Hunting & Gathering

God I love Mardi Gras. Normally, Im over it before it even starts, but this year is different. I dont know why, maybe its just my attitude towards it all.
My Mardi Gras weekend started at 12 on Friday when Lindsay & I met for a pedicure. Between getting my hair done & pregaming at the hotel, my night didnt slow down at all before the parade & ball. Heres a video of Justin parading!

Right after parade, Chris showed up, we got dressed & went to to watch call outs. This is when the real fun began. Here we are before the ball (and before any drinks.)

As soon as we got seated, here comes Justin, drunk as a mother fucker, running up into the stands. He was screaming and carrying on, grabbing boobs & butts wherever he could. To me, it was hilarious, to the people around us, he was crazy.
After call outs, we were ready to get the party started... well, after we hit the bathroom. Lindsay & I gave Chris & Pat specific instructions to STAY PUT while we peed. Of course, this directions were obviously too complex for their simple, alcohol saturated brains. Linds & I came back literally 3 minutes later, and the boys were gone. We spend half an hour wandering up and down the hall, and through the rooms to find them, but they were nowhere to be found. But just when we had almost given up, there they were, back where we had left them.
I freaked out a little. I wanted to know where the hell they had been, even though it was pretty obvious, because at that point, they had plates full of food. Chris said "We were, umm, Hunting some food." Aggravated & tipsy I replied "WHAT the fuck ever, You were GATHERING food." The boys didnt take kindly to being called gatherers... their logic was that you could not gather meat... Well, I beg to differ, but its all good.

After we finally rounded up our men, we spent a few hours just hanging out & daning a little. We got to hang out with some great friends- Eddie, Karleen, Sean, Misty, & we ran into a few other people we knew too.

Me & Misty

The Girls

The Guys

The later it got, the more drinks we had, the more silly our pictures got.

Also, as I drank, my eyes got smaller & mouth got bigger. haha

& As much fun as I had with my friends. & as excited I was that Chris actually danced with me. The highlght of my night was playing with the feather hats & getting to put one on. I was so happy I knew Jeff & Kim Lawson.

When people started heading out, and the numbers started thinning, Lindsay, Pat, Chris & I headed to Boo's after the ball. Chris & I didnt even stay long enough to get a drink beforewe were ready to call it a night.

 

The next morning Chris, Justin, Alisa, Lindsay, Pat & I went to breakfast at Spot of Tea. It was delicious as always.

The rest of the day flew by way too fast. We finally got home, got showers & a nap, and by that time it was already close to 4. We had to return Chris' tux, and do a quick clean sweep & trip to the grocery store.

Around 7 we had Lindsay, Justin, Alisa, Mike & Paulie over to watch the UFC fights. We had a nice time just being able to hang out and unwind from a nice weekend.

Today Im going to write my religion paper from my Marriage & Family class & then Im just going to hang out around the house, got to get ready to do it all again next weekend!