You'd think that by living with your best friend that after awhile you'd get sick of seeing them every day, but it's the exact opposite with Megan and I!!! It seems like we're both waaay too busy these days and we hardly gotten to hang out and just have a girl's night since I've moved in. Well, we were both feeling a bit past due and made a date on Saturday this past weekend.
Now if you lived in St. Cloud, MN you'd understand why we felt the extreme need to drive an hour and 20 minutes to find some form of decent entertainment! I put myself in charge of deciding where to go and what to do. I took this responsibility very seriously since I knew just how much we both really needed this night out. After doing a bit of research and googling my little tush off, I came up with a few ideas that sounded like a promising evening.
It's never fun when you know everything that you're going to be doing so I made it all a surprise for her. I told her to dress warm, cute, yet comfortable. That's the only hint she was given, and she was probably about as clueless as you are as to what we were doing (unless you read ahead and cheated, then that doesn't count). Our driving directions led us to Point A: The Town Hall Brewery in Minneapolis. It's a very rustic, yet casual brewery that had a large bar area and another decent size restaurant area. The prices were very reasonable and the food was even better. We both ordered sandwiches that were waaay too big for our little stomachs to finish, and a beer/cider sampler that tasted amazing! I told her to save a little room for the next spot
Point B: Le Meridian Chambers. Out the back entrance of the building was their little winter wonderland covered in piles of fluffy snow, beautiful hanging lights, a nice big fire, and a bar made entirely out of ice! It was one of the funnest times I've ever had in the cold. The bartender was awesome and even let us take a few pics behind the bar and behind the ice sculpture off to the side. We sipped on yummy chocolate coffee flavored grey goose martinis while chatting with our neighbors around the fire. Unfortunately, dressing cute and staying warm don't always go hand-in-hand in Minnesota in the middle of JANUARY!!!! Either way, we both had a ton of fun and got to spend some much needed girls time together :)
The next day I was back in the cities to babysit for my cousin's absolutely adorable daughter, Ari. She was the best little girl anyone could ask for to care for. She is such a little ham! I got to spend some time catching up with my oldest cousin on my mom's side who I haven't seen in over 6 months! She's an amazing mom and definitely someone that I have always looked up to. Although there's about 5 or 6 years difference between us, it's nice to know that we still have some things in common other than our crazy parents! I can only hope that when things get tough, I can be as strong of a fighter in my life as she is in her's. I'll have to add pictures later, but until then, stay safe, happy, healthy, and warm in this ridiculously cold weather!!!!
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