This weekend was one of the best ever.
It started on Friday, when we went out to celebrate. We went into DC and had dinner at the The Palm (yummy) followed by a showing of Jersey Boys at the National Theater.
Then we wandered around downtown and looked at some of the pretty Christmas decorations. We wandered around the lobby of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel. It's right next to the White House and just looked beautiful.
Next, we walked over to the National Christmas Tree. I was only able to quickly snap the photo above. We planned to take more but the lights went out at 11PM (unbeknownst to us). Mike promised that we will go back so hopefully I'll have better pictures to post soon.
After that, we just wandered around some of the monuments. I did not take any more pictures - I'm terrible I know - but that's ok. I remember it all in detail.
And it was perfect.The city looked really really pretty. I love this time of year when everything is decorated for the holidays. There is just something magical about it.
Plus, we did not look so bad ourselves. Mike looked extremely handsome - as always. And, I was able to wear my new dress. Ok, ok I say "able" like I did not intentionally buy this dress to wear for this evening but whatever. You get the point. It looks like the one to the side. I really like it so if you see me at any fancy event - you'll be sure to see this dress too. :)
On Saturday, we put up the Christmas tree at Mike's house (we did mine last weekend). That was a lot of fun. After a quick trip to the store to buy more lights, ornaments, and garland (plus a star - I still cannot believe he owned a tree but no topper), the tree looked amazing.
To top it all off, it SNOWED on Saturday. I could not imagine better weather for trimming a tree than a snowy afternoon. It was just all so perfect.
On Sunday, I finished up my Christmas shopping. I think that I had an angel looking out for me this weekend because I really did not hit any crowds and I met the most wonderful salespeople. I ended up getting some great gifts so it was worth the trek to the mall.
All in all, it was a fantastic weekend. It's definitely one I'll remember - the perfect kickoff to the Christmas season.
Fun! I couldn't remember when your weekend of fun was. Are you star people? We've always been angel people. Rob was a star person, but I converted him even though I never liked our angel. She was the only one in the store and now it's just tradition to stick her up there. Maybe some day, we'll get a new angel - one who looks angelic and less mean and judgmental (it's like she's an angel from Supernatural).
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