Last weekend, some of my closest college friends and I had a girls weekend in Nashville! Last year, so many of us got married or had babies that it seemed like we were seeing each other every month for bachelorette parties, weddings, baby showers, etc. This year we didn't have any excuses to get together so we decided to make one by celebrating everyone's 30th birthday this year with a girls weekend in Nashville (where two of the girls live). Boy oh boy am I glad we decided to do this - it was a blast! In fact it was so much fun that we decided to try and make it an annual tradition - we promised to make it a tradition for the big years when we are celebrating major birthdays but hope to do it every year!
I decided to fly in Thursday morning to get a little extra time with my friend Anna and her sweet little girl Carter. She picked me up from the airport on Thursday and I worked from her house while we played with Carter in between. Below are some pictures from our fun day - isn't she just the cutest?
A few of the other girls got into town Thursday night and everyone else got in town on Friday. Friday night, our hostess with the mostess, Sarah, cooked a fabulous dinner with delicious wine pairings and we just ate, drank and caught up. It was exactly what we all needed!
We woke up Saturday morning and a few of us decided to go to a workout class. It was brand new for me and although I'm glad I went, it was really hard and I was sore for days. After the class, we showered, packed up and went to Arrington Vineyards for a day of wine tasting. What is more perfect for a girls weekend than sitting outside on a beautiful day at a beautiful vineyard tasting wine? Absolutely nothing! We had the BEST time!
Anna, Lauren and I doing the tasting
Beautiful view of Nashville from where we were sitting all day
All the girls at the vineyard
After the tasting, we went back to Sarah's, quickly changed and got ready for dinner. That night we went to one of the best restaurants I have ever been to in my life - Lockeland Table. Absolutely everything we had was amazingly delicious. I will definitely be going back on my next trip to Nashville and HIGHLY recommend it for anyone visiting. After that, we decided to go to one honky tonk downtown (since we were in Nashville and all) and then called it a night.
This girls weekend was amazing and just what I needed! I feel so lucky and blessed to have great friends from college that I stay in touch with, celebrate major moments in life with but, most importantly, find a reason to celebrate even the smaller things in life with just so that we can be together!
I'm in Memphis for the golf tournament this week - I have plans to post about that soon!