Lucky Ladies

Last weekend I had the opportunity to celebrate a dear friends last single days. Similar to my story yesterday about J's college roommates, Natalie and I met at freshman orientation and decided we were both normal fun enough to room together. We ended up rooming together, and with others, for all 4 years and had sooo much fun. Oh the memories. Somebody bring me back to college please. Wait, nevermind...

We met up at Foxwoods Casino for the night and had such a blast. I haven't danced, in heels mind you (!), until the early hours of the morning in forever. Yea, my feet were killing me by the end of the night. 

After spending the afternoon at the on-site spa/salon (I had my hair washed/blow dried), we got ready in the hotel rooms before heading to dinner. Of course that included a few beverages and games. :)

Gorgeous bride-to-be!

Cheers to Nat!

Nat and her sister/MOH. 

 Next up was dinner at the Hard Rock. Celebrity status folks.

Smallest world ever. We were seated next to a bachelor party....a bachelor party where the bachelor is from my hometown! AND he want to the same college as J. So I ended up knowing most of the guys from either home, or J's years playing college soccer. And that meant I needed to behave myself. ;)

After a bit of gambling, aka losing money, we headed to the Scorpion Bar to dance.

 Homegirls. All such beauties.

Some good lookin ladies right there.

And all these fellas are from my town. Some I've known forever, some I "dated" back in elementary school and jr high. Remember those relationships? Ha! All, great guys.

So what do you do when you meet up with a group of guy friends on a bachelor party? Start a dance circle! This was so much fun (great call K!). Spin the bottle, and get in the middle and dance. I think all of us girls were happy to find a group of guys who weren't trying to creep on us. Man, guys can be ridiculous sometimes!

Before we knew it, the bar was closing and we had to leave. Boo! But we were having so much fun!

I think we successfully gave Nat a drink or two too many (in a good way!), lost our voices, limped back to the room with sore feet, and then headed back out to the casino! ha. C'mon, nobody sleeps at casinos.

I hope you had an amazing night Nat! I can't wait to celebrate the big day (so soon! ahh!!).

Reminder - tomorrow is the first No Shop July Challenge outfit remix link up! Check out my no shop challenge rules here! I look forward to seeing what you come up by shopping your own closet!

Meg's Last Hurrah!

Saturday in Newport was perfect. Apparently the weather in Boston was overcast and somewhat cold but it was hot and blue skies down in Rhode Island.

I told you so, perfect.

 Previewing our dinner spot, The Landing

 Soaking up the sun

 Sisters & sisters-in-law <3

 Bride & MOH

 Bride & Bridesmaid

 Cabbyshack girls

 Could she be any cuter?!

Look who I ran into in Newport! 

Dinnertime!

Best waitstaff I've had in a loooong time. 

 The whole crew. Love these girls!

 Pedicabs to the bar!

Well what do ya know, look who got pulled onto stage ;)

 And then looks who's so VIP, her whole crew gets pulled on to the stage

 We ended the night at the Dockside. Look at the size of the crowd watching the stage?!! Yikes!

We may have made a couple trips to the Alex & Ani store while in Newport too... Meg picked up her new initials, I grabbed a small C and the silver & purple ones to go with the few I'd already been gifted. SILs! 

Newport was a blast. We had so much fun celebrating with Meg. Sunday may have been a bit of a rough morning but I wouldn't have it any other way. I am so excited to welcome Meg into the family next weekend!! Love you Meg!

Newport's Finest

This past weekend we jetted off to Newport, RI to celebrate Meg's bachelorette party. If you've never been to Newport, you have got to get down there! Right on the water, great shopping, great restaurants, what more could you ask for?!

We were so lucky to find a weekend rental for the bash and could not have asked for better weather.

To start, here's a quick tour of the house I snapped after Jackie & I got down there earlier to put up a few decorations and fill the fridge (very important stuff I tell ya)....

 From the outdoor space, you walk in to the kitchen

 Which had this cute side pantry off of it

Bathroom #1 off the kitchen

 Kitchen through the door on the left, second dining room straight ahead?

 Sitting rooms #1 and #2

 Let's head upstairs, shall we?

 Bedroom #1

 Crazy huge bathroom (#2) with doors to 2 bedrooms

 Bedroom #2  the bride to be's suite!

 Bedroom #3 across the hall....and those double doors lead to the next photo

 A hallway on the side of the house to get to more rooms! How crazy is that?!

 Bedroom #4, Bathroom #3 through the right door

 Up the stairs to the third floor of rooms....lovely runner choice I must say

 Bedroom #5 where Jack & I stayed...there were 2 twin beds

 Bedroom #6

 Bathroom #4....a teensy tiny bathroom....but wait for it....

 A shower with a skylight! It felt like you were showering outside. I loved it.

So, with such a splendid place to eat & sleep, we made sure to do just that.

Somebody may have grabbed the wrong shot glasses...haha. Hey, they still served their purpose!

And what's the best way to carry shot glasses you may ask, with a frying pan of course. 

Cheers Meg!

I spy with my little eye.....someone dancing on their chair

Day #2's post to follow tomorrow! I pinky swear.