Here's a few pics from girls' nite!

YEAH!!!

One more day and the crew from Eville will be here in Qtown!!
I am so freakin excited that all of my friends are finally :) coming to visit me!! And it is for New Year's Eve, what better time?!
Peppers, Jason, Steph and WIll and Hanselman and possibly his new woman are all coming up. We are going to have a great, drunken, happy friend time!! I can't wait! :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

So much fun....

I had a great time in St. Louis friday nite!!
The stripper class wasn't quite as fun as it was the first time. The other teacher was better. However, the class was definitely harder! I am still sore! I think if I was ever in desperate need for some money I could definitely get a job as a stripper. I was the only one that could do half the moves we were learning on the pole. However, I do not know if that is a good thing or not!! :)
The limo afterwards was a blast too. We pretty much just drove around all nite and occasionally stopped at a bar here and there. But I think we had more fun in the limo!
Christmas at the Schmidts' the next day was a little rough but still very exciting, and loud! :) I had to drive back that nite to work at the bar, not fun! And we didn't even end up being busy, so that really sucked!

Only a couple more days til Christmas... I can't believe it! It sure doesn't feel like it....

STL Bound

The weather knew better than to ruin my evening!! I am headed to STL here in a few hours, can't wait!!!
Hopefully the weather stays good, at least til I get there! Then it doesn't matter b/c we will be cruisin' in the limo all nite! :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Here's a pic from when we went to the stripper class last year!!

Ughh

I am so ready for the holidays to be over! I am getting worn out.
The bar xmas party was a blast! A little too much fun for a Wednesday nite though. I must have gotten a little confused and thought it was Saturday b/c i sure hit it hard. And I am feeling it today.
We were really busy and all the employees had a great time. We all exchanged gifts and gave my parents theirs, it was a good time. (what I remember) :)

Tomorrow nite is girls nite!!!! I hope this freezing rain doesn't get too bad and screw up my trip to STL tomorrow! It is going to be a crazy nite with all my girls. We start off at Traci's on Wash. Ave, head to stripper class around 8 then it is partying in the limo til 3am!! Hopefully we last that long! We got upgraded to the hummer limo for free so it is going to be a blast!
Schmidt christmas in Carrollton the next day is going to be a little rough! :)

A few random pics from Thanksgiving...

State St. Xmas Party!!

Tonite is the christmas party at the bar. It is the employee xmas party, as well as one for all the customers. This will be the first one that I have attended, but I have heard that it is pretty fun! There is food, karaoke and lots of drinking :)

The only bad thing is..... I have to open the Park Bench at 6:30 tomorrow morning :( We'll see how that goes! If we get all of this ice that we are supposed to be getting I don't think I will have to worry about having too many customers tomorrow!!

Shopping Success....Kind of

My mom and I had a great weekend in STL! We also got a lot of shopping done, however, most of the shopping I did was for myself rather than xmas presents! That is quite alright though! I was in desperate need of some new clothes. I got some really cute stuff and it seemed like some of the stores were practically giving the stuff away!!
The Rockettes were awesome, I expected nothing less. However, we did miss the first 15 minutes of the show b/c we spent to much time at the mall, oops! :) Then my mom was suprized to find out that it was the exact same show that we had already seen. I knew that! So I guess it was ok that we missed some of it!
After the show we had to make an emergency stop at Ann Taylor Loft, I got a run in my tights, go figure! Got some super cute stuff there too! Then had dinner at Magianno's, yum!
Later that nite we met up with the Eville crew at Amsterdam Tavern where Hanselman was djing. It was great to see them, wish we could have hung out longer! But we had a long day of shopping ahead of us, so we had to head back.
Got a lot done on Sunday and made it back right before the really bad weather hit!

Looking forward to this week. Park Bench xmas party tonite, then the bar xmas party on Wed., I'm sure that one will be a little crazier then the one tonite! :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

23 Days and Counting!

Only 23 more days til we leave for our cruise!!! I was just thinking this morning, how in less than a month instead of waking up and getting ready for work (which I did at 5:30 this morning) I will be getting up, putting my swimsuit on and going to lay by the pool and drink cocktails full of fruit and little umbrellas! :)

So much to do before then though, which only means that the time will go by that much faster!! B/c the crew from Eville is coming to party with me!!! Peppers' and Jason are headed north for New Year's to party in Q-town, it's about time!! I am so excited! :)

Update** I just got internet hooked up at my house!! THANK GOD!!! :)

We had a slow start to our week here at the Park Bench, not much business yesterday. Hopefully things will pick up today, but the weather is not helping out too much.
Got a phone call this morning from someone informing me that the bar was not open! Our opening bartender never showed up, who is also the lunch waitress here at the Park Bench, guess who has to fill in?!

Looking forward to this weekend! My mom and I are having in girls weekend in STL. We are going to the Rockettes at the Fox on Saturday and then doing some christmas shopping on Sunday. Can't wait!! I have not started any of my christmas shopping and I have no idea what to get anyone! I have never been this bad! Hopefully I can get a lot done this weekend though! We have all of our employee christmas parties next week. I can't believe how close christmas is!!!

Same 'ol

Nothing new and exciting to report this week. Except that it got freaking cold!!! But I am sure everyone knew that already.
The weather is really getting me excited for the cruise we are going on in January!! Don't know if I mentioned that or not. But the fam is all going on a cruise, for our christmas gift. It is going to the carribean, St. Marrtin, St. Thomas, Aruba, all those good places! I can't wait, cruises are definitely one of my favorite vacations. And I could definitely use a vacation! We leave Jan 4th from San Juan. I can't wait to lay by the pool and drink foofoo cocktails! :)

Still waiting for internet at my house. If anyone has ever been without it, you know how frustrating it is! Try not having it for a month!!

Survived

I made it through the holiday week, I was getting a little worried at certain times b/c I was really starting to wear down!
The party at the bar Wednesday nite was great! There were tons of ppl there you could hardly even move! We got to see all of our friends and everone had a great time.
Thanksgiving was good in Carrollton, not a lot of ppl were able to make it so it was a little more quiet then usual! :) Had a lot to get done at home so we weren't able to make it to Alton. But my mom's parents came up to Carrollton which was nice.

Friday was a very busy day at the Park Bench with lunch and shoppers, however, not so much at the bar. And Saturday was also a very good day for both.
Saturday nite was the big birthday party for me, since I turned 25 at midnite!! All of my friends came out and Jake was in town, I had a great time!! I definitely paid for it on Sunday though! My actual birthday was spent laying on the couch and catching a quick movie that nite. Four Christmases is very funny!

I hope everyone had a great Holiday!!