Vegas!!!

So since I have not updated in a very long time... this will be a super long post.. AND I will be copying Christy in having a separate post dedicated to the purchases that I made this weekend... :-)

Thursday:
I woke up at around 11am and got ready to eat lunch with Kathy at the Corner Bakery Cafe. I got a turkey club sandwich and she got something that included a panini, caesar salad, and chips. Saw Jon from Nordstrom there, said hi and exchanged some words. Then Kathy and I chatted about her recent trip to Vegas and what there is to do there. Had a very nice time catching up with her!

Then I sat around the house for awhile making sure that I did not forget anything in the packing process. Chris picked me up, stopped by Coffee Bean to get some caffeine, and sat around at his house for a bit. At around 6pm it was off to Vegas we went!

Stopped by an Arco in Bakers and I must say that they had one of the cleanest gas station bathrooms EVER!!! Ok, it wasn't like I'd eat something off the toilet seat because that is plain gross but it was pretty darn clean and HUGE!!! So I give them 4 stars for that. We stopped there and bought some energy drinks, cheetos and a white chocolate reese's for me! Got to Vegas around 9:45pm, drove to a Walgreens to grab some booze and medicine before we went to the airport to pick up Christy. Found Christy and then we headed to Bally's where we checked in. The hotel room was quite large and had a nice view of the strip! Go Christy for getting the room!!! Then we walked around for what seemed like forever to find some food. I had a weird headache so I wasn't feeling the whole searching thing, but we finally found Outback Steakhouse and got some food there. I got a nice grilled halibut and steamed veggies which I really enjoyed. Then we headed back to the hotel and knocked the fuck out.

Pictures for your viewing enjoyment....

Las Vegas 5.25

Friday:
We woke up early to go tanning at the pool. Got some coffee and chocolate croissants on the way there. Stayed at the pool until it got way too hot for us, then went to the room where we showered and got ready to eat lunch. Went to the Bally's buffet which was pretty darn gross, but wasn't THAT bad. At least there was some sort of edible food that filled my stomach. Then we met up with Christy's sister Tracee and her boyfriend Jeremy. Walked across the street to Bill's or something like that and gambled a bit. After that Christy, Chris, and I went back to the hotel room to take a short little nap before shopping! Woke up around 6pm and off to the Zappos shoe outlet! It sucked big time. But then again, I am not much of an outlet shopper but I think just maybe there may be some good deals and since Christy is usually good at finding them, I figured it was worth a try to go out there and see what they have. Other than the fun pictures we took in there, there really wasn't much.... so that was a bust. Then it was off to Fashion Show where we spent a considerable amount of time in Nordstrom where I bought a handbag and Christy bought tons of fun stuff! After that I think we went to the Bellagio buffet which was so much tastier. They had all you can eat sushi! The good kind too! I liked that... :-)

After we changed clothing and walked all the way down the strip to Treasure Island so that we could go to Kahunaville. They had THE BEST virgin strawberry coladas EVER! (I know, I'm a big baby... can't have any alcohol :-(....) We hung out there for awhile and then it was time to go home and sleep.

Las Vegas 05.26

Saturday:
We woke up yet again to go tanning. Got our coffee & pastries on our way to the pool. After that, we went back to the room, showered, and got ready to go eat lunch at Mandalay Bay. They had THE BEST vanilla custard ice cream/froyo EVER... with nice waffle cones too. After our buffet lunch we walked around and headed to the Shark Reef exhibit. Saw some pretty cool things, but since I have the attention span of a little child, I stopped listening to my handheld and just walked around looking at the exhibits. (That made me end my tour quite quickly... which was not a good thing...) Saw the biggest sting ray EVER, which was kind of cool and gross at the same time. Got to pet some weird looking fish that was super scale-y and got to purchase a picture of me, Chris, and Christy. Since Chris was wearing green and we took the picture in front of a green screen, Chris' body was transformed into the background... muahahaa.. it looks like he has a floating head... quite funny!

After that we headed back to the room where we took naps again. Woke up and got ready to go eat at Lawry's. Had some very yummy food and then we went back to the room to change into something more comfy and walked over to the Bellagio to watch "O." Got Chris a vodka/tonic... and me and Christy got the YUMMIEST Strawberry slush EVER. And I mean... EVER! It was so tasty. Anyway.. the show was very good and I kept wondering how those damn people held their breathe so long in the water! It was even more amazing that they had a live band and singers throughout the entire show! That was cool! Then I think we went to Bill's Casino or something and gambled a bit. I won some money at the Wheel of Fortune slots... and then we headed back to our hotel where we got some chicken salad sandwiches at "Nosh." Ate them and then fell asleep.

Las Vegas 05.27

Sunday:
We slept in and decided that there would be NO tanning today. Got ready, checked out... got our usual coffee downstairs and waited for Chris to pick us up. Headed out to Wynn to have their buffet brunch, which was by far the BEST of the whole weekend. Had a made to order omelette with fresh salsa and guacamole (and I dislike guacamole but this was sooooo good!), chicken noodle soup, some other random stuff, homemade coconut ice cream & mango sorbet with toasted almonds, croissants, coffee, annnnnd some other stuff I don't remember. But it was yummy!

After that Chris dropped Christy and me off at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood where Christy and I shopped at Sephora forever... bought some stuff... met up with Chris and then walked the rest of the shopping center. Bought some shoes at Aldo, went to MetroPark where Christy got a cute dress... and Victoria's Secret for some undies since I got a gift card for my bday. After that we went to drop Christy off at the airport. Then stopped at Terrible's to get some gas, energy drinks, soda, chips, and candy for the fun ride home. Slept as usual... then ate dinner at Legends before Chris dropped me off.

Las Vegas 05.28

Today:
Slept in until 2pm but was awaken at noon to use the restroom. Then I went online, ate lunch, and just sat around until 5pm. Read some magazines... and fell BACK to sleep from 5:20pm until 7:20pm. Took a shower and headed out to Chris'. Went to Pinkberry, the gas station and Walgreens. After that, we watched the rest of Miss Universe (woo~hoo to Miss Japan who won!) Then came home to do some laundry and update my blog.

Not feeling work tomorrow. Don't want to go... wish I could be on vacation forever!!! :-)