At the Ho

For Mother's Day weekend, Tiffany got passes to a spa event. She was also able to get a room at the Valley Ho (a super awesome retro hotel in Scottsdale). Woo hoo!!! We had such a great time. Here are Penny and Lisa posing while Tiffany was checking in: I love Lisa's Blue Steel face.

Then we checked into our super cool room. I loved the decor (which you can't really see in any of these pictures - but trust me, it was cool).
Sooo....we went to the spa event - walked around a bit and got a bag full of free loot. Then we sat in the car and giggled over all of our stuff. It was like Christmas morning! There was a coupon for a free blow-out, a coupon for a facial, philosophy mosturizer, perfume...and much more! Here's a picture of some of the stuff:

After the event we went to dinner at that super good mexican food restaurant that we had went to back in October. I forgot the name. We had so much fun chatting and being silly. Our waiter brought us a free dessert because we were so charming. Then we ventured over to Fashion Square to see "Something Borrowed" at the movie theater. After we headed back to our hotel and chatted until the wee hours. I think I fell asleep around 1:30 but Lisa and Tiffany were still chatting away.

The next morning we checked out and had breakfast at a cute little joint called Butterfields. The strawberry shortcake pancakes were AWESOME. Like super duper awesome. And then we headed over to Anthropologie. I think the salespeople there thought we were a little crazy because we'd try something on and then congregate in Lisa's dressing room - giving each other critiques. I got a pair of $165 Citizen of Humanity jeans for $20. I'm not lying. We all got some awesome deals.

One of my favorite parts of the day was at the end when we went to Target. Lisa was desperate to buy something - the only thing she had bought so far was a pair of pants at Anthro for $20. We kept encouraging her to try things on. But she didn't want to use the dressing room - so she tried a skirt on in the back of the women's section with me, Tiffany and Penny standing around her. I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long time. I will forever have a picture of Lisa shimming over to the mirror with her pants around her ankles. Awesome.

Now that summer is around the corner, I hope to hang out with these girls more.

Thank you Tiffany for a great weekend!

Weekend Away

A few weeks ago Holly had the idea to book a girls' weekend at a hotel for Tiffany's birthday. We figured out dates, e-mailed Jason (to make sure he didn't have to work) and then Holly booked the Phoenician for Oct. 1 & 2. I had been looking forward to this weekend for a long time. Or maybe it just felt like a long time (kind of like when you are a kid and Christmas is near but it never seems to get there).

We started off the evening with dinner at Blanco, a Mexican food restaurant in Scottsdale. The same company that owns Sauce owns Blanco, which means I was bound to love it. And I did. I think Ian and I will go back this week. And I think I'm going to have to try the rice that Holly and Tiffany got.

When we got to the Phoencian I noticed something: I packed more stuff than anyone else. And I packed waaaaayyyy more stuff than Lisa. Above is a picture of my bag next to Lisa's. Also, notice my pillow and blanket in the background. I didn't end up needing them though because the Phoenician has super comfortable beds, pillows and blankets. Like heaven on earth.

This is the gals hanging out Friday night. We basically sat around and chatted. And we didn't hear "mmmmoooommm!" even once. It was weird, in an awesome way.

The view from our room. We never did go to the pool. But that's because we went shopping. Which is better.


This is Lisa and Tiffany recreating the pose from Blossom. Congratulations if you have no idea what I am talking about. Seriously. Remember Blossom's crazy outfits?

The chandelier at the Phoenician. They also had a lot of really interesting Native American art work.

I wanted to get a cute picture in front of the fountain. Dang that back lighting.

Saturday morning we ate at a little place called The Pancake House. It was divine. The best pancakes I have had - EVER. Next time I will try the apple cinnamon ones.

It was a great way to celebrate Tiffany being born. I am so lucky to have her as a friend. She listens to me, gives me pep talks, brings me yummy treats...I never feel like I have to be anything but myself around her. She's awesome.