Bitter sweet ladies night

Two weekends ago I went out with my favorite gals to celebrate three birthday and one going away. The night was bittersweet. It was joyous to be able to get together and celebrate birthdays...and friendship. But it was very very sad knowing this marked the last time we would ever do this with Holly. (well, at least for a long time, I'm sure God wouldn't let it be "ever", I shudder at the very thought at that kind of separation)

The night happened in what seemed like warp speed and slow motion all at the same time. The hours flew by, but the conversations and laughter happened in slow motion. All the planning, and planning, and planning that went into the night...all the excitement and hype....was too quickly gone. The next morning came quickly, we packed our things, and went back to our lives at home.

But ya know we had fun while it lasted!
We made a pit stop to get pedicures before we set in for a night of walking in heels, complete with cheese and cracker, sparkling cider,

and chocolate covered strawberries, "HEEEY!"


we certainly know how to jazz a place up. :)

after our toes were dry and pretty, we made another pit stop at our hotel to unload our gobs of stuff. It took two mini vans to get it all there, but we're all Moms, so not a one of us knows how to pack light. :)

A quick check in the mirror, a quick check that our microphone was on, "testing, testing" ; )


..and we were off, again....


our snazzy shuttle service took us to Blue


where we dined on mounds of sushi...


and ate and laughed and talked until we were so full that we could barely eat or laugh or talk anymore...




so we hit the streets to pack in some dessert. :)





which brought us to Vivaci...


...where the good times kept rollin'...



..until we were on the brink of exhaustion from stuffing ourselves silly, and walking all over the Old Market in towering heels, we finally made our way back to our hotel for the night,

where we climbed into our pajamas, cozied up on our beds with comforts from home
(that is a fierce blanket Brooke!), or for those who didn't have a bed, a pull out couch, and deflating mattresses...


where we showered each other with gifts (yes Twilight made an appearance)...





we cried, laughed, talked, laughed hysterically some more (until water shot out of our noses,
oh wait, that was just Liz :)....)


until all that was left to do was go to sleep and let the thoughts of the night and all the nights before that dance through our heads...



Amazingly fun, unforgettable, and
Bittersweet.


(three men down-Brandi, Kara, and Brooke skipped out on us at first light :)

Favorite moments from the night....
Brooke's squeeky mattress,
the ghetto drag queens inside Blue on their way to the "adult prom",
Becky putting in her hair flowers like Princess Leia,
Brooke having to have her skin tight jean legs forcefully pulled down after her pedicure,
looking over and seeing Liz checking to see if I was still awake,
realizing Holly made me a book, with the exact same pictures and layouts that I made in her book,
laughing till we cried when I innocently said, "I'm ready.." when I hopped into bed,
Liz shooting water out of her nose,
everybody pretending to sleep when no one was really sleeping at all,
the weird red lit bathroom in Blue with Chinese newspapers as wallpaper,
reminiscing with Holly as she journey through her Chiquititas book,
and last but not least,
looking up and seeing that Kara's mattress was slowly losing air, and knowing that she would slowly sink, like slow quick sand, right along with it during the night!