last weekend

after a super long week at school, greg and i decided to meet in auburn for a 24 hour vacation. it is not quite halfway but pretty convenient for both of us. we didn't do any planning but after calling everyone we knew in the area, bed and breakfasts, and hotels... we finally found room in the inn: the hilton garden inn.

we bot arrived late afternoon/early evening on saturday and went to dinner at one of my fav's, amsterdam cafe! we elected to sit outside (we didn't want to wait for a loud table in the crowded inside). outside was quiet... and hot. and there was one fan on the whole porch. greg tried to convince the waiter to move it after a selfish family moved the only fan to point only on them. 

after din din we went to visit one of greg's good buddies that interestingly enough lives in my old apartment (next door to greg's old apartment). it was surreal.

on sunday we went to brunch at hamilton's and greg got a massive omelet. he's crazy about his protein. then we went to the prize of opelika, angels flea market and antique mall. it opens at 1 on sundays. we got there a little early bc we had nothing else to do. apparently, people plan their sundays around the opening of angels. when we pulled up, there was a line of eager people at the door. greg and i marveled at the sight and estimated the number of smokers in the bunch. 

we tried to hit the whole store but it is nearly impossible in the time frame we gave ourselves, an hour and a half. but greg did score some super vinyl records and i got some metal birds. it is one of our auburn pastimes. 

i love my barry manilow!

overall, it was a short but fun weekend. felt very vacationy. greg and i hadn't seen each other in three weeks so any time together was worth it. the whole weekend we talked about how much we love auburn and how it was the perfect location for our 24 vacation.

oh, i forgot to mention that a lady walked in on me in the bathroom at starbucks. i could see everyone ordering in line... that's how wide open she opened the door. when she finally closed the door and i composed myself again... i walked out and told her to "watch out... apparently the door doesn't lock."

weekend scenes :: introducing the kents

and another friend gets married...

this time it was kati lanier and will kent.

i met kati our sophomore year at auburn.

we both made cheerleading and pretty much became instant friends.

i met will shortly after.

they started dating a little bit and then kind of dwindled off...

he dated another girl (we had to pretend not to like him or her).

but i wont forget the time we went to chili's and will saw kati (he was with his gf) and he stopped by our table and never took his eyes off of her (not even to speak to me and collier!).

a few months later, kati and will became an item during the summer we have dubbed... the summer of love, 2007 (wade and robert also started dating).

crazy enough, will and kati grew up a few short miles from each other and never knew it until they met at a football game in auburn. and that is where they fell in love, got engaged, and married!

the day begins!

i modeled the bridesmaid dress a la lady gaga.

the rest of the bridesmaids...

and kati with her sister, jami!

here are my new best friends, the flower girls. 

they wanted to take a picture of me with my camera...

but couldn't quite get me in the picture.

my sweet greg made it!

dream come true: photo booth!!!

we had a really good time in auburn. kati's family knows how to plan a wedding... they've had a lot of practice this year (jami got married in october!). 

greg and i hadn't seen each other in 3 weeks so we decided to hang out in auburn on sunday before i had to go back to the birm. 

i hope you had a great weekend!

weekend scenes :: bachelorette squad

another bachelorette weekend...

bethy and colls relaxing on friday

this time in panama city beach for kati;

"green eyed girl" a la billy

there was a lot of stage time.

linda gets the only country song she knows serenaded on stage

and special song dedication. 

me and bethy

then, there was the lingerie shower and night;

the whole gang minus colls :(

kati got a lot of good stuff!

kati and her booty

mollie and friends take panama city beach.

amanda, me, brett, bethy, jami, kati, and wade

my jeromey, brother from a another mother.

 ^^ and look who came to party! ^^

another fun weekend with all of my friends.

too bad there has to be a wedding for us to get together so often.

beth and i are going to have to marry each other so we can hang out again!

we were supposed to go to orange beach but because of the tragic oil spill, quick change of plans, and we went to pcb. lucky for us, the weather was pretty cooperative and we got some good sun time. i managed not to get burned (which is a miracle and took a lot of dedication). we went to all of kati's favorite pcb spots (minus club la vela, sorry brett!). beth, our real single lady, got the singer's (billy) number as well as another guy that went to auburn. the rest of us got hit on by 18 year olds pretending to be 21 year olds and by canadians that made fun of me for saying "y'all." 

it was also a kind of high school reunion for me. the bartender was actually one of my good friends in high school (hello, free drinks). then i talked to an ex-fiance of a girl i thought was married, followed by a guy i havent seen in 8 years since american history in 11th grade, and then i saw another person acting a fool.... who i also went to high school with. only in pcb.

on the last night, jeromey met us for dinner and surprised kati and all of us by paying for our meal! his mamas raised him right :) and then of course he was rewarded with free drinks and our company.

note to self: im not 21 anymore.