reeeewind

so i would certainly be doing this blog a disservice if i didn't document the epicness of last weekend. thats right kiddies - i took a little trip down to one of my favorite places, ATHENS, GEORIGA to visit one of my favorite people, megan! the journey began on friday with the drive down.

BUT FIRST -- bodie needed bath, no one wants a stinky visitor!

me and my road warrior!

one pit stop was required at bridals by lori -- yes you read that right, the say yes to the dress store in the atl! megan needed me to pick up a bridesmaid dress for her there and of course i was all over it -- perhaps i'd see someone from the show! alas i did not but still fun to say i'd been there!

bodie wants OUT of the car - totally over the drive

once i arrived we headed out to one of my favorite athens eateries, transmet! goodness their pizza is DELISH, yumm. after we cross the street and hit up one of our favorite bars, pauleys! pauleys is by far one of the favs for us because it helped coined the term "sunday funday" -- another story for another time, but needless to say it involved LOTS of drinks and uga fountains! so while at pauleys someone was kind enough to purchase the ENTIRE BAR shots (bar shots -- crazy)

bar shots!

during the rucus that was the bar shots, some very nice guy (NOT) dumped megans FULL glass of wine onto her lap! jerkkkk. he didn't even offer to a) pay for the drink HE spilled or b) buy her another drink. so much for southern gentlemen! so we departed  and called it a night.

saturday we did some shopping around ath and made a stop in one of my favorite places, trader joes! at TJ i proceeded to purchase 70bucks worth of wine -- 15 bottles. alcoholic  you say? i beg to differ, i found myself being thrifty -- first that was a DEAL, second i can't purchase TJ's wine in TN (dumb laws). next up we headed off to do a little pampering -- mani's and pedi's! first, we hit up the pet store where they have pups out for adoption. breaks my heart to see them, but hopefully they will get a good home. i'm HUGE on adoption - i mean i got a gem, bodie is a prince (or king of the castle, which ever).

what a cutie! (duh, i'm talking about megan!) ha

so the mani/pedi's were one of the bests everrrrr. we got fun massages and i just about feel asleep. one that note, gel/lacquer manicures are SO the way to go, one week later and mine STILL hasn't chipped! i'm contemplating purchasing the "system" (its a process people) so i can do them at home.

next up decided on what to do for the evening. we decided to hit up the porterhouse grill for dinner - but at 6pm we were dying a slow sleep death. enter keurig. so the keurig is by far one the best purchases i've ever made and megan had one too! so we each got a cup of coffee and perk us up and it worked! you know you're getting old when you have to pregame with coffee!!

best martinis!

dinner was DELISH and after we headed back to pauleys (told ya, it really is a favorite!)

headed to pauleys --- note megans jacket please!

there megan's hubby kyle met us out and the fun continued! next up megan and kyle's coworker adam join the scene.

megan and kyle!

what a cute married couple!

this pic cracks me up - megans face is classic "brianna really??"

okay better - pauleys love!

kyle and i -- when i'm drunk my smile gets MEGA big as shown

and then i got a little prankster-ish. i decided that i would ask adam to pretend to get engaged to me. this was HILARIOUS. so we did the whole putting the ring on the finger deal and the obligatory immediate post engagement photo. so i used this fun nugget over the past week to play prankster on all of my students - AND THEY BELIEVED ME!!! muuuuahhaha, i had them going GOOD. great laughs on my end at least!

 engagement in pauleys - HOW romantic

we are just SO happy --- oh man, i laugh just looking at these pics

me and the hubster - HA!

from there we headed to 9d's (can't figure it out? 90's!!!) so i am a SUCKERRRR for some 90's music so i really LOVED this place. more drinks and megan and i were dancing fools. i'm talking the train and the macarena. i really wish someone had a video camera on us - totally out of control. in the best way possible of course. we even made it to last call, pretty good for two gal's that needed come coffee to pep up.

bahaha - oh HEY!!

dancccin' fools! 

megan and adam

photo bomb

LAST CALL KIDS --- yea we made it!

so as we departed we went to grab our coats. when we arrive we hung them up - one hanger, megan's under mine so conserve hangers. (THIS IS IMPORTANT, trust me) so when we went to leave megan couldn't find her coat - hopefully someone took it on accident. ironically i have the SAME exact coat. one year in grad school we both came back from the holiday break with the exact same coat, so keep in mind this coat is like at least 3 years old. megan runs downstairs to see if someone grabbed it AND SHE FOUND THE GIRL WHO HAD THE COAT ON! she said to the girl that she thought it was her coat AND THE GIRL DENIED TAKING IT AND SAID IT WAS HERS!!! wtf people! interesting things about this:

1. megan told the girl her keys were in the pocket, girl went to get keys out of pocket - BUT THERE ARE NO POCKETS IN THE COAT!
2. the coat is old people - i mean oldie but a goodie, but still i mean come on!
3. the girl was like skeletor - and the coat was already big on megan, it looked ridiculous on her.

from here i came back down from upstairs as i ran back up to see if there was a chance that megans coat was still up there and the girl wasn't lying through her nasty little teeth. but there wasn't. when i came down the girl had departed up the street and i proceed to run up the street and attempt to harass the girl to get the coat back. not gonna lie, things were quite a bit hazy to me at this point, but i do remember wanting to completely thrown down on this girl to get the damn coat back. kyle decided the coat wasn't worth the potential arrest and escorted me away. i still want to throw down and get the coat back, not gonna lie. we then walked home in complete shock that someone would STEAL a coat and then DENY it when confronted. women people are just tragic. 

needless to say, sunday morning was rough! hello athens hangout, ugh! nothing a little five guys and hgtv can't cure (confession: i had NEVER had five guys before, yum in such a bad way).

bodie had the right idea

blocking out the light is key for the hungover!

next up was the drive home - sad face! i always hate leaving fun visits, but i'm sure my liver was happy to head out. on the drive home i made a pit stop at one of my most favorite places on earth - IKEA!!! i didn't get to enjoy it as much as i usually do due to my last start driving (damn you hangover) and the fact the bodster was in the car. but i still managed to grab a wine rack for my recent purchases and a few items my coworkers wanted. no worries - i'll be in atl for a few conferences coming up and the totally plan on dropping by again. 

needless to say i LOVE my visits to ATH - megan and i always have TOO much fun that provide good laughs for ages. i know we'll be remember this coat story for a LONG time. i hope i go back to athens and see the girl in the coat, oh i'll get it back don't you worry!!

peace, love 'n epic athens visits!! xxoo