Old Friend, New Town

Amber and I have been friends for almost 8 years now. Holy Cow! Where does time go? I can hardly believe that she left Fargo 3 or 4 years ago. And now I left as well. I remember the first time someone mentioned Amber to me. I had missed Church because I had just given birth to Victoria. A dear friend of mine came by to visit and told me of a new family that had moved in. She told me that I was going to love Amber. I remember thinking that I already had some good friends and didn't need any new people at the moment. LOL Oh little did I know how much Amber and I would need each other over the next decade (OK- almost but it sounds way more amazing when you use the word decade. ;). I love her dearly and we still talk at least once a week despite our long distance relationship. She's awesome! Fargo was never quite the same without her.
BUT...now that neither of us are Fargonians any longer AND I am only 3 1/2 hours away- that calls for a Ladies Weekend. It worked out that I could go down around her birthday and be able to spend some time celebrating her and our friendship.

Friday afternoon I drove down. We spent some time with the fam before we made our way over for a GNO in the Theater Room of her complex. It was fun to get to know some of Amber's new lady friends. We watched a BollyWood Film with subtitles which turned out to be a really great show. So fun!
Then we stayed up all hours of the night catching up and getting really tired. LOL We're getting old, I guess.

Saturday, after an amazing breakfast {I love friends who cook!}, we headed into town for a girls day out. We stopped and picked up a vinyl order I bought [that's a story for another day], and did some shopping at DownEast. Man- can I say- I miss the Mormon shopping stores.- modest clothing, crafty stuff, homemade goodness. It was AWESOME! I found some killer deals. I have been eyeing these Pottery Bran stockings online for a couple of years. I couldn't make myself pay $40 a pop. But $10 and a little unpicking-- totally up my alley! SCORE! Amber got some darling clothes and we totally loved their furniture that neither of us can afford! ;)

We also went to lunch. I always love Cafe Rio since I haven't lived around one for almost a decade. Thanks lady for indulging me! 

Happy Birthday Lady! I have totally missed you and I'm so excited we are close enough to see each other more often! XOXO!