This Houston Gal Needs Some Dallas Ladies to Help Me Out!

My mom and I are huge (and I mean HUGE) Nordstrom shoppers! I firmly believe, if you are a "shopper" you have a *fave* store. Some girls are Saks lovers, others are Neiman loyalists, some prefer Bloomies...we are Nordy Girls! 

I have been a Nordy's Girl for as long as I can remember and I will be a Nordy's Girl until I die! That being said, when I left for college *ahem* years ago, we changed our game plan a bit. Sure I still hit up Nordstrom once, or five times, when I headed home but we decided to make a special girls trip once a year to shop in various cities. In college, we met in San Francisco. After college, we shopped in Houston. I lived in LA for years, so all the Southern California locations were hit. We've been to Austin, Chicago, DC, La Cantera, you're getting the pic. 

Well this year, I picked....

DALLAS!!!!!

My sis really wanted Chi-town (she didn't go when we went before) but I have some friends there and am planning a visit soon, so I thought it would be a blast to meet my fam in Dallas. I really miss Texas, and when I have the chance to go home...I jump on it! So, in November, I'll be jumping on Southwest and heading to Dallas!

Now, as strange as this might sound, I've never been to Dallas! (Cricket Cricket Chirp Chirp)! I knoooooow...a gal from Houston hasn't been north to Dallas? Nope! Only to fly through, where I take every opportunity to spit on each piece of Dallas Cowboys merchandise before hopping on the plane outta there! Those airport cops can be scary :)

So, where do all my Dallas girls recommend staying, eating, etc...? Obviously, we will be at The Galleria but I want something fun outside of that too! A neighborhood of hip restaurants, chic boutiques, and your best recommendation for an authentic Dallas BBQ joint! 

Let's hear it ladies...I'm headin to Dallas and I want to live it up with my sissy and my momma! Where can we do that best?

I Don't Wear Shoes When I Shower!

After an amazing weekend spent with family [will post pics later today/tomorrow] it is time to rejoin reality.

Today begins the renovation of our bathroom. Our heinous, ugly, old, dated bathroom - complete with matching brown tub, sink and toilet - will be gone! The contractor comes this morning to gut this puppy down to the bones and replace the lovely (snicker) purple, teal and white tiny square tiles with gorgeous marble!!!!

However, I will be without a shower for the next X number of days! Mr. Marine told me to shower at the Y, where we workout. I told him, "If you have to wear shoes where you shower, you're showering in a place you shouldn't be!"

Thank God for wonderful friends willing to let me use their spare bathroom for the duration of this process!

Here we gooooooooooo!!!!!!