Shop 'til you drop!

My adventurous & super-fun friend Sally and I always love a good Girl's Weekend.  Throughout the years, we've done many beach trips and we hit up New York City for a long weekend a couple years ago.  We were, however, long overdue for a getaway.

Well, every January, Atlanta Gift Market rolls around.  As if we need an excuse to shop for great (and cheap!) jewelry and giftables.  We did an Atlanta weekend for Gift Market a while back and had so much fun...so why not make it a tradition??  Not to mention we could squeeze in a little trip to Ikea and hit up the oh-so-amazing Dawsonville outlets on our way back to G-vegas.

So Saturday morning, we got up (eagerly!) at 7:30 and hit I-85 South to ATL.  First stop: my dear friend Julie's house.  She (bravely) joined us for our fun shopping spree and we were thrilled to have such a fun third to our typical twosome.  We arrive in Atlanta around noon and spent the next 5 hours shopping, shopping shopping.  Around 5:30, we finally came up for air & realized we hadn't eaten lunch.  "Lucky" for us, the only thing available at market to eat at that time of day were some plump hotdogs...but we were not picky, just starving.  After another hour of browsing the Children's World, we split & headed to Ikea. 

Just a sampling of our deals...look at this amazing jewelry...
bet you'll never guess how much I spent.

Sushi was on our radar for dinner & we found a great little Japanese place that had fabulous rolls.  Sure beats our hotdog lunch.  After stuffing our faces, we checked into room at the Marriott & laid in bed giggling & telling stories until 2am.  In much contrast to previous girl's weekends, we were up all night & actually not up to "no good"!!

Sunday started around 10am with Starbucks & showers, which was our kick-start to the shopping marathon at the Dawsonville outlets.  With so many great stores & so little time, we did 4 hours of power shopping, even resorting to borrowing the shopping cart from PB in order to more easily carry our load.

After going up & down every row of shops & nearly perishing due to fatique & major ice cream cravings, we decided it was time to wrap it up & head back home.  I had a fanastic time with two of my closest friends & can't wait for our next getaway.  NYC anyone?