the best part of pittsburgh

after three alcohol free weekends i decided that friday night i wanted to well, drink. but i only wanted to have one or two because i was going to pittsburgh in the morning.

one or two.

the night ended up like this - blind pig, johnny's little bar, maproom, johnny's little bar, maproom.

let's just say i had a couple more than one or two.

let's also say that i fell into a trash can at maproom.

let's also say that i have to buy a new bathroom rug.

drinking 101 lesson learned: after not drinking for awhile, and not eating anything more than a salad you will get drunk.

.....

saturday morning i somehow woke up and drove to canton to get my hair cut and colored, stopped at my mom's to say hi and jumped in the yuppie mobile for my drive to pittsburgh.

two hours later i was pulling into my dear friend diva's condo and getting ready for teen and d's engagement party. i was still feeling like hell from the night before, but there wasn't time for rest i had one of my best friends parties to get to.

living so close to each other is a blessing because i get to see teen and diva fairly often and that's only going to increase with teen's upcoming wedding festivities cause i'm going to be a bridesmaid!

teen has drunkenly asked me the night that she got engaged but now it's official. she kicked it up a notch and presented myself and the other girls in the wedding party with a hand painted wine glass (she painted it) and a letter asking us to be a part of her big day.

i was a big sap and started crying while reading the letter. (paraphrased below)

miss alexa [redacted]..... friend of the bride

if you asked me ten years ago if i thought i would still be friends with the loud greek girl from 6 adele [our freshman year dorm floor] today, i would have said probably not. but today i couldn't imagine my life without the loud greek girl.... you keep me grounded.... we have so many amazing memories together, some make me laugh and some make me cry and i just hope those memories continue throughout our lifetime. i would be honored to have you stand by me on my wedding day. so officially, will you be my bridesmaid?

i told her i'd think about it - psyche. i can't friggin' wait!

the hostess with the mostest and matron of honor amie, teen and maid of honor diva

teen and lara, a couple of UD's finest

the bridal party!

it's going to be a great year of planning and i simply can't wait for the big day. good times, good times.