I took off from Windom around noon, and after a shopping stopover in Onalaska, WI, arrived at my friend Coley's place around 10:30 that night. After a little bit of chit-chat and catching up (and also meeting her hubby, Joe), we drifted into a sweet slumber :)
We spent the next day with 4 other girls - Mara, Amanda, Liz and Carrie - beginning with breakfast at a Dunkin Donuts none of us could find very easily, and then on to a wine tasting and winery tour in Roselle at the Lynfred Winery. It was so wonderful to see everyone and to meet them after years of chatting on a message board! They are all such beautiful women, and I feel so privileged to know them :)
After the winery tour, we headed back to the hotel room to test out some of the goodies we brought - nutterfluffer cupcakes (courtesy of Mara), cheesecake (courtesy of moi), carrots and hummus (for nutritional value - thanks Carrie!), and some sadly untouched chocolates (courtesy of Amanda) that were left in the freezer! Unfortunately, Mara had to take off (or so she thought) after we finished off the snacks, so the rest of us made reservations at ZaZa's Italian Steakhouse for that evening. Here is our last group shot - so beautiful, yet so sad :( LOVE YOU LADIES!!
As I said - after Mara left, we headed shortly thereafter to ZaZa's for supper. It was pretty yummy!!
Amy and Carrie's choice:
Liz's choice:
Nicole's Choice
Amanda's Choice
After supper, we headed back to the hotel room - feeling our age and ready to relax! lol We stayed up almost until midnight solving the world's problems! lol
All of us but Liz met up the next morning at the same Dunkin Donuts that got us all lost in the beginning, then headed our separate ways.
I dropped Coley back off at her place, then headed back to Windom - another long 8 hour adventure turned into 10 hours lol
Along the way home, I stopped at this cute little cheese and wine shop south of Janesville, IL and picked up some yummy cheese and sausage to take home to the hubby :)
As I pulled back into Cottonwood County, I took in the most incredible sunset I've seen, and it felt so great to be home before dark :)
What a whirlwind, but FUN weekend!! Can't wait to see these ladies again, hopefully sometime soon!
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