We're the Four Best Friends Anyone Could Have (Girls Weekend)

This past weekend I was able to get away with 3 of my great friends for a weekend of relaxing, catching up, and laughing non stop (and maybe some wine). Three of us started out as co-workers and the fourth was a parent we knew through our job. When one of us experienced a health issue, the other three of us gathered around her and help her get back on her feet. We became close through the past two years and when one moved away we decided to do our best to try and visit each other. The three of us still in Ohio travelled to the fourth's new home in Florida (couldn't it get better) and spent a week with her and her family last spring break. This time, since we are unable to do that again we decided to have a girls weekend. We chose the halfway point between our home and we decided on Charlotte. A quick easy drive for all of us and a couple days kid-less and stress-less.
Charlotte was the perfect place for us to meet, we did very little in regards to the history and culture of the city, instead we just "were" and we had a blast. We stayed at the beautiful Double Tree in downtown and we were one mile from Bank of America Stadium. It was the perfect location, as it is located right off of 77, and we had easy access to where we needed to go.
Saturday morning we started with a delicious breakfast at The Flying Biscuit. We all thought biscuits were seriously going to go flying, but we were wrong and slightly disappointed. I am not one to try new foods immediately so I went for the "typical" meal of eggs and bacon. Two of my girlfriends ordered scrambled eggs with sausage gravy over top. I was mad I didn't order it, as the bite I had was amazingly delicious. I also tried grits that I actually liked it if I added a little bit of salt. The biscuit were beyond delicious and their homemade apple butter on top was the perfect addition.




After breakfast we stopped at a few stores, waiting for our appointment time at a local nail salon. We all love getting manicures and pedicures and when I found a great deal on Groupon a few weeks prior we knew that is exactly what we wanted to do. We bought the Groupon which said we were purchasing the VIP gel mani/pedi. We had no idea what we were in for.
Besides sitting in a private room and being offered wine during our appointment we also received the 'gel' touch. Each of us thought gel meant gel polish. Nope, we were totally mistaken. 'Gel' meant a foot bath with a warm jello type consistency. Personally, I thought it was absolutely gross. I did refused to move my feet or toes while it was in the bath. Once the jet started however, the water and the movement made the texture disappear and it became a better experience. As an OT, I get the purpose of the gel for a sensory experience but we all were definitely not prepared for a 'gel' pedicure.

Following our appointment, we grabbed lunch and headed back to the hotel for wine, snacks, and card games. As a surprise I made each of us a custom wine glass and wine charm to commemorate the weekend. We listened and sang some of our favorite songs and caught up on life without littles running around or interrupting conversations. The weekend definitely ended quicker than we wanted and on the drive home we took our sweet time.
Cannot wait for our next weekend in Charlotte and catching up.