Let’s catch you up, just in case you are new here, or forgot, or may have short term memory loss.
A few weeks ago, I took a vacation to Madison. I don’t really call it a vacation, more of a blisscation, because it was so wonderful.
Madison is in Wisconsin, in case you are wondering. It is the best city in the world, if you ask me. It’s also the place I call home, in regards to home being where the heart is and all.
I’m recapping my trip in little parts because I crammed SO MUCH into the 7 days I was in town. So far I’ve told you about:
SSR1: Greenbush, Wine & Laughter; Oh, my!
SSR2: Willie Street
SSR3: Meeting my Julie for the first time
SSR4: Blogger Meet-Up Dinner at Bluephies
SSR5: Taking a Newbie to the Dane County Farmers Market
SSR6: Farmers Market Flowers
SSR7: State Street with Friends
SSR8: Madison Marathon Expo 2010
SSR9: Bratfest 2010
SSR10: Town Tour : 90% of the things I love about Madison
Guest Perspective: Savvy Wedding Recaps One and Two
SSR11: Savvy Wedding: my first wedding since the broken engagement
SSR12: State Street with Healthy Ashley
SSR13: The Meshing : A Party of Epicness
And now I’m going to tell you about Monday morning, when we went to Savers.
This may not surprise you if you read the recap of The Meshing, or commented on my drinking the bestt water evertr, but Monday morning, when I woke up, I needed coffee, and i needed it badly. I also needed two glasses of water before I even got off of the couch. But after a 30 minute walk to and from an open coffee shop (it was Memorial Day and a few of the closest local places were closed), a good hydration – both in the form of guzzling water and taking a shower, and an informant bringing information of a super sale at Savers, IT WAS ON.
Megan, Kati, Christa and I head to Savers to get our thrift on. Luckily, I had bore witness to one Miss Healthy Ashley find the perfect ensemble at another Madison thrift store just days before, leaving me with an eagerness like never before to find some good treasures to take back to New York with me.
It would seem that my friends were in on the hunt for themselves as well.
I think it’s safe to say we all found a few key pieces to call our own. I spent $7 on 1 purse, 1 belt, 3 t-shirts, a Bucky Badger travel mug, and 2 dishes for bananas. (oh, be intrigued. you are going to love these things once I put on my “food blogger” hat and try to take some photos for you.) Success was mine.
Then it was time to say goodbye to my dear friend, Megan, which of course called for a photo. I’m not too sure why we both look so happy here, as I happen to know that I was quite sad that we had to leave one another.
Megan is one of my favorite people on the planet. She is such a great friend, a brilliant writer, speaker, performer, and thinker. I call her my muse, as when I often find myself the most inspired creatively after conversation or time spent with her. She is one of the most beautiful women I have had the pleasure of knowing, and I am so thankful that we’ve been able to grow in our friendship over the past 15 years. Even though we are many, many miles apart – she understands me unlike most people who are near me often, and I love her completely. I can’t until the next time we are together! Turns out that the phone call of fantastic news we were celebrating a few days prior, leads her to her next adventure in life: working at the same college as my little sister this fall! (don’t get me started on how jealous I am that the two of them will be able to see each other as often as they would like in the coming year.)
I want to be like Megan when I grow up. One of these days, I’m going to make Megan share her brilliance
with you through a THS guest post or two. I think everyone needs to hear what this woman has to say. She is that kind of amazing.
Do you have a friend that you wish you could bottle up and share with others? If I could, I would send a little bit of Meg to each of you. Who in your life understands you on levels unlike others? Do you have a person who inspires you to do more, be more, and create more deeply?