This weekend I deserted my family in favour of spending some quality time with my bestie.
Stacey and I met when she was my team leader while working in a hospital, however after taking redundancy and Stacey working full-time, quality time for one on one conversation was not as frequent as we both would have liked so a few months ago when Stacey mentioned going for a weekend on a coach trip we both got excited and started planning!
OK maybe not the most exciting trips for some but for us this trip for us marked our first girls weekend since the birth of our children (Joshua and Freya)
So with a plan hatched we counted down the weekends ready for our Christmas shopping weekend in Leeds and York and Scarborough and staying over at the very regal looking hotel in Scarborough – The Grand.
Saturday after we managed to get safely on the right bus we set off for York. Now both of us having never been a coach trip we kinds of expected to take a while but it really was an epic adventure to get there with more pick-ups and drop off’s than we anticipated.
The Christmas market was not even in York! however with a plan already in place all was not lost as Stacey and I went to a really gorgeous little place called Lucia Bar & Grill, however what we did find was a parade taking place, which I discovered later was the homecoming for 300 military doctors that returned home from Afghanistan.
Next stop on the Christmas market bus trip was The Grand Hotel.
Having visited Scarborough a lot I have always idealised the Grand, let just say at this point the adventure here was one that I will remember and it quite rightly will have its own post.
While there we did go for a walk, we played on the 2p machines, had a drink got lost … put the world to rights and chatted constantly!
Day 2 was the Christmas market at Leeds, without much shopping we did more chatting than anything else although squeezed in some food, some random conversation and also equally as random lady that was without a doubt rude …. to top it off.
We chatted about political issues, children and a whole host of topics that we don’t normally get to chat about when we have the children in tow.
At one time our girlie weekends would have involved drinking from the arrival time to the departure. So this trip was a first … although there were a few drinks consumed they were certainly no drunkenness .. only giggles and a headache free morning.
Thanks Stacey … where are we off to next?
Sounds wonderful, so glad you had some quality time with your friend! Looks like you had a fantastic time, I’ve loved seeing your photos on Instagram 🙂
thanks Sara it was really fantastic to just chat with no children distracting x
Ahhh glad you had a lovely weekend, although not quite the weekend it was planned to be!!!
So nice to have some time with a good friend 🙂
lol lol thanks honey it was lovely x
Sounds like do much fun. Girlie weekends are fab
i had forgotten what they were like i think i ought to have them monthly lol
Sounds like lots of fun – although I did see a few interesting social network posts over the weekend and look forward to another post!
lol lol you caught me out! lol
How wonderful, I do enjoy a good girlie trip, something about it makes you laugh like a teenager again! I hope this will be the first of many trips away for you both.
aww thanks Fiona i do hope we can get another in soon too x
That sounds like it was an amazing weekend. Seeing all those doctors coming home from Afghanistan must have been quite something and your days out in Scarborough and Leeds sound quite eventful too. So glad you had such a lovely weekend catching up with your bestie and wine and giggles with no hangover sounds great! 🙂
it was almost perfect honey .. bar the rude awakening lol
What a brilliant weekend. I think the best things about those kind of trips is the constant chatter and fixing all the problems of the world! 🙂
lol you are so so right we totally put the world to rights x
It sounds like you had a wonderful time! Girlie weekends with lots of chatter are the best x
thanks Kim it was wonderful xx
Nothing quite like quality time spent with a good friend to recharge those batteries is there. I’m so glad you had such a lovely time x
it certainly did the world of good for me x
It sounds like the perfect girly catch up, looks like you had lots of fun!
thanks Helen it certainly was x
That sounds like a heavenly weekend to me!! Girly friend time is so valuable to remind us that we’re also us, not just Mummymummymummymummyyyyyy!!!! x
Sounds like you had a really fun time. Nothing like a girly trip every now and again.
thanks honey you are so right x
Sounds like a great weekend. Shopping, wine and girlie chats, what’s not to like? xx
to true lovely x
Wow looks like you had a fab time! Lucky you x
thanks Jill it was so nice to get some time just being me
What a wonderful weekend!
We all need to have that time alone with friends and go back home refresh.
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Hello there, that sounds like a lovely day and one of the best bits about Christmas is having some festive fun with friends! Glad you had a nice time x #magicmoments
Sounds fantastic. I need to arrange some weekends like this x
I haven’t done anything like this but I’m starting to feel like I need too. It sounds like you had some great girle time #MagicMoments playing catch up x