Tuesday was our catch up with our friends in the Inc office day. After bit of light shopping in Pentagon Mall (well...a girl has to do...right?!) we entrusted ourselves to the SatNag and headed off to Ballston. She took us a very roundabout route indeed! When Stephen realised where we ended up he realised that we could have gotten there in half the time...SatNag is definitely upholding the female stereotype of not being able to read maps!!
It was so lovely to see everyone again and catch up with them all. Lunch was delicious too - I hope everyone enjoyed the gigantic bar of Cadbury's I left in the office in exchange!
After a quick trip to Tysons Mall for coffee and shopping (what?! Is a girl not allowed to melt some plastic??) we headed to Target and Best Buy for Old Times Sake. Oh, how I miss Target!! I didn't actually buy much, but I did get a rather cute Jean Paul Gaultier (yes, really!!!!) waistcoat. After that we zipped back to the hotel and did our usual quick change routine before heading down to the lobby to wait for the shuttle. Which turned out to be late. Very late. So late in fact that we had to jump in a taxi, rounding up waifs and strays heading the same way as we went!
We were meeting other friends in our favourite bar and then heading for dinner and a good chin wag. O'Connells profits must be back up to pre-April 09 figures this week! We have never been out of the place!! Sometimes we're in twice in an evening... All the staff remember us, which is lovely. None of them can believe that its been a year since we were last in. Anyway our good standing has proved useful when it comes to getting a table and a drink at the bar when its busy!
It was a shame that Andy & Marie got the meeting place a little wrong! They were in Union St and we were in O'Connells. When we got hungry and in danger of becoming sloshed, we headed to Chadwicks so Stephen could have ribs, thinking they might be there as it was their favourite bar, but no... Sadly it all got too complicated. Ah well, I guess stuff happens...
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