Vegas Fun!

I had a blast celebrating the bride-to-be in Vegas a couple of weekends ago!
We were lucky to have a few club promoters on call to get us tables and free drinks each night!

Oh and the highlight of the trip.... James Harden (one of our NBA players) was on my flight and we're now close friends. :) Seriously though, we walked from the far end of the airport all the way to baggage claim together. I asked him what him and Kobe were getting into it about in the game the night before... totally nerded out when I dropped the 3s to the floor to show him I saw him gloating after the 3 and before him and Kobe got into it a little.

Me: "How long are you staying?"
Harden: "we leave Monday, what about you?"
Me: "Ah I'm leaving Sunday"
Harden: with a smirk, "You can stay til Monday"
Me: "Ohhh haha thanks" "so where are you guys going out tonight?"
Harden: "You can't hang out with me, cause you're married and I'm bad"
Me: "haha ok."
Harden: "We're going to XS saturday night though, it's the spot"
Me: "good deal" (mental note - if we don't go to XS on Saturday night I will freak out!)

Anyways, so on Friday we all got there, half the group had been there for a while and needed a nap. Me and a couple girls weren't tired, so I left Jen this note in case she woke up:

We had a few drinks playing the slots, then got all cleaned up and ready to go out!

We had a blast dancing at Marquee

We slept for a couple hours before getting up to have mimosas and watch the bride open her naughty gifts! The rest of the day was spent napping...then we all got dolled up again for the 2nd night. 

The bride thought it'd be fun if everyone wore red! Everyone we saw was so enamored. It's like they'd never seen a group of girls wearing all red before!

 Also, the guy that took this picture was clearly distracted b/c it's super blurry. But the entrance to the Wynn was amazing!

We had an amazing Tapas meal at La Cave in the Wynn, it was delicious, the service was great and it didn't cost an arm and a leg.

We went to some weird club first b/c they were offering free champagne, then we peaced out and headed to XS to see my boy J. :)

With the sexy little bride!

We called it a night, headed back to our suite and ordered a ridiculous amount of food, I taught everyone the greatness of giving your feet a bath at the end of the night. Granted some of them were a little too inebriated to try standing in a bathtub... they still all agree their feet felt better in the morning. :)

Don't be Jealous

Don't be jealous.... I'll be spending my weekend here:

Partying all night at Marquee:

prob with her:

Then we'll have an embarrassing lingerie shower for the bride to be over mimosas:

Hopefully win some skrilla or find a satchel of bellagio coins the next morning...

I also plan on breaking in my new DIY glittered heels! (File it away in: Something I meant to do a post on but never did)

Super excited for a Chi-O roomie reunion in Vegas Round 2!

Cheers Friends!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Last week I purchased some hot pink jeans and a hot pink blazer! Don't worry I'm not going to wear them at the same time... I fell in love with the colored jeans trend and thought I needed the pink blazer for Vegas at the end of this month!

Here's how I plan on wearing them both:

Pink Jeans by tinebaugh featuring long sweaters

Vanessa Bruno long sweater, $545
Forever 21 skinny jeans, $25
Stacked heel, $48
Tory Burch leather handbag, $475
Luna wrap bracelet
Multi charm necklace, $69

I'm going to Vegas for a Bachelorette party in a couple of weeks! I think this is the perfect outfit!

Pink Blazer in Vegas by tinebaugh featuring a bandeau dress

ASOS bandeau dress, $50
Forever 21 long jacket, $30
Vince Camuto black pumps, $129
Kate Spade quilted shoulder bag, $468
Gold jewelry, $59
Polka dot jewelry, $98

And since it's Valentine's Day I'll share the e-card Dave sent me this morning:

and the Text Card I sent to Dave this morning using the app Red Stamp:

Vegas Bachelorette!

Where do I start? I just had THE best, MOST fun weekend with my BEST girl friends ever!
Flight left on Friday morning and Stephanie and I arrived in Vegas around 1030 am. We met up with Ashley since she landed around the same time, had a cocktail and headed to the hotel. So we got to the hotel and while we waited for Marissa to check us in we decided to play some slots (for free drinks). I won $20 right off the bat on the penny slots! It was definitely forshadowing the awesome weekend ahead!

O M G the hotel was amazing! We were living the good life in a penthouse suite at the Mirage! I'm talking huge room, bar area, tv's that came out of the foot of the bed, double walk in closets and the bathroom was as big as my living room at home! haha! It was perfect for 9 girls getting ready at the same time! Not too long after we got up there Room Service delivered a bottle of Champagne that Dave sent up for us! So sweet!

We decided to head to the pool for a little sun in the afternoon, then we came back and got ready for the night, ate some pizza and had way too much champagne! Then the wonderful hosts, Stephanie and Marissa, passed out the awesome gift bags they'd put together for everyone. They included all the necessities: advil, bandaids, sunglasses, shout wipes all packed in a darling tote that said "Christine's Vegas Bachelorette Party!". Then I opened all the lingerie gifts from the girls, very cute stuff! Thanks so much guys! I also made party favors for everyone, so I handed out the coasters I made that each had a tag saying "Next Drink is on Us!" Cute right?

The Mirage is where the Beatles LOVE cirque de soleil shows, so we went downstairs to the Beatles Revolution bar first, we were on our way to JET when the bouncer stopped us and gave each of us 2 free vodka drink passes so we said yes please! After everyone finished their alloted 2 drinks and our mini dance party was over we headed to JET. We had to sweet talk a guy to let us to the front of the line and into the VIP entrance. This place was HUGE! Lots of us got separated and after a while of searching some of us decided to head back to our little Revolution dance party.  There were a lot more people there now, and we ended up meeting Adrian Peterson! He was with 2 body guards and about 10 girls but we managed to get a picture with him and he told me congratulations on getting married! How cool is that?!?! You're all jealous, I know.

The next day after struggling to get out of bed we headed down to the pool to work on our tans. It didn't take long for everyone to start feeling better and the drinks started flowing! We met some guys from Dallas and Boston that were normal and fun to hang out with, keep in mind most of the girls on the trip were single, so there was a lot of flirting going on while AnneMarie, Juls, Marissa and I told stupid stories and just generally screwed with people for our entertainment.

After way too many drinks at the pool, we went upstairs, got ready for dinner at one of the cool restaurants in the Mirage. After dinner, a limo picked us up to take us to the Thunder from Down Under show! I was struggling a bit on the limo ride but luckily there was water bottles. I got some medicine when we got there and started feeling better about 30 minutes into the show. It was hilarious! I'm so glad I took my veil off before we went in b/c they were pulling girls on stage and dancing with them.. which was funny to watch, but I would not have enjoyed it! They were covered in oil and started off with different costumes on, but it always ended with them being in their little black thong and knee pads sliding across the stage. It was very entertaining! Afterwards, we took the limo to the Hard Rock b/c some of the girls wanted to meet up with the guys from the pool. It was a fun night!

The next day half of the girls left to go home, while AnneMarie, Kellie, Patti, Juls and I headed to our hotel for the last night, New York New York. I was not feeling well after the marathon day of drinking. I managed to get a piece of bread down and spent the entire day in bed. I gave my sister my ticket to the Zumanity show and she went with the rest of the girls while I stayed in bed to recover. Thank god I did, there's no way I could have traveled feeling that terrible! I'm so lucky to have such great friends! It was a weekend I'll never forget! Can't wait to do it again girls! Nappa next year?