Girlfriend Trip 2010...nothing could be finer...

Each February, my best girlfriends and I head to North Myrtle Beach for some shopping, relaxing, reconnecting, and insane laughing! Believe me when I say that we count down the days...no kids, no husbands, no schedules...just us..Lauralan, Brenda, me, Jackie, Lynn and Pamelia...this year we stayed at MARGATE TOWER in KINGSTON PLANTATION

(thanks Jackie!!!)
but before we even checked in, we hit the Tanger outlets and the first place we went was to the Disney store for princess dresses...and a Minnie Mouse dress too!!!!! so cute...Princesses Olivia, Mazeigh and Emma will have fun in Novemeber when they go to Disney World!! we knew our girlfriend had found an awesome place for us to stay when we realized we had a servant's entrance AND double front doors....are we spoiled or what????

our condo was oceanfront, luxurious and HUGE!!!!

(4 bedrooms, 3 baths, kitchen, dining, living, laundry, massive deck...)

we had a blast getting ready in the mornings....love bing silly teenagers once a year...

My friend Jackie is cool...so SOOO cool!!! Man! I adore her...she makes everything fun!!! Andrew is working for my brother as an intern and we invited him to meet us for dinner...and he was a big help carrying our afternoon shopping spoils to the car!! Kinda nice having an intern around to help out...

and Pamelia's suggestion of this Mongolian Grill was aFaBuLoUs choice for dinner!!!!!!

delicious and fun!

yum!! we ate good every evening!

and twice we had lunch at my favorite Steak and Shake...

but...

what are wearing??????yep...old age is creeping up on us..fiber and reading glasses....uggghhhh

Brenda is still young enough to sit on the counter...nice kitchen, huh? we LOVED our LUXURY girlfriend condo...unbelievable!!!!

we had soooo much room for relaxing (see my bedroom in the background???? loved that bed)

Saturday came way too soon and the packing began...um, we seem to have accumulated lots of packages...where will we put our luggage????

I know Andrew's internship is demanding but I am so glad he took some time off to help us...the first child (or man) to EVER be allowed in the girlfriend condo!!!!!!

but we needed his help and he gave up sleeping in on Saturday to come to our rescue...

thank goodness he just bought his first car....we needed it...

I see Abercrombie and Coach bags....hmmmm....wonder what else??? (just about everything!!) Even though we took a SUBURBAN this year, we ran out of room so Andrew packed his new car with our shopping bags...

waved goodbye and took our packages home...so we could shop one more day...THANKS SON!!!

I love my girlfriends...we share so much and care so much for each other even though we are very different people...years of sharing each others' burdens and joys have solidified our friendship and have truly bonded us as sisters!! Thank you girlfriends for enriching my life and keeping me sane....seriously campaigning for an entire week next year...love you all.

until next year...missing you all already...