Happy Monday! I'm just off of a very full, but very fun weekend. I had the chance to spend time with a bunch of my favorite Minnesota bloggers (a couple of them I was lucky enough to even see twice!) and my heart is always so full and my spirit is always so refreshed after spending time with these lovely people. Saturday I had the chance to participate in the Minnesota Bloggers Favorite Things Party and it was so much fun!
We gathered together at J. Arthur's Coffee in Roseville, MN and very appropriately they gave us the Minnesota Room!
The awesome Lauren from Our Crazy Ever After was kind enough to organize and set this whole shindig up with the help of Megan from Mr. C and Me and they did a great job. The idea at a favorite things party is everyone brings three of their favorite things (we kept the price limit to $5-$7) and then we draw names and everyone gets to choose someone else's favorite thing to go home with! I totally forgot to take a picture of the favorite thing I brought, but it's on the table below here - I found the cutest mint polka dot coffee mugs at World Market and I stuck an individual pack of one of my favorite coffees that they have, Vanilla Bean.
It was so fun to get to meet a bunch of new bloggers - before we drew names, we went around and everyone got up and introduced themselves and their blog and then explained what their favorite thing was. Lauren said this was one of the biggest turnouts that they've had and I believe this was the third favorite things party. I am so excited about the goodies I brought home with me. I chose lipstick that one of the gals makes herself - it's awesome, it was a "surprise" color and I think is supposed to be like a mood ring, changes color with your mood. It's been mostly peachy on me so far, but I really like it! I also chose some awesome truffles from Trader Joes, they sound absolutely amazing. And finally, one of the gals has a daughter named Bailey and she said that she's her favorite thing, so she brought little bottles of Baileys liquor along with a pen and a Reeses Egg. I can relate to that since Ollie is definitely one of my favorite things, not to mention, I love Baileys! Yum!
And naturally, we're bloggers, you put us alone in a room together and of course the cameras are going to come out. Some selfies, some large group shots. First I grabbed a selfie with Sara from Writing With Bangles and Jen from Wonderfully Unkempt. These two ladies are two of the sweetest people and I just can't put into words how much I've really come to appreciate their friendship this last year. (#youjustgetme).
These next two pictures were stolen. I took this next one from Megan Bird. We were definitely missing Nora (but California does seem to agree with her so far!). It's a shame we're not photogenic at all. Or pretty.
And this last one is a group shot of everyone. I wish I had had more time to get around and talk to more people, but it was a really big group! We were smart enough to pass around a sheet to have everyone write down all their social media info, so I'm just going to have to try to get to know some more of these lovely ladies online and hope that we all meet up in person again soon!
Overall it was a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon! I can't say it enough how much I love blogging and the community that comes from it! The internet can be used for good!
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