Ladies Night!



Lynn, Cheree, Leslie and Me



(Sorry about the iPhone pics- I'm still working on an iPhone 3, while actively campaigning for an iPhone 4...)

Saturday night, while our husbands drowned sorrows of a less-than-stellar football game with amazing amounts of beer and pizza, some girlfriends and I treated ourselves to some girl time at Trulucks.  And honestly had the. best. time. I've had in ages.

The night started with me noticing that wine was sold by the bottle, the glass, and by sampling.  Sampling?  Yes!  A 2 oz pour.  Having decided Drew is cooked enough to handle 2 ounces of wine, I ordered a Syrah which was absolutely amazing.  I only got about 1/2 of it down (grrr.... acid reflux), but I think I could have been happy just smelling it.  The other ladies opted either for something stronger (martinis) or just greater in quantities (wine flights).

Small piece of Heaven

Leslie and her flight

Once everyone (else) got sufficiently liquored up, the laughter started and did not stop.  At one point I asked the table (while tears ran down my cheeks) if they knew how to deliver a baby because the laughter was bound to start labor.  We had a great waiter who was full of one liners and we sparred right back with him.  We ordered way more food than we ever needed, and then ordered dessert on top of that.  Along with two of the largest pieces of chocolate cake, the waiter also brought these:

to celebrate Lynn and Cheree's upcoming birthdays and Drew's impending birth.  We had dessert for 10, and only 4 of us there to eat it.  We did our best and took the rest home.

I am so, so thankful to have great friends like Lynn, Leslie and Cheree to go do things with.  That will likely be my last girls night before Drew gets here, but I can't wait to do it again!

I DO have a life outside of the baby and the house!

Sometimes I still get out and do some cool stuff.... it's rare, but certainly worth mentioning on the blog when it happens.

Last Friday, the lovely Ashley Gladden accompanied me to the 6th annual Young Women's Alliance fashion show, "Fashion Evolution."  My dear, sweet husband came with me last year when the event was held in a bar on dirty 6th and the models did somersaults down the runway, but since this year it was held at the Driskill and Wilhelminia models were wearing the clothes, I figured it was a better girls night out.  I was so right.

The event raises money for the Young Women's Alliance Foundation, for which I am the VP of Foundation Giving.  Which means the money that Maren Curtis brought in with the event, I get to give away.  Tough gig, but someone has to do it!

I was truly amazed at caliber of this event.  Passed appetizers!  Signature cocktail!  Shopping!  Designers!  It was a great night.  The highlight (for me) was that one of our scholarship recipients for the year was featured and brought on stage after having been dressed by the amazing Rachelle Briton.

Isn't she lovely?  And smart.  And just an all around great girl.  And her name is Lindsey.  But I didn't pick her alone, so there was no naming discrimination here!