Saturday, August 20, 2011

Vegas 2011

Vegas 2011! Jess and I said, "Hey your birthday's on the 12th and mines on the 13th....Let's go to Vegas on the 14th!" And that's pretty much how it happened. Next thing we know the work day was done and it was time to head to the airport! Bags packed here we go! Our first night in and were staying at the Monte Carlo! Great hotel, awesome location, yummy places to eat and to die for Bloody Mary's by the pool! They have an awesome bar called Minus 5! Which literally means it's minus 5 degree's in the bar. They give you a huge coat, boots and gloves before you're allowed in. Once in everything in the bar is made of ice! Even our glasses that we drank from were made entirely out of ice! They even had their own Mt. Rushmore! Very impressive!
Our first adventure! We stopped at Brand Steak House for a drink and some delish shrimp cocktail! It was so pretty I had to take a picture! They made our Kristini's perfect with a hint of "holy crap that's strong!"


Oh how I LOVE our Carnival Court! Jess wanted a BIG drink! So $27 later she's got her HUGE lemonade & vodka concoction and we're ready to have a good time!! The Carnival Court brings back so many crazy memories from our fun day's of Sheri, Sarah, Spaulding, Lindsey and I starting our annual Thursday arrivals with drinks at the court! I was thinking about you girls and missed you a ton!


Jess and I love our reality TV of the Girls Next Door, Kendra and Holly's World! So naturally we had to stop by Planet Hollywood Hotel and see Peep Show staring Holly Madison! It was SO good! Great dancing, singing, fun sets, costumes, ropes and saddles! Yes, ropes and saddles! It was a very entertaining show and Holly was in it the whole time. We expected her to make a 5 minute cameo however she was in a lot of it, singing even! Go Holly!


I was apparently feeling very generous the entire weekend and I felt the need to give the casino's all of my money. I feel like this is be coming a common trend. Its very rare that the casino is as generous as I am. You know what? Actually I take that back. They did give me a Coors Light or two. It's been a while since I've enjoyed a $200 beer!


Saturday, August 13, 2011

30!

It's here the dreaded 30th birthday! I'm no longer in my 20's, however I must say it was a great past decade! I drank legally, decreased my car insurance rates, have a great job, met my husband, bought our home, have 2 crazy dogs and an amazing family & friends that loves me! What more could I ask for? Justin took me out for my last night in my 20's to Kazmiers wine bar and to Cowboy Ciao for Dinner. This morning I awoke to a brand new RED purse from Coach from my amazing husband! When I walked into work I had a huge stack of embarrassing but totally awesome balloons waiting for me from Jessica. Doughnuts from Todd and a dozen red roses delivered from Justin. Such a great day!


Tomorrow Jessica and I leave to celebrate our birthday's VEGAS Style! Can't wait!


So all in all I guess I'm okay with this getting older thing. 30 day 1 is off to a great start so far!