Girls night out!

A couple weekends ago my friend Desiree and I hit the Windy City for a little get away. We left bright and early Saturday morning and got there before 10am. We dropped our luggage off at the hotel, which was conveniently located just 2 blocks off Michigan Ave (aka The Magnificent Mile), and hit the streets despite the cold to do some shopping. We hit all the stores and I was pleased to be able to stop at Tiffany's and thanks to my in-laws add another piece to my collection.(Thanks favorite father and mother in-law!!) A pair of beautiful heart shaped earrings to match the ring Todd got me for Christmas.

My new earrings!

We headed back to the hotel late in the afternoon and got gussied up and went out to eat at an excellent sea food place, The Frog Bar. If you have to chance I highly recommend. Everything we had was EXCELLENT! After dinner we ordered 2 pieces of Key Lime Pie, thank goodness our waiter suggested splitting one! The piece of pie was almost as tall and wide as my head!

Yes. That is a steak knife.

After dinner we headed to the famous Oriental Theater to see "Wicked" the musical. Desiree and I are both huge fans of the book. We had an awesome time!

Desiree and I freezing our buns off after the show! Me, outside the Oriental after the show

We slept in till 8am (believe it or not, that's sleeping in these days!) and got ready to head out. No trip through Chicago in the AM is complete for me without stopping at Ann Sather, a local Swedish restaurant, known for their cinnamon rolls. We headed cross town for breakfast and indulged in a great breakfast and some cinnamon rolls. I brought the boys some rolls home, which they loved. Desiree brought a couple home for her daughter but confessed to eating them all before her daughter got home from school!

Todd spent the weekend hanging out with the boys playing with his old Construx, doing guy things and even braving a trip to the book store to let the kids pick out some books. When I called Sunday morning before coming home he was showing off his culinary skills by making the kids pancakes and sausage. Hmmm... how come I never get that???????