Hotlanta

This weekend my BFF, Kinzi and I headed over to ATL for a weekend of shopping. Kinzi and I have been best friends since we were in elementary school, but we never have the chance to go on a trip. She and I have been wanting to plan a trip together for awhile so we decided ATL would be a fun place to go to shop and eat. So we began saving our money (wish we had a money tree!) and penciled in the date on our calendar. We left B'ham Saturday morning before the sun came up. Kinzi and I are major clothes-aholics and we were determined to find the cutest clothes that were out there!! (Black skinny jeans, leather jackets, anything bedazzled!!!) Our goal was to have the Sexy Lexy (a.k.a. my car) loaded down with purchases when we returned.

First stop...Luna Boutique in Buckhead. This store gets the award of the weekend for the cutest jewelry. I even found an owl ring and necklace, but decided to withhold! I didn't buy anything, but KLC found some great stuff. Second stop...Phipps Plaza. Oh the beautiful things at Phipps...I could honestly spend all day just staring at the amazing handbags and clothes there....but with the amazing things come exorbitant price-tags!! haha We each made a purchase at Nordstrom. Little did I know that this would be my ONLY purchase of the day. Third stop...Lenox. We spent hours at the mall...we walked pretty much every square inch and saw every piece of clothing to be seen. We can tell you everything that's available and what the hottest trends are! Kinzi made a few purchases, but still none for me!!!!! I had a small meltdown because I was so disappointed so we decided we needed a change of scenery.

Fourth stop...H & M!! I have been DYING to go to this store since I heard it opened. I mean, you can't even online shop there, so I just knew I would hit the jackpot! Nope....we both walked away empty handed!! By this time, we were very cold and exhausted so we headed to the hotel to check in. Hello Westin Buckhead!! We arrived in just enough time to watch some college football, shower, and head to dinner at Craft. Luckily, the restaurant was right across the street from the hotel. We had the most AMAZING dinner I think either one of us have had in years. We had appetizers, entrees with side dishes and dessert. They even brought us out tons of extra food in-between courses! For anyone looking for a hip/trendy restaurant in ATL, definitely go to Craft! We give it up two thumbs up!

We started out with cocktails

Kinzi loved her "Craft Cocktail"

I loved the "Sunshine Surprise"...very sour, but delish!

Outside of Craft

They even gave us granola for our breakfast!

Kinzi had shopped 'til she dropped!

But for some reason, I wasn't tired!

We were sad to pack up and head back to the Ham.

Since we were not very successful with our shopping endeavors in ATL, we headed back early this morning to look around Birmingham. Who knew all the finds were in our hometown??!!! We hit the jackpot and made lots of purchases!!

I was so excited to have some bags in my hand!!

This is what we call our high school pic

We had a wonderful weekend! But now, exhaustion is setting in and Monday is drawing near. I'm not sure if the lack of purchases is because we're kind of in-between seasons or there's just not a lot of cute stuff out there. I suggest all you shoppers maybe wait a few weeks before hitting the stores!