Girls Weekend!

Holly crap it is cold. My friend Erika was in town this weekend from Jacksonville and she got to share my first official snowfall up north. We walked up the stairs from the train and dang if it wasn't snowing. It is official I have seen snow 2 times in my life. The snow is fun but that wind is a bitch . Down south we have heat indexes up north they have wind indexes. Let me tell ya'll I'll take a heat index over this wind crap any day of the week. Ask me again when it is 98 degrees but for now that wind is a BITCH!

So Friday we stayed in Jersey and went and saw Twilight. I never got sucked into the hype of the books like she did but let me tell you that was one sexy vampire movie. I highly recommend even if you know nothing about the books like me, you will enjoy, trust me.

Saturday we headed out for a day of shopping. We hit the major tourist spots but you have too. I mean its Christmas in NY, suck it up and fight the people.

First we headed to Bryant Park to see the ice rink and all the shops. During the holidays there are all types of little shops (kind of like tents) set up all through the park. Mostly a lot of hats and scarves but it was fun. Got me a new hat and a New Jersey ornament for the tree. Gotta rep Jersey on the tree this year.

(Don't ask what Erika is doing, and you wonder why they think southerners are a little slow in the brain)


We walked up 5th ave and looked at all the shops, mostly just windows because lord knows we can't afford most of the shops on 5th, but still a must do at Christmas time in NYC. We did stop in to the American Girl shop, oh and there were lines to get into every major store, but we wanted to look at dolls for Addison. It was crazy in there. I never knew what a huge thing American Girl was. I guess for a $90 doll baby she better be something special. Needless to say Addison didn't get one this year. Maybe when she is older and can appreciate and understand the entire American Girl phenomenon.

Next we took a break at Grand Central to watch the Kaleidoscope show and split a pretzel. Damned if Erika didn't drop the pretzel on the floor and damned of we didn't care and still ate that thing!

So after grand central we headed to FAO Schwartz. The line was wrapped around the block but we waited. You got to see the big piano, come on. So we saw the piano and the store employees played a little ditty, Addison got a remote control school bus and we headed out. By this time we definitely had enough of the crowds and were definitely sick of people and strollers. I know, not really the Christmas spirit but if one more lady ran into the back of my heel with her damn stroller, and if one more person stopped dead in front of me to send a text message I was going to give them some Christmas cheer alright. We decided to head to dinner. We went to a brewery yes I know not very NY but damn it my nerves and I needed a beer! The SEC game was on and we were recording it back home but like true Gator fans we had to look at the score. Gators were up, like we ever thought it would be different. I got a seasonal beer and Erika and her pregnant self had a coke but they were the best beverages we had all day. After our nerves had calmed down we left glancing at the score quickly and headed to the Magnolia Bakery to pick up dessert and then onto Rockefeller Plaza.

So there is this big tree at Rockefeller Center, maybe ya'll have heard of it.

After the tree we headed home to watch the SEC game we taped and eat our cupcakes. We did so good not to check our text messages or voicemails to hear about the game, but we went into Footlocker before heading on the train. They had Gator sweatshirts so we were just browsing and damned if this guy didn't say Go Gators in passing. Well you know that is all it took. I mean how many people say that to you in NYC. Turns out he is a student completing an internship here in NY. We told him not to tell us about the game but it just got our curiosity going. I mean why would he go out of his way to say Go Gators if we lost, right. Well it really is all Erika's fault she "accidentally" checked her text messages and pretty much we knew we had won. We refused to look at the score though because damn it we were going to watch the game when we got home. So after purchasing our $14 sweatshirts, gotta love that employee perk, we headed home after a long day to watch the game and eat our cupcakes.

Sunday we both woke up sick. I guess that is what happens when two southerners spend an entire winter day out and about in NY. Well worth it though. Today we just went to Macy's and picked up a few souvenirs. The 9th floor of Macy's was like heaven to me. Trees upon trees and ornaments galore. What more could I ask for. We literally spent 2.5 hours at Macy's and it was all on the 9th floor at Holiday Lane. We all know I have enough ornaments to fill 2 trees so I shopped for others but it was still the most fun I had all weekend. I didn't even mind the people.

All in all definitely the best weekend so far up north. Erika, I love you girl and can't tell you enough how much it meant to me you came up.