Girls Weekend in the Mountains.

Last weekend, a group of sorority sisters and I packed our bags and made our way from different places in South Carolina to the small mountain town of Clyde, North Carolina (approximately 30 minutes from Asheville). One of the girls' parents own a mountain house in Clyde and we thought it would be the perfect opportunity for us to celebrate Kristen's sweet baby boy that is due next month! 

The four Charleston girls were the last to arrive (thank you, rush hour traffic in Columbia) so once we finally arrived around 9pm, we immediately changed into more comfortable clothes (AKA our pj's) and snacked on an array of appetizers that Jenny and Kelly Anne put together.

Saturday morning we lounged around, drinking coffee and mimosas, and chatting away, all why enjoying this amazing view. There is just something so calming and relaxing about the mountains. 

Once we all got showered and ready (which takes a long time for 8 girls, 2 bathrooms, and a tiny water heater), we headed into downtown Waynesville for some shopping and lunch. There were a lot of antique shops, art galleries, and gift shops. 

But first, Katie and I had to take a picture with the horses that were at the bottom of our road.

There were a lot of these types of art in this one particular gallery. It is just water colored paper torn into the shape of the flower and leaves! Loved it.

One of the many antique shops.

This milk glass deviled egg plate rimmed with gold paint was so close to coming home with me.

After eating lunch at a small sandwich shop, we made our way back to the house. 

A few naps and more girl talk later, we ventured back to Waynesville for dinner at The Sweet Onion. All of the food was so good and our server was the sweetest! Since I had been eating a ton of junk food all weekend, I decided to keep it light with a Caesar salad and seared tuna (shocker, I know)....oh, and a side of mashed potatoes, but they weren't that good so I didn't eat very much of them. But first, we started out with melt in your mouth cheesy biscuits.

I also had a bite of Katie's creamy French onion soup and it was SO good.

The next morning, we woke up bright and early to pack up and clean the house. As a parting gift, some of the girls put together these super cute little plants with a hand drawn name tag by our talented friend, Jen. Kristen, the baby mama of the weekend, loves woodland animals so each nametag had a different one on it. 

A photo summary of our wonderful weekend!

Girls Weekend in Greenville.

This weekend, Emily (& Lane), Katie, Kelly Anne and I made the drive to Greenville to visit our good friend, Jenny. She needed some quality girl friend time in her life and we needed her smiles in ours. 

It was a good ol' fashioned girls weekend that consisted of sitting around the table talking for hours, sharing 2 bottles of very special champagne, poking fun at each other, doing things we didn't know we could do like hanging blinds, and so much laughter. 

She just recently moved in to her new house so we spent all day Saturday unpacking boxes and doing whatever we could do to make her house feel as much like a home as possible. We eventually took a break long enough for a group selfie and a nap.

After naps, we refreshed and headed downtown Greenville to check out the shops and grab dinner. We stopped in to one of Jenny's friends' store called Vann & Liv, which is the absolute cutest kids store that just opened last week! I fell in love with this adorable sailfish onesie and almost bought it for our future kid (no, not preg), but stopped myself due to No Spend November. Maybe it will be on sale come December!

For dinner, we went to The Lazy Goat, which is a tapas restaurant, and it was amazing! We almost ordered every single tapas and dessert on the menu. 

fried goat cheese // jean francois merieau malbec // tres leches

Can't wait for our next girls weekend!