Hip Hip Horray- it's almost Lauren's Big Day!

Have you ever met someone that compliments your personality so completely that you are instant friends? That is how I felt about meeting Lauren for the first time. My first day at MARS, and Lauren is in some smashing white pant suit, with bright blonde hair, a carefree laugh, and HUGE jewelry. I instantly knew she would be one of my best friends and work confidant. Over the year and a half that we worked together, we were just that- and so much more. We'd sneak out for Skinny Vanilla Latte's around 3 and have wild happy hours, one of which ended with us singing Paradise City to the tops of our lungs in the Target parking lot...and a late night swim.
Lauren and I lived together for only about 4 or 5 months before her big decision to follow her heart and make the life altering move to Arizona to be with Brian.
They are finally getting married in June, and this past weekend we celebrating the upcoming nuptials at her shower in Kansas City! The shower was sweet, and she got a lot of her registered things. The higlight of my day was just being with her and her girlfriends, drinking bottles of wine, muching on a lovely cheese tray, and catching up. We did make it out and about, and I am still laughing about our cab ride home.
Lauren and Brian now live outside of San Fran, so I don't get to see her that often, and it is always SUCH a treat! Not to mention how fond I've become of her best friends from college (Joanna, Jamie, and Stacey), they always make me feel so comfortable and welcome, and we seem to just laugh and laugh... I'm really looking forward to the Bachlorette Party in Napa, and getting to see her home turf!!

The group~Joanna, Em, Jamie, Lauren and Stacy (who just got engaged over Easter!)

Lauren, Em, and Stac on the way to dinner (after mucho wino)

Playing in the fan at Blonde, Jo, Me and Stac

End of the night...Lauren and I share a huge love for So You Think You Can Dance...and she wanted to impress me with her new moves