Women of Faith Weekend - October 17th

We woke up bright and early(ish) to start our girls' weekend adventure!  

First stop was Starbucks.  I was telling my sister-in-law how fabulous the cheese danishes are at Starbucks.  She suggested we could share one.  I promptly said, "Um, no.  I'm not sharing my danish with you."  Ha!   Apparently I was feeling extra honest that morning.  Sam always eats half of whatever I decide I want to eat, so I was looking forward to not having to share with anyone.  Luckily my mother-in-law is significantly nicer than I am and agreed to share her danish.   

After breakfast, we hopped back in the car and drove to the Mall of America.  I'm always very excited for this weekend because I get to go to Long Tall Sally!   It's so nice to be able to try clothes on and have them be too long.  I scored a couple of new pairs of pants and a dress.

After an adventurous morning of shopping, we had lunch at Hard Rock, shopped some more, and then dumped our stuff off at the car to go get massages.   My lady kept trying to convince me I needed 30 minutes instead of 20 minutes.  Next year we are budgeting our time better so we can all make that happen!  

After we finished at the mall, we went over to check in to our hotel.  We relaxed for a bit before we went over for our first session of the conference.  We had amazing seats this year!   Anita Renfroe was hilarious as always.    

The evening flew by, and before we knew it, it was time to get to our 10:15 dinner reservation at St. Paul Grill.

This year we finally ordered the thick cut bacon appetizer. 

 $10 for a slice of bacon.  It was worth every penny!   We had Cajun beef bites, which are insanely good.  We decided Dave is going to have to make us some for Christmas dinner.

I changed things up this year and ordered the chicken pot pie, which I always consider.  It was delicious.  For some reason despite being stuffed, we also ordered dessert!   Definitely no cartwheels in the hall this year.

After wobbling up to the room, I managed to stay awake long enough to brush my teeth and find my pillow.    What a fabulous day!