Last weekend my Mom and my sisters came to my house for our annual girls weekend. They leave their spouses and kids behind and the four of us hang out for a long weekend doing whatever we feel like doing. This tradition has been around for almost 14 years. My Mom wanted to start doing it after her oldest sister died as a way to spend more time with us. Sometimes we take our show on the road (whoever has the newest vehicle drives), but a lot of the time we just meet at my house because it's easier and cheaper than staying somewhere else. There really aren't any rules other than those already stated.
Our weekend got a little bit of a late start this year. Teresa came down with the flu on Friday and went home from work early. Luckily, she works at a doctor's office and they sent her home with a package of Tamiflu. She went home and slept it off Friday afternoon and Saturday. By Saturday afternoon she was feeling a lot better and only missed about 24 hours of the fun. We discovered a new favorite place to eat breakfast: Egg Crate Cafe. It's incredibly yummy. We went there two different days because we liked it so much.On Saturday before Teresa got there, we went to a pawn shop and Mom sold a gold men's ring that she'd won at a church raffle on one of our other girls weekends. She has been holding onto that thing for about 7 years and finally decided that the price of gold was high enough to sell. She got $114 for it. She pocketed $10 which is how much she'd spent on raffle tickets that day. And we each got $26 because she split the remaining money four ways. Not a bad way to get some mad money, huh?
We did a lot of shopping and the highlights of that for me were some new sheets for the bed and some flip flops and sleep shorts at Old Navy. Jenny bought some paint for her bathroom and lots of silk flowers to make some centerpieces for Anissa's graduation in May. She also bought some clothes for work and lots of pork at Sam's!
Funny story about when we went to Sam's. While in the checkout line, Jenny was talking to one of her kids (I think it was Kyle) on the phone. He was telling her how much he missed her and she was making the same noises back at him. As the cashier finished the transaction of the guy ahead of me, she handed him his receipt and said, "Love you" because she'd just overheard Jenny say that on the phone. He just looked at her and said, "Thanks, I guess." She immediately blushed and profusely apologized. He laughed it off and left. Probably to go tell his wife.
On Sunday afternoon after some light shopping, Jenny and Teresa went to Newkirk, Oklahoma, to do some gambling. Mom and I stayed home to have a nap. Well, Jenny didn't win anything, but Teresa ended up leaving there with $800 more than she went in with. And she was playing a penny machine! This is how she looked with her loot:
She paid for dinner that night.On Monday before Teresa and Mom left, Teresa and I went to get pedicures. Mom had gotten us gift certificates for Christmas and since the weather's been a little nicer we were both itching to get our piggies done. The spa chair that Teresa was in bounced her up and down a lot and I was entertained greatly by that. I must have had mine too kneady because my back's been hurting ever since.
Jenny left Tuesday morning and drove to Hutchinson to attend a meeting for work, so she stayed with me an extra night. We watched "13 Going on 30" Monday night because she'd never seen it before. Strangely enough Anissa's class has a group of girls who call themselves the "Six Chicks" like they do on that movie.We're always sad when our weekend comes to an end. We laugh a lot, but this year nobody shot liquid out their nose. That's definitely an improvement over last year. Sorry Jenny!
5 comments:
Chris your girls weekends sound like so much fun. Wish I was able to do that with my mom and sisters...but, you know my circumstances. Enjoy that precious time!
I'm glad you gals had a good time. And Teresa, what luck!!!! I'm jealous.
It sounds like so much fun. I also wish my mom and sisters could do this. However, we are spread all over the country and it just isn't very feasible. And how is it that some folks are so lucky at gambling? I could just as easily flush my cash down a toilet as put it in a slot machine. Same result:)
I love your weekend tradition. Since our families have so many names in common, maybe we need this tradition in common, too!
starting traditions is always a good thing. my mom and her sisters started something similar after their mom died... she loved the casinos like kiki loves jesus, so every year around grandma's birthday... they all take a trip to vegas.
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