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ibc, beads, and weddings

interesting combination huh? but that pretty much sums up my thursday evening. i might have mentioned needing some girl time. i might have mentioned i was getting some last thursday night!! well, i did and i had a blast and i can't wait for another girls night.

it started with trying to help dear friend get rid of her beads. she likes to get rid of things so once she opens stuff up she obsesses about how to finish using it. well, a year ago or so she got way into beading, but realizing she had made bracelets for any and every female she knows she was desparately trying to part with her bead collection. after about an hour of just gazing at them and trying to figure some of her things out, i started making lovely earrings. because we are geeky i made us a matching set. then dear friend got pretty excited when she learned i had 3 holes in one ear and 2 in the other and went a little nuts making me some more beautiful earrings. then i had to put them all in......i was a sight to behold that's for sure!!!

then we broke out the ibc diet root beer. we decided to live on the wild side and drink it out of the bottles. she said it makes her feel naughty and well....that was what we were going for:)

then of course what is a girls night without a chickflick...so we picked out the wedding planner and laughed and cried and yelled at the guy and loved every moment of it. we talked about how wonderful our hubbies are....

about 11:45 i decided to head home. i think i had laughed myself silly and enjoyed being all me - geeky, silly, naughty...you name it!!!

so thanks dear friend for a great night...

and i apologize to all in blogger land because i was supposed to wear my matching earrings to church today and totally forgot. i showed them to hubby after church. he seemed very surprised to know i had so many holes. i'm not sure how he didn't know, but i had probably stopped wearing earrings in all of them by the time we met and just never thought to tell him. i asked if it would have changed anything and he just looked at me like i was a freak. it is just holes in my ear!!!!

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