Monday, September 08, 2008

Tennessee!!!!

(for all of you without Google Reader, there is another post below about my special mom!)

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My best friend from college, Meredith sent me the greatest present for my birthday. A plane ticket to go visit her in TENNESSEE!!! I have seriously been counting down the days since July. I left on Thursday and got back yesterday. We had an absolute BLAST. I haven't laughed that much in a looooooong time. It was so great to see her - it had been about 2 years. Let me just recap what she had planned....

THURSDAY NIGHT: I got into Nashvegas pretty late that night. After we pretty much attacked each other in the airport, we headed back to her BEAUTIFUL house to veg out. We stayed up late eating and talking and then it was off to bed so that our weekend of fun could begin!



her gorgeous house...


view from the back porch...



FRIDAY: I got to sleep until 8:30!!! That is super late for me. We took our time getting ready and went into town for some fun shopping at the cutest stores ever. Then she took me to eat at a really cute cafe called Puffy Muffin. SO GOOD. For dessert, we went to this place called GiGi's that had the biggest cupcakes you have ever seen. The icing was like 7 inches tall. Y.U.M. From there she had set up massages and facials for us - which were amazing. Two hours of being pampered is good for anyone, but we REALLY enjoyed it. After that we hit Target to get a few essentials. We bought the movie "What Happens in Vegas" to watch that afternoon. It was hilarious. After watching the movie, eating Twizzlers and Hot Tamales it was time to hit the town for a fashionably late dinner. We went to this awesome restaurant called J. Alexanders. Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman eat there all the time..too bad we didn't run into them! The food was to die for, and the best part was Mere knew the manager, and he totally took care of the bill. Thank you! We headed back to the house and watched a few episodes of The Office and then off to bed to rest up for another fun day!


at j. alexanders....



SATURDAY: This was supposed to be a restful day, but MJC doesn't know how to do that. We were, however, pretty lazy that morning. Then she suggested that we go walking. Okay, sure! I didn't know it was a freaking 6 mile trail! BUT.. the trail was so beautiful it truly did not seem like we walked that much. I love the beauty of Tennessee. After our walk, we headed back to the house for my first wake boarding experience. They live right on a lake with an awesome boat. Mere and I took the boat out so she could teach me how to wake board. How hard can it be right? Ummm, hard. It took me about 10 times to even get up, and once I got up I could only stay there for about 10 seconds. Okay, let's be real. 5 seconds. It was fun though! I wish I had longer to practice! That night we put on our comfy clothes and headed to the Drive-In movie to see "House Bunny" (do NOT waste your money on this one) and "Dark Knight" (VERY good). This was my first time to a Drive In and I loved it! We had a blast! I'm pretty sure we ate an entire pizza and a funnel cake. Oh, and some peanut M&M's. Y.E.S. That 6 mile walk went right out the window. Anyway, we had a blast and didn't get back to her house until almost 1:00AM.


out on the water... only 2 girls on a boat = dangerous!


after wake boarding...


we got so lost on the way to the drive- in, we asked this random guy for directions, and all he cared about was showing us some deer on the side of the road..



so we like to eat. so?


SUNDAY: Our fun weekend was coming to a close.... We watched a few more episodes of The Office before heading to church (where I got to meet one of Carrie Underwood's songwriters), and then to lunch at Opry Mills mall, followed by a little more shopping and then off to the airport.

i love you meredith! i had sooo much fun!!!

9 comments:

The Speck family said...

These are such great pics~ looks like you guys had a super fun weekend together. I am jealous of your funnel cake~ I have not had one of those in years! Hugs to you all~ Kelly

Shanta said...

That sounds like an absolutely perfect weekend. You make a great case for relocation... I'm so glad you got some girl time with peeps your own age ;). Holla when you're in Dallas. Meredith Moore can share you.

Katie said...

oh my WORD what a fun weekend!!!!

i miss you a ton! hope to see y'all at homecoming! love you, friend.

katie and matt said...

Oh I'm so happy you went to the Puffy!! It's my favorite place to go in Nashville. My old roomie's aunt owns it, so we used to get free goodies from there. J. Alexander's is also a fav. So glad you got to get away!

Erica said...

Can I go next time? Sounds like a wonderful weekend full of fun with an awesome friend. I am glad you were able to get away and have some down time.

Jacinda said...

It sounds like a great weekend and somewhat similar to my weekend because my best friend from South Carolina came to visit me!!!!!

preppy little dress AKA "PLD" said...

looks like a lot of fun, i love j. alexander's - yummy!!!

Amy said...

What a blast! I want a girls weekend. :( Did your parents' house get flooded? I know how that lake gets with just an inch or two!

Summer said...

I am jealous! A whole weekend of girl time. Sounds like you had a great time. I love that you documented the funnel cake. YUMMAY! We have a drive-in right here in A-Town. Next time you need a girls night, call me, we'll see what's playing. . .