Road Trip!!!

As a campus recruiter, I have had my share of road trips. I rather enjoy the time spent on the highways of our region (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Eastern Pennsylvania & Upstate New York) seeing new sites, trying new food joints, cruising down the open road...but this past weekend I embarked on a trip reminiscent of my childhood. Two adults and three kids, packed into my X-Terra, trekking across the state to visit Chicago for the weekend. My sister and I braved it with the three girls (affectionately nicknamed "Three Little Birds") for a Girl's Weekend of shopping, food and laughs!

So, I took Friday off from work, had my IPod tunes ready (which a Chicago playlist created just for the occassion), our car snacks divided (Maren was shocked that I had spent $100 on "goodies"), the bags packed in the trunk (wasn't sure we really had any room for purchases as we were already packed to the gills!)...and we were off.

We did what we set out to do - we shopped our way up, down and back up Michigan Avenue, ate at the Cheesecake Factory, had Chicago Deep Dish Pizza and spent almost all of our money (and we had the bags to prove it!!) The first of what I hope will be many Girl's Weekends with my fantabulous nieces!!!