September 23rd I flew to New York to see my bestie, Steph Delia! She got engaged over the summer to a wonderful guy Paul and I wanted some girl time to celebrate her news and start my Matron of Honor duties! I was PUMPED for this trip!! I feel like I am turning into my mother (in a good way, mom) because I made a bunch of new friends along the way... I seriously talk to everyone now, I can't help myself!
I flew Virgin Atlantic for the first time. The plane was really cool with purple lights and a bar in the middle where people can go and hang out! I found my seat and this adorable Italian guy throws his stuff in the seat next to me and says "hi, I am your neighbor!" I am horrible with names, so I'm going to call him Ethan (but I'm pretty sure that's NOT it), and he seriously talked to me for at least 4 of the 7 hour flight. lol. He was also going to see friends in NYC.
There are fabulous chocolate/dessert products in the UK call Gu (with two little dots over the "u") that I absolutely love, and apparently they have a relationship with Virgin, because they were served with dinner (well, not mine because silly me ordered the low fat meal!) and as snacks throughout the journey! My friendship with Ethan ended when I got the enormous, glorious Gu brownie at the end of the flight and opened it with a gigantic smile on my face ready to take a big bite and enjoy its heavenliness when he says "That's terrible. So full of fat and sugar" (but picture it being said with the stereotypical Italian accent on his English). I took two bites and threw the rest away because I didn't want to look like a complete fatty but secretly, I wish I'd eaten the entire thing...Good thing I didn't because after I told my whole life story to the customs agent, Steph took me to the yummy Zack's restaurant in her neighborhood where we had champagne and a lentil and goat cheese salad.
It was so great seeing Steph! That very next morning, we were up bright and early and on our way to bridal appointments! I seriously had to control myself because I seriously wanted to cry every time she came out in a new dress. Of course, she looked absolutely stunning in everything but it was really cute because you could see in her face which dresses she really liked, so I able to know which ones I was allowed to get excited and make a big deal about! For those of us who have been a bride, it's a really stressful and wonderful experience finding your dress!! The more you try on, the less you know what you want... there are SO many gorgeous dresses out there. We went to two salons that day, and she tried on some REALLY gorgeous dresses. That seemed to only further confuse Steph about what she wanted in her wedding dress, so to deliberate over the possibilities, we got some Meglio's pizza and brownies and went to her parents' house. Meglio's is her dad's italian restaurant and her mom, who spent the day with us too, reminds me a lot of my mom - maybe that's why she and I are so alike, we had a very similar upbringing :)
Then Saturday, Steph and I walked ALL over Hoboken and shopped and ate and enjoyed ourselves! I picked up some really nice stuff including a pretty new bag that I absolutely love!! To thank me for coming, Steph took me to a nice dinner out that night where, again, we ate and enjoyed ourselves!
The best part of the whole weekend was Sunday. We got the biggest pancakes I've ever seen for a late breakfast with a carton of blueberries on top. And then we walked around for a bit and decided we were really tired and went back to Steph's since I was flying out that night. We ordered take out for lunch and there was half a bottle of wine leftover from the night before and Steph says to me "don't judge me, but I'm going to have a glass with lunch" and I look at her and say "I was thinking the same thing." So we spent from 1 PM on Sunday to almost 5PM, sitting on the couch drinking wine (we went out and got another bottle) and watched the Jersey shore Marathon that was on. And then some Keeping up with the Kardashians. It was honestly the best afternoon I've had in a VERY long time just laughing and watching mindless TV that Andrew refuses to watch with me and hanging out with my bestie. Weekends with Steph always revitalize me!
(Pictures to be posted when I'm back in London!!)
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