The Girlies: October 2008

As I am on a roll I might as well finish up with the last day in Chicago. What a sad day - we were all leaving to go back home so that was so depressing. Everyone departing at different times of the day that we couldn't really plan anything. Just being there to wave goodbye and hug and kiss and cry! Before that we met up for our last breakfast together.

Some of us did manage a bit of a walk about.

But it was mainly waiting for the inevitable - everyone leaving!

Joan and I were the last ones to go (apart from Liv who was staying on a few more days). We shared a taxi to the airport - I was flying back to London. It seems everyone flying in the US got delayed, poor Joan didn't get home til the next day minus suitcase! I think I was the only one whose flight left on time.

What a weekend - what a wonderful bunch of girlies - what fun and camaraderie! We felt we had all known each other for years and we all got on so well. Just wish we had been together for a week because a weekend was too fast! I miss all my mateys - I know we all communicate a lot but they are all my wonderful friends, mateys, sistahs! Can't wait til we all get together again in Las Vegas next year - wooooohooooooooooo!!!

Oh, hmmmmmm, ok - it's been over a month since my last post! Eeeeekk!! Where does the time go! I can't believe I am so behind and its October now and I am still blogging about Chicago in June.

So, where were we. Ahhh yes, we got back from the wonderful boat ride. We got told we had to go back to the hotel, not sure why. Tori, Laurie, Deb and Shell were supposed to head off to see Wicked but Shell had to get something from the hotel. Aha, did she though - nope! Coz the little plotter had been plotting a surprise, none other than Kari!! So we walk to the front of the hotel and Kari is there - well, you can imagine the screams - especially from Tori and Laurie! Yeah and everyone else! It was awesome! You know what, since being on JS I say awesome a lot - I never used to say that before! Here's Kari screaming with everyone!

Soooo Liv had mentioned she wanted to go to this thing called The Bean - which is That Big Shiny Thing in Millennium Park. We went yeah ok let's go there and took a long walk not knowing what to expect. Having a bit of a rest before continuing on!

But before getting there we stop at the Giordanos, the Pizza place where we will be eating in the evening to check it out and have a bit of a rest! Check us out!

As we get to the Millenium Park we bump into Liv's DH RJ and her 5 gorgeous kids!

OK back to the Millenium Park. What a fantastic place! And The Bean - amazing!!

Yep, loads of cool photos taken at The Bean. Then some went off to a museum and Joan and I decided to go walking and look for a bookstore. Took a while but we found it and had a nice drink and chilled out for a bit. Walking back to the hotel found a great arty type shop, of course we couldnt resist it and we shopped!

Got back to the hotel to be told we had 5 minutes to get ready to go have dinner! So walked back to Giordanos to have the most spectacular pizza I have ever seen! It was thick, it was

very deep-pan, it was very gooey and tons of cheese and it was soooo good but filling!

Onto more group photos! Todd, what a great guy, was the official photographer having to take photos with 16 cameras!! You did great Todd!

The food was great, the company even greater! We were supposed to go wandering off somewhere to watch fireworks, but think everyone was pretty knackered by then! So Jessica invited us all up to her suite for girly yakking and some free yummy desserts!!