Christmas in Memphis

Last weekend I traveled down to my hometown of Memphis, TN.

My To-Do List was:

1. Celebrate my best friend's 30th Birthday

2. Buy a wedding dress

3. Celebrate Christmas with the Family

1.  My best friend/maid-of-honor, Stephanie turned 30 last week, and I definitely wanted to be there to celebrate.  On Friday, a few of us had a chef tasting at Hog and Hominy.

(Where I ate PIG EARS and PIG TAIL! yikes!)

And Saturday night we all had dinner and drinks again and blew out some candles.

I was so happy I got to celebrate her birthday, because being 7 hours part, we've had to miss quite a few.

2. Saturday morning, I woke up bright and early to head to Brinkley, AR with my mom and sister to shop at Low's Bridal Shop for a wedding gown. This place is HUGE.

This bridal shop definitely had a wide range of gowns and I found several that I loved....on the hanger. 

I tried on about 20 dresses (with the help of my sister/matron-of-honor who zipped and buttoned each one) but I honestly didn't fall in love with any of them, even though my sister & mom definitely had their favorites.

Maybe it's because I'm picky...or Maybe it's because none of them were "THE dress" and Maybe it's because I already knew exactly what dress I wanted to wear...and it wasn't at THAT store! :)

3. The rest of the four day weekend was spent shopping with my mom, and hanging out with my sister and her family.  I let my niece open her christmas present from me (cinderella dress, crown & doll).

Do you think she liked it?

Hope everyone had a fabulous week.
I have a fun weekend planned and then I'm headed to North Carolina for the holidays.

Happy Holidays to each and everyone!!