Very Special Visitors

My two best friends, Meagan and Kristin, were in town for the weekend. I love it when they're here. We laugh, we eat, we shop, we drink, we crawl into bed together in the mornings and snuggle (I know. Creepy.) It's what we do. And then my cheap-ass Ikea Aneboda bed snaps into pieces under our weight. Yes, that really happened.

I even booked a sitter for Saturday night so I could party properly. We hit up De Cero with some pals, and then headed over to Fulton Lounge.

Because I never, ever go out to bars, I forgot that in order to be admitted, one must present a valid form of identification. Whoopsies! I did not pack my ID in my cute silver clutch. But don't worry because I did remember to bring other EXTREMELY essential items like a band-aid and a highlighter.

I realized my mistake while we were at the restaurant, and being that we were way out in the West Loop, there was no going back. I shrugged and thought to myself that if any bouncer were to give me a hard time, I'd just lift my eyebrows as high as they go and point at my wrinkled up forehead while announcing, "if I were twenty, do you think I could do THIS?"

Here's a picture from the lounge. It was the only shot I got of all the girls together that night, and Aunt M happened to have one eye half-closed and the other one crossed (I'm still trying to figure out how she did that). And while she still looked stunning to me, I decided that she may not agree.

Then, because we only live once, some of us decided to head to another bar. And I'll be darned if we weren't the oldest folks in that place by a good 10 years. I'm not kidding. (Incidentally, I had NO TROUBLE getting into that bar whatsoever. All I had to do was say that I forgot my ID and that I promise that I'm over 21 because, heck, I even have a child at home. And then the bouncer was all, "GIRL, YOU LOOKIN' GOOD FOR JUST HAVING A BABY!" And I just smiled, gave him a little wink, and walked on into the bar. No way did I mention that it's been five and a half years since the kid was born.)

We positioned ourselves in the corner of the bar and had ourselves a great time, right there in the pushing-thirty section.

Meagan and Kristin, it was so fun having you here! I miss you both already.