My Little Life

At the end of June, my bestie and I took off on the adventure of a lifetime. We frequently referred to it as our "Thelma and Louise" roadtrip, but realized that probably wasn't even close to the truth! No Brad Pitt, no driving off cliffs, waaaaaayyyyyy more tame than good ol' Thelma and Louise, but still A TON of fun! Way back in February, when I turned 40, T suggested we take a roadtrip to The Pioneer Woman's new Mercantile store. Knowing that a visit to the Merc ranked about as high on our husbands' list of things to do as, oh, say, having their toenails pulled out one-by-one, (now, if it were a Drummond Ranch working visit, then yes, both of our hard working, farm boy husbands would be eager to roadtrip to Oklahoma!! Crazy working fools that they are!) we figured we should make the trip with just the two of us. Days and days of uninterrupted girl time...YES PLEASE! We set off on a Monday evening, stopped for a relaxed bite to eat in the Twin Cities, ...

I'm tired. Totally exhausted. Which, I guess you can deduce, means Bestie Weekend was a bah-LAST!!! We checked into our hotel...had a little " Bestie Toast", And proceeded to get ready for our night out on the town! I had my very first experience at Melting Pot...lemme just say, I'm quite certain that I gained a few (hundred) pounds. If you should ever find yourself "experiencing" the Melting Pot...wear pants with an elastic waist. Or, Spanx . On second thought, scratch the Spanx ...it'd be too uncomfortable. It was, without a doubt, a "stick a fork in me I'm done, kind of experience! I had an extremely yummy drink: But I'm not gonna tell you the name. It makes me blush. Ahem... Carrying on...after we completed stuffing our faces eating an appropriately sized meal...we headed out to a place called "Nye's". (Forgive the random dude in the background...where's Photoshop when you need it?!!) Another first for me. (Have I ...