Melissa and I have known each other since 7th grade. The two of us...boy... do we have some memories! We went through middle school and high school together, relationships and break-ups, vacations, getting into trouble together (well mostly just me in trouble!), college apart but always in my heart, lots of dinners, girl time, and millions of laughs in between. I love this girl...more than any other! Obviously, Melissa was my Maid of Honor (my sister was my Matron of Honor), which is why she gave the speech at the reception and caused this...
A while ago (before this blog was created), I got this text from Melissa...
Melissa: "Breaking news!" and the photo that followed...
Naturally, we had to celebrate this joyous occasion with a Bachelorette weekend! Melissa lives in Charleston (one of my favorite places on this earth), so we all decided to come to her. Ya know, since she's in Med school and all and super busy.
I flew in Wednesday and spent Wednesday night, Thursday, and until Friday afternoon with just Melissa - which was awesome! The weather wasn't as warm as I would have loved it to be, but we still had a good time! Melissa and I went to the gym (#duh), ate at Whole Foods (a lot), shopped, and made dinner together.
The rest of the girls arrived Friday afternoon. After the girls got to Melissa's apartment, we packed up our stuff and headed to the condo we were staying at on KING STREET in downtown Charleston for the rest of the weekend. Get a load of this place! Holy AWESOME!! Oh, did I already say that when we walked out the door we were in the middle of downtown?!? No biggie...
Friday night, we dressed Melissa up in all of her "Bride to Be" finery and paraded her around the town! We ate dinner at the amazing, new Starz Restaurant. Absolutely fabulous. Both Melissa and I had a Filet Mignon with fried mashed potatoes. Yeah...it happened. The table split a bottle of wine and enjoyed girl chat! After that we went out on the town, but not before we stopped to get some Froyo! Bride's request! No pictures were taken after Froyo ;)
Saturday morning, we got up, ate some breakfast and then set off for our one hour massages. Ahhh....glorious! We had our massages at a very historical Hotel in the heart of downtown Charleston called Wentworth Mansion. Did you know that celebrities like...uh...Ryan Phillipe and Reese Witherspoon have stayed here?? Actually, the stayed at the Wentworth Mansion on their Honeymoon Night!! Before our massages, we went up to the roof top viewing and had a gorgeous look at the city.
Saturday we spent the day shopping along King Street. *Sigh*...I sure do miss the south, Charleston, and everything Southern. Especially the shopping!! There is nothing quite like southern couture. Saturday night we were out again for some more Bachelorette shenanigans!! The Bride-to-Be wanted Mexican, so we went to a popular Mexican restaurant for some chips, dip, and margaritas! They were huge! While we were there, we even got our picture taken to be put on the restaurants Facebook Page. I guess we made quite an impression!
Sunday morning we got all packed up and said our goodbyes. I was lucky enough to spend Sunday afternoon and night with my family and then my mom brought me back to the airport on Monday. It was a great visit. I was so thankful that I was able to go and see so many of my loved ones and make lots of memories! Love you Mel!! Next memory stop...Hawaii!! Woo!
