{ Our Weekend Part - 2 }

So giddy to have the girls meet Andi
after dreaming this whole thing up
and then actually following through on it

which, how amazing of them
our weekend schemers finally
get to hug each other up

She is just as cute and sweet in real life
as you imagine her to be
and after another round of hugs
we sped off towards downtown
talking faster than we were driving
so excited to be able to say now
we are friends in real life

We covered lots of ground that day
deep down stuff as well as
lightweight chit chat
it was a typical March morning in Seattle
rainy and gray

Leslie braved it in her ballet flats
Andi wore her leg warmers and Minta a cozy scarf
smart move on their part
and I even survived in my little black cardigan
that I only wore because none of my coats will button up anymore

The lady from CA. couldn't believe how many people were out in the rain
and we assured her that living here if you didn't go out in the rain
you'd never go out at all

Andi took us to a favorite little spot of hers for breakfast
A very French Bakery called Le Panier
all the pastries were so pretty
and we pointed to what we wanted
because we couldn't pronounce their names
and oh my it was delicious

We stopped in at the original Starbucks
looking for a place to park ourselves out of the rain
it was so crowded and we tried to get out of the way
but we and stood there taking up space and sipped
and smiled and gabbed for who knows how long
and kept asking each other,
can you believe this is really happening?

You girls would have loved the sweet little boutique Andi showed us
we kept remarking
wouldn't Fairlight love this chandelier?
Leslie confessed she had a thing for lamps
Doesn't this look like something in Jessica's house?
We have to get this for KT...etc.

Next we almost got Leslie and stroller full of Cade
stuck in a revolving door...
only to realize there was a door door smack dab next to it
with a man holding it open for us
oh so silly

We lost ourselves in Anthropologie for well over an hour
or was it two
eye candy galore
it was Minta's first time ever
every now and then she'd disappear behind a rack
we could see her wheels spinning
she'd say to us, that wouldn't be hard to make
or that, or that, or that
we each pretend picked out dresses for ourselves
sniffed all the candles
read our Birthday Fortunes
and our husbands and children's
from a little red book
poured over the pretty knobs and baubles
until we realized that we were really hungry

Our lunch splurge was P.F Changs
two of us had never been
oh and we all agreed their
crispy honey shrimp
is out of this world
and Minta's fortune read:
" Investigate new possibilities with friends
now is the time "
how fitting

more to come...