Girls Day

I think I must have been running on adrenalin most of the weekend because we ended up going to bed around midnight Thursday after our dinner and my eyes popped open around 6am Friday morning (which is really 4am to me). Anyways, it isn't a secret that Angie and I must find time for the gym so we headed over around 8 am. I quickly was reminded how hard it is running next to her. She seriously is a machine and runs at a 7.0 on the treadmill, which subconsciously makes you feel like a snail. However, 4 miles in 4o minutes still isn't too shabby right?

Doug and Greg had about 1.5 hours in between clinic and ended up meeting us over at Chuy's for lunch. Even better, we lucked out with Alberto as our waiter. Cha--ching! After lunch was when the party began. Our husbands are still giving us grief over it and I am sure they will to the grave. Angie left the girls with Greg and we headed north to San Marcos for a day of shopping at the outlets.

I am most certain it is more dangerous to shop without kids since you have the luxury to browse around without dealing with screaming and whining. It really was pure bliss. The bummer part was I only walked away with towels (pretty boring) I was hoping to find a cheap hutch or some sort of piece of furniture. Oh, well. Since we didn't getaway until around 1pm our time was cut short since we had to meet the other girls at 6:30pm for dinner.

Jenny, Hillary, Angie, Sandy, Nicole, Chelsea, Kari-Dawn and Ellice

I remember last month feeling so sad that June would be our last monthly girls night, but it turns out I got one more in July. We ate at Cosi's and headed over to Nordi's for the annual yearly sale.

Once again I struck out and didn't find anything worth buying (unless I wanted to spend some major cash for it). The girls were trying to talk me into buying some True Religion jeans, (bad, friends) but I couldn't justify the price not to mention my husband probably wouldn't be so happy either. After dinner and shopping the girls surprised me with my favorite birthday cake from Cold Stone Creamery. It was a chocolate snickers ice-cream cake. Yum!

Kari Dawn and I share a birthday this month and so we combined our candles together making it look like a miniature bonfire. We watched So You Think You Can Dance (I hadn't watched it this week) and Angie and I didn't leave Nicole's house until 2am. From start to finish we had nearly 12 hours of isolated girl time. Doug jokingly said I think you missed them more than me! He knows that isn't true, but I really will miss having these monthly gatherings. Not to mention these girls hold a special place in my heart. There is nothing better than a girls night out!

Happy Birthday Susanne & Courtney!!