My besties and I have had a long standing tradition for over 10 years now. No matter how busy we are with work and now husbands and kids, we always get together for each other's birthdays (minus Jaime since she is a birthday scrooge haha) Lauren, Jaime, and I go all the back to '89, we used to go "Teen Night" at the Y (my dad always thought I was at a cheer leading tourney hehe) play basketball, softball, and cheer leading together, and be boy crazy (I have plenty of old notes to prove it). Jenn and I have been friends since freshmen year of high school (1996) and together we were partners in crime... sometimes literally, but I won't divulge too much. ;)
Yesterday was Laur's 27th birthday and we went to Cochon BYOB, off South Street in Philadelphia. The restaurant was very cute and cozy with a relaxed atmosphere and friendly service. The only downside was the lack of parking due to the mounds of melting snow taking up excess space. We came prepared with a bottle of champagne and my favorite wine of the moment, Montpellier.
I just love getting together with these girls and always have. Girls night or in this case, Brunch, is absolutely essential for any successful relationship in life, be it significant other, children, or work. Women need a safe place to talk about everyday occurrences no matter how insignificant they may seem, and believe me, we talk about everything under the sun. Yesterday's topics of interest included: Teething, baths (for baby and mom), diaper and non-diaper bags, coffee, Lent, Church, weddings, how we like our eggs cooked, plastic surgery, Facebook (of course), and plenty of others that I can't recall due to the champagne buzz I was catching at 2 in the afternoon.
My girlfriends are the only ones (besides Ben, of course) that I feel I can truly be myself around. I have done some very random and idiotic things in our days as being friends, and haven't felt embarrassed or judged. It's hard to explain how wonderful it is to be able to just sit and laugh about nothing at all, or to reminisce about when we were kids and growing up. Our stories have evolved from notes about cute boys and annoying teachers to cute kids and annoying spouses. I am so happy to have them in my life, and being an only child, feel blessed that my boys have aunts in their lives. They really are the sisters I never had, and being that they are probably the only ones that are reading this, haha.... I guess I should just say, thanks for being my friends, and I love you.
Yesterday was Laur's 27th birthday and we went to Cochon BYOB, off South Street in Philadelphia. The restaurant was very cute and cozy with a relaxed atmosphere and friendly service. The only downside was the lack of parking due to the mounds of melting snow taking up excess space. We came prepared with a bottle of champagne and my favorite wine of the moment, Montpellier.
I just love getting together with these girls and always have. Girls night or in this case, Brunch, is absolutely essential for any successful relationship in life, be it significant other, children, or work. Women need a safe place to talk about everyday occurrences no matter how insignificant they may seem, and believe me, we talk about everything under the sun. Yesterday's topics of interest included: Teething, baths (for baby and mom), diaper and non-diaper bags, coffee, Lent, Church, weddings, how we like our eggs cooked, plastic surgery, Facebook (of course), and plenty of others that I can't recall due to the champagne buzz I was catching at 2 in the afternoon.
My girlfriends are the only ones (besides Ben, of course) that I feel I can truly be myself around. I have done some very random and idiotic things in our days as being friends, and haven't felt embarrassed or judged. It's hard to explain how wonderful it is to be able to just sit and laugh about nothing at all, or to reminisce about when we were kids and growing up. Our stories have evolved from notes about cute boys and annoying teachers to cute kids and annoying spouses. I am so happy to have them in my life, and being an only child, feel blessed that my boys have aunts in their lives. They really are the sisters I never had, and being that they are probably the only ones that are reading this, haha.... I guess I should just say, thanks for being my friends, and I love you.
5 comments:
We Love you too! I got a little teary eyed readingng it. Thank God noone is at work to have seen it. lol
LOL... it cracks me up that you can go online to see at work... do some work already! :)
ps. what do you want to do for your bday, we don't have to do AC, we can do Philly again if you want.
if we go to AC I prob won't sleep over.
B/c as you are aware I need my own bed! Philly is fine too.
We can do dinner and drinks! I don't care either way, you're the event planner! :)
Ok, I'll think of something... I figure Philly will be less expensive, too. Can't wait till March 6th in the meantime!
awww i love you guys toooooo!
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