a saturday for the books.

after dinner with my family at bricktops and deep cleaning my room on friday night, i crawled into bed around midnight in anticipation for a busy saturday!

 

i woke up around 7:30am and got ready for the day. katt met me at my house around 9:30am and headed up to greensboro, nc for meagan's bridal shower! meagan was my random freshman year roomie who we all quickly became obsessed with. we ended up living together our junior & senior year too. she fell in love with our friend walt who lived across the street from us in college & they are getting hitched in august!

 

meagan's shower was hosted at one of her bridesmaid's parent's house. it was absolutely beautiful! they had pictures of meggy and walt all over the house. after plenty of mimosas & a delicious appetizer, we had a yummy lunch. the menu included fruit salad, homemade biscuits, and chicken breast over an orzo salad. after spending a few hours opening all her awesome gifts, we headed back to charlotte. i was so glad i was able to make it to the shower & can't wait to see meg & walt tie the knot in just a few months!

 

 

{gamecocks at the shower // savannah, sarah, katt, meggy, britt, me}

 

after resting for a few hours, i got ready for saturday night. a couple of weeks ago i got a text from a friend of mine who is a few years younger than me asking about going out in charlotte. since i have a few years of the charlotte bar scene under my belt, they asked me to be their fearless leader on their first night out in charlotte since they turned 21. oh boy! after stopping over for a few drinks at my friend rachel's house (where my friend marilyn surprised me!), we headed to montford. it was such a fun night with some super sweet girls & we even ended up running into a few of our other cheer friends at brazwell's!

 

 

 

{rachel, me, taylor, julia, court}

 

 

{marilyn, the beauty queen, & i}

{we found lindsay!}

 

{and then we found abbey too!}

 

we woke up sunday morning and took the girls to zada janes for brunch. court and i spent the rest of sunday hanging with katie & recovering from pretending we were 21 again. we sure aren't as young as we used to be!

oh weekend, don't leave me so soon.

it's like every weekend just keeps getting better.

friday night my previous plans fell through, so i headed to selwyn with court & her bff maudie. we ran into a bunch of their high school friends, hung out for a few hours, and headed home around midnight.

{sis}

saturday morning i woke up early, made breakfast, and got in a 5 mile run all before 10am. when i got home, i had a few errands to run. oh the way home i stopped by the farmer's market, but there was absolutely nowhere to park. so i went home and walked back. have i mentioned lately how much i love the location of our new house? 

i spent most of saturday cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, and catching up on nashville. after a quick nap and a shower, we headed out to the music factory to see NEEDTOBREATHE. we met up with leigh, derrick, leann, katie & john at vgbg before heading into the concert - what a cool bar! the concert was amazing, the weather was perfect, and the stars were out in full force. there's nothing quite as sweet as seeing one of your favorite bands play live with some of your favorite people. after the awful traffic in the parking lot, we ended up back and selwyn for a nightcap. 

{vgbg: read about the history of this "charlotte staple" sign here}

{hermana}

{needtobreathe}

{katie & i}

{selwyn}

i woke up early on sunday and rushed around getting myself together before heading to the early service at church. chris preached an amazing sermon & then i jumped on 77 south bound to columbia. 

once i arrived and realized i had my times all mixed up, i went over to kristin's for a few hours. oh how i love my sweet friend and spending time with her. i wish it happened more often, but am thankful for the time we do get! 

after a trip down memory lane through campus, i ended up at the chi omega house for ms. maggie's farewell dinner. our amazing house mom is retiring from the job after 6 years. we were her first pledge class to live in the house, and we love her so. she has been a mom, a best friend, a nurse, a life saver, a m&m giver, a sister, and a therapist to all of us girls over the years. we love you mags!

another great weekend in the books - hope yours rocked too!