Girl's Trip

It finally happened it!! I took a girls trip. I've been wanting to for years. This past weekend, my tennis captain invited the team to her place in Perdido Key, Florida. We drove down on Thursday and came back Sunday. I was very apprehensive about going. #1 because I leave for Italy Sept 28th and I also just got back from the beach not even two weeks ago. #2 it was the last weekend of the month and in the car business that's always a busy weekend. #3 I'm not extremely close to these girls. They are my tennis buddies so most of the time we are talking tennis talk. Excuses Excuses and more excuses. I'm so glad I went!! Only 6 girls went down. On Thursday evening we ordered pizza and played Mad Gab. What a great game!!! We laughed and laughed over this silly game. Friday, we hit the tennis courts and then the beach. We looked for sea shells, played paddle ball, read books, snorkeled and just had fun being girls. At night, we ate dinner out. The first night we ate at Cobalt located on the bay in Alabama. Perdido Key is not even 5 minutes from the AL state line. On Saturday, we hit the tennis courts again only to play a few games since we were all thinking about the beach. We took the Mad Gab game with us to the beach and stayed until sunset. If you are not familiar with this silly game, one person reads a phrase from the card such as "Whole League How". The other members have to figure out what you are saying. Have you guessed it yet? HOLY COW!!! By the end of the trip we were making up our own Mad Gabs. It was the perfect girls trip!!! Not only did we have fun but we got to know one another off the court. We've been playing with each other for the last 3 to 4 years but this gave us the opportunity to learn a little more than just if she has a good serve or a good backhand. LOL... When I arrived home on Sunday my family was very happy to see me. I think it was good for our family to have MOM gone for a few days. Dan managed to arrange car pool and sleepovers. He picked Megan up on time from a friends house. He took Rachel the right cheerleading uniform after she had packed her sisters instead. He took not two but 4 little girls to eat Saturday night. And he made sure the house was clean when I arrived home. I think I see a trip in the future!!!

This BLOG is Strictly CONFIDENTIAL!!!

Today was the first day of school! The girls were so excited. Last night, they planned everything out. First Priority-WHAT TO WEAR?.... Typical girls. So Rachel came downstairs in a purple and black checkered LONG sleeve shirt with PURPLE and Black checkered leggings. She wore bracelets, necklaces and anklets all made from colorful paperclips. To match- BLACK converse shoes with colorful shoestrings! Unfortunately, my daughter will not be on the next Vogue cover. It was hard to not say anything but she wore it with confidence. She loved it and that's all that matters. This reminded me of when I was little and I wanted to buy jeans with holes in them or faded jeans. I can remember my parents saying "I'll put holes in your jeans if you like" or "just wash the jeans a few times and they'll be faded". Megan wore something more acceptable. Jean shorts and a cute top. PHEW!!! I knew the night before her plans to wear the Barney attire so I prepared myself for the stares that we would receive when going to the convocation this morning. But would you believe when we got to school today, there were other little girls dressed in converse shoes with paint splatterd on them and other girls wearing (not the barney get up) but just as hideous.
So it made me smile and almost laugh to myself to understand that I had no sense of fashion. At least not to my 8yr old. This story ends with a happy ending. When Rachel got in the car this afternoon, she said "everyone loved my outfit, they wouldn't stop telling me how cute I looked!!"

Sorry Friends, I didn't take any pics this morning. I'm trying to block it out of my memory.