Celebrating Mom's Birthday

This past week, I flew down to St. Louis to celebrate my mom's ...th birthday with her. Getting there turned out to be the biggest problem since Milwaukee was in the midst of getting a foot of snow the day I left. The streets were a mess so I knew the airport was going to be backed up. They kept cancelling flights so I was definitely glad that I got on the plane just a couple hours late. Retrieving my baggage was also a problem since they decided to set it down two baggage lifts from where it was supposed to be. Once I finally found it and spurted out a few explitatives (it happens!!) I was ready to greet the birthday girl. Mom had to work the next day so I took myself shopping... I know you are shocked. Then I met Laura and Audrey for dinner at PF Chang's. I LOVE that place. We had a wonderful time catching up and were so busy talking that we forgot to take pictures until we got to the parking garage!! Mom was home from work by the time I got back and we played some cards before bed. The next day we started with pedicures and manicures and then made our way to Wapanga, this awesome Latin restaurant. We treated ourselves to steak for lunch! We then hit the malls. We got tons of great deals. Then we headed to U City to meet Holly for dinner at Saleem's... the King of Garlic. Good thing there were no boys around when we were through! Saturday we hit the gym... you have been keeping track of all we've eaten, haven't you?! We then went over to Mike and Tracy's to have chili. We brought the cornbread and Gail brought this awesome dip. It was so damp and cold outside, perfect chili weather. We finished the dinner with carrot cake and unfortunately watched the Cardinals lose to the Brewers. Sunday we got lucky with some bleacher tickets and some warmer, drier weather and headed to Busch Stadium. We got to see Mrs. Bennish. The game was AWESOME. We beat the Brewers 10-2 and Albert Pujols hit 2 homeruns. It was a great day to be a Cardinals fan!! We went to eat a bite at Union Station before it was time to head back to Milwaukee. Thankfully, the plane was on time and all the snow had melted by the time I got home.