Sister Love

Before I start my quick 

bazillion part series

on my part of the

Thanksgiving Food

this year...

continuing on the 

November - All About Food theme...

I wanted to share the quick visit I had with my 

sisters!

My sisters and I are spread 

all across the state of NC now.

(thankfully not the country - for now)

The baby sis, Melanie,

lives in the western part of the state.

So for her birthday this year,

me

mom

and 

the middle sis (Courtney)

all drove out to spend the weekend with her!!

After I dropped off all those turkeys,

at the USO (see last post), 

I rushed home,

dropped my family off, 

and then

I drove to Raleigh and 

rode west with the middle sis!

That was an adventure in itself.

But it was the first weekend,

I have EVER

EVER

EVER

spent away from my crew!

YES,

E-V-E-R!

The WHOLE crew!

And the first time daddy 

flew SOLO

for a whole weekend!

We had a fun dinner the first night.

We went to a sweet little restaurant,

an old house turned into a restaurant.

We were shown to a small room

with a few tables.

There was a couple attempting to enjoy a quiet dinner

seated near us.

Unfortunately,

we tend to get a little loud

and 

laugh...

a lot

when the 4 of us are together...

ask my dad.

He endured many a dinner

listening

to the non-stop 

chatter,

laughter,

and

noise.

We had a very light dinner,

then headed to a little get together

that Melanie's friends were

having for her.

I couldn't show up at the party,

empty-handed...

so I searched the birthday girl's 

Pinterest boards

for things she had pinned

and came upon

something called

Birthday Cake Fudge

so I whipped up a batch

to take with me!

I love the colors!

I cut it up into tiny little pieces,

and it was surprisingly 

great!

I did not add the icing the recipe had

as an option.

I figured it would be sweet enough!

After the get together,

we headed to my baby sister's house

for the night.

We stayed up and chatted for ever it seemed.

Then crawled into our beds.

I shared a bed with the birthday girl,

and was told that I was the best sleeping partner ever!

Haha!

(That means a lot coming from her - trust me!)

Up and at 'em the next morning,

mom headed to see our Grandmother for a quick

visit and left the girls to go shopping!

But first we hit a cute little coffee shop!

Complete with little designs in the coffee foam

and 

delicious pastries!

I won't mention that we had JUST eaten 

breakfast at Melanie's...

Then a quick picture 

of the sisters.

(We all got a kick out of our photo-bomber in the back)

After we were all hopped up on coffee...

we started shopping!

I don't typically go shopping.

I hardly ever go shopping,

clothes shopping,

for myself.

For various reasons, 

but mainly

time,

money 

and 

desire.

I just happened to have 

my two fashionista

sisters with me.

And they happily helped me spend money!

I warned my husband,

and justified it as a belated birthday present.

(works for me)

We hit a couple of stores,

then the mall.

While we were walking around the mall,

we just happened to notice that 

The Limited

was having a 50% off the entire store

sale that morning!

So in we went.

Let me say it has been a LONG time

since I have shopped anywhere

like The Limited.

I have been out of the workforce

for almost 9 years.

Having and raising kids.

Living in blue jeans

and t-shirts!

(except on Sundays, of course)

After we were greeted at The Limited,

my selections were taken,

they started a fitting room for me,

put my name on the door,

then I walked in a saw this!

This was totally picture-worthy!

I had to show my husband!

Haha!

A smile immediately spread across

my face when I saw how they had

the clothes displayed!

sigh...

so this is what its like to 

REALLY

go shopping!?!?

After our shopping extravaganza

the middle sister and I headed back 

east.

It was a wonderful,

quick

girls weekend

with

my mom 

and

sisters...

which we are definitely

going to have to do

more 

often!