Weekend Fun!

Well, it is finally winter time here in Chicago. We had our first taste of what the next few months will bring over the weekend!! Ugh, not ready for all this cold weather and snow; however, I do love all the holiday decorations popping up all around the city!

Despite the cold, wet weather, Matt and I had a great weekend. Friday night, we battled the tourists and holiday shoppers and headed to the Cheesecake Factory after work for a few drinks and dinner. Now, I know a lot of you are wondering why the heck we would go to the Cheesecake Factory when we are surrounded by a ton of great local restaurants. Well, we were both craving dinner and cheesecake from there. While dinner was not great, the cheesecake did not disappoint. It was still fun to be downtown, along Michigan Ave. with the crowds.

Saturday morning was spent cleaning up the leaves around the condo building and bringing the Christmas decorations up from storage. We ran some errands and saw Carolyn and Steve in the early afternoon and then cozied up inside to start decorating because the weather was just nasty! Decorating is still in progress, as we are buying our Christmas tree tonight. I will post some pictures soon of the final product!

Sunday we woke up bright and early to head down to Decatur with Laura and Anna to surprise Gib for his 30th. The surprise brunch went off without a hitch; Matt was shocked everyone had made the trip. We had such a nice time visiting with Matt's relatives and celebrating Gib's BIG 3-0!. It was a really fun day!!! Thank you to Claudia and Laura for including us in the surprise!

Hope everyone is having a good Monday!