store is so HUGE!!
Posted by: Tany | November 11, 2008 at 07:01 AM
I saw Stacy's post first. Glad you girls had a great time. Looks like you made the most of every minute. You can always sleep when you get home:D
Posted by: cici | November 11, 2008 at 07:56 AM
Omg! Why am I tearing up over here?! Ugh. Lol
I had such a fab time with yall I mean a REAllY good time!!
Lol @ we did have fun a poetry night :p
And Tempo was FUNNY!!
Love you girlie
Posted by: patrice | November 11, 2008 at 07:57 AM
I so enjoyed meeting you ladies in person! I had a great time yarn shopping and most of all eating! OMG that that Royal Peaches & Cream was the BOMB!!! All I could do was shake my head. Hope to see you again...and I'll try to update my blog next week. I've seriously been on a blog hiatus!
Posted by: Michelle | November 11, 2008 at 08:40 AM
Aren't girl friends the BEST?!!!! The fun just spills out onto your page.
Posted by: Julia | November 11, 2008 at 08:44 AM
You guys crammed a lot of fun into a weekend! Can't wait to see the fabric and yarn purchases...but don't take your clock down yet...I need it to keep track! LOL! And I'm jealous of the trek to Mary Jo's - I've always wanted to go there!!!!
Posted by: Carolyn | November 11, 2008 at 09:15 AM
Wow! It looks like you all had a BLAST! Good times! :)
Posted by: Keelah | November 11, 2008 at 09:33 AM
That is really cool! Looks like ya'll had a great time. Ahem...I'll expect an invitation next go round.
I can post that here, and on Stacey's page. Patrice might curse me out as I only lurk on her site. Got to get to commenting so I can be included in the fun. (LOL)
Posted by: Fergie | November 11, 2008 at 09:39 AM
Just hopped over from Stacy's blog to your blog. I really enjoyed looking thru all your pics. Fun times!!! Nothing like living proof in sistahood. You guys are so blessed!
Posted by: Jeanine | November 11, 2008 at 10:06 AM
What a cool time! Stacey is a tiny little lady! I couldn't tell that from her pics.
Posted by: Erica B. | November 11, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Glad all of you had a Fabulous time and the pics really said it all... Total Fun!
Posted by: sheila | November 11, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Wow, you weren't kidding when you said picture heavy! Looks like you had a TON of fun.. and serious, your first time in Trader Joe's.. maybe you should open one up down there ;) heh.. Now let's see the fabric!
Posted by: yaiAnn | November 11, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Looks like a great time!
Posted by: Christie | November 11, 2008 at 11:39 AM
You really got me jealous with this post! lol. So much fun, fabric, yarn, and food. My kind of living!
Posted by: Susan - Knitters Delight | November 11, 2008 at 11:48 AM
LOL @ Chicago 30 isn't Alabama 30. Yes it is.
Posted by: Freaky Deaky | November 11, 2008 at 11:54 AM
What an awesome time you had! The pictures are great!
Posted by: Kristi S | November 11, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Wow!!! So enjoyed reading about the great time you had with your new Blog friends. That is just wonderful. I'm sorry you had to experience for a few minutes the cold that I LIVE with here in Chicago. It is a different kind of cold than when I am at my "REAL" home in Atlanta. I've been living in Chicago for 7 years and you never get used to the cold.
Posted by: Marcia | November 11, 2008 at 01:04 PM
so glad you had a good time!
welcome to the trader joe's fan club!
Posted by: Lisa | November 11, 2008 at 02:09 PM
again, jealous I didn't know y'all were going to be in Charlotte....I am making myself a part of the 'e-bff' club! So glad, I had a chance to meet you I had lots of fun!
REALLY mad that y'all went to Trader Joes....pouts
Posted by: Jenifer | November 11, 2008 at 02:29 PM
Looks like you had a great time! I'm moving to your side of the world, I miss all the fun down here!
Posted by: Carol | November 11, 2008 at 02:43 PM
So glad you had a good time! Still waiting for you to come to NYC! Someday, I guess!
Posted by: Charisse | November 11, 2008 at 03:08 PM
OMG I'm so jelous of the great time you guys had!!!
Posted by: Michelle | November 11, 2008 at 03:46 PM
Phew!!! A belated happy birthday to you Adrienne!
Posted by: AllisonC | November 11, 2008 at 06:01 PM
I had such a great time meeting everyone in person. That picture of me getting my shop on is funny. I didn't even know that you took it.
Posted by: Nik | November 11, 2008 at 06:24 PM
Friendship and sisterhood is a beautiful thing! It's something how the internet can bring us all together in love. You guys look like you had WAY too much fun!
Posted by: Neecha | November 11, 2008 at 06:27 PM
Thx for sharing your sisterhood weekend. It's a beautiful thing.
Posted by: Dei | November 11, 2008 at 08:26 PM
OMG!!! I have been to Mary Jo's and a person can just lose it in that place. Glad to see you had fun on your trip.
Posted by: tracy | November 11, 2008 at 08:51 PM
WHAT??? You were in Charlotte??? Did you know that I live in Charlotte, too?? OMG!! Can't believe that you were so close and I did not have the opportunity to meet you. But I would have been like a third wheelaround your group since I neither sew or knit....LOL!!! Anyway, I am so sorry that I did not know that you were gonna be here. Glad that you saw so much of the city and that you had a great time.
Posted by: Sue | November 11, 2008 at 09:29 PM
You had the longest birthday ever! How wonderful that you got to spend part of it with your internet family! Is that Carolyn's knit in one of the fabric store photos? I can't wait to see what you got - I am on a serious fabric diet and am living vicariously through you!
Posted by: toni | November 12, 2008 at 08:13 AM
Now that's funny! We could have passed each other in the airport! I got home on Friday coming through O'Hare.
Yes 30 degrees in Chicago is much different than 30 degrees in Alabama. In Colorado too! Trust me I know! LOL!
Looks like you guys had a wonderful time. Maybe one day I will catch up with you all!
Posted by: Cassandra | November 12, 2008 at 11:00 AM
I am so jealous!!!! Your next stop has to be Chicago ....LOL Glad you had a ball girl!!1
Posted by: Dana | November 12, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Man, you were not too far from me! I wish I would have known, I have been wanting to go to that Trader Joe's forver!! LOL. Glad you got to have such a fin trip!! :)
Posted by: Jude | November 12, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Happy Belated Birthday! Wow you had a crazy great time!! That cake was so pretty....
Posted by: karen j | November 13, 2008 at 08:57 AM
Nashville has a Trader Joe's now, too. Their almond butter is awesome. And the graham crackers are better than most cookies!
Posted by: kristijanev | November 14, 2008 at 03:15 PM
Wow, what a fun time you guys had!!!! Getting together with great girlfriends is always a blast!!!!!
Posted by: Tiffany | November 14, 2008 at 10:44 PM
what a great trip, love your recap! :) you all hit up some major knit and fabric shops! ;)
Posted by: vee | November 17, 2008 at 04:48 PM
Wow, I feel like I was there! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: kimt | November 19, 2008 at 04:32 PM