Girls Gone Wild

The Wife and her friend, Castle, were in Kansas City about a week or two prior to Thanksgiving. It was their annual shopping weekend extravaganza. They come to Kansas City for this outing because there are no stores in Oklahoma City. :)

They arrived Friday morning and, after a Starbucks run, spent the entire day at Oak Park Mall. Lunch and dinner were at the Nordstrom's restaurant. Saturday was more of the same but also included some specialty shops and a stop to Crown Center.

They tspent 18 hours shopping during those two days. And I don't think they made to all the places they hoped to hit. They say it was "Christmas shopping." I noticed a bunch of Ann Taylor Loft bags in their rental car. Nordstrom's, Talbots and lots of other women's stores too. It could make one wonder.

I met them for dinner on Saturday. We went to Thomas, a newer restaurant along 39th Street just east of State Line Road and the KU Hospital. We had fried green tomatoes as an appetizer. They were awesome. The meal and the conversation were perfect.

Although one of us is wiser (older) and the other prettier, Castle and I were at OSU at the same time. We have common friends, but didn't really know each other. As life would have it, post college, Castle's path crossed with The Wife. The two are close friends.

Over Thanksgiving weekend O and M stopped by Kansas City with The Wife and The Artist. As I snapped their picture, I could only imagine how quickly they are growing up. I'm sure it won't slow. I also can just imagine all the Ann Taylor bags they'll collect along the way.