Girls' Weekend Away: Saturday

Saturday morning I played with my niece and nephew and visited with my sister, then headed to Cedar Falls to buy 8 tee-shirts from UniversiTees. (Best t-shirt store ever for Hawkeye/UNI gear. Or ISU, I guess if you're into THAT sort of thing.) Other than going to church with my sister, I had not been in Cedar Falls in at least 5 years, but weirdly, the one store I visited was being run by a girl I went to college with and had done a research project with. I think it freaked her out a little that I remembered her full name since we only had one class together about 7 or 8 years ago, but I have a good memory like that.

After picking up bagels from Panera (hello...why are you ALWAYS out of Cinnamon Crunch bagels before 11am?) I headed to Waterloo.  My friends were heading into town from over an hour east of the city and coincidentally we met up in the turn lane to get onto San Marnan! Weird coincidence #2 of the day.  After a delicious lunch of soup, salad, and breadsticks at Olive Garden, we hit the mall, then headed to the hotel.

We stayed at The Isle in Waterloo and the room was very nice! It was quite spacious (and good thing since there were SEVEN us sharing it!)  We hit the buffet hard (prime rib, crab legs, shrimp, fried chicken, and a full dessert bar) and then wandered the casino for a while where I lost a stunning $3 because I'm super cheap and can't stand losing money. We went back up to play a fun game called What's Yours Like and had a great time catching up.

Four of the girls were in my class in High School and the other two were in the class below us and it had been a long time since I'd seen many of them! We're all married and six of us have a kid, but they're the kind of friends you can not see for 2 years and then pick up exactly where you left off.

We're hoping to make it a yearly tradition (with a few others who couldn't make it this time) and although I missed being home with my boys, it was nice to have a fun weekend away! Love you girls!