WEEKEND RUNDOWN

Guess who didn't take any pictures in Vegas??? Me! I never once busted out my camera. I actually forgot it in the room most times. Oh well. We've all been there. Wait! I did take pics of our room because I liked the newly remodeled rooms at Treasure Island...or TI. I'll have to upload those tomorrow.

G and I decided on this last minute getaway on Wednesday. We had both been aching to get out of town and G finally had a 3 days weekend. So we headed out around 11:30am on Friday. And although it was technically a "vacation" for us, I am so not feeling refreshed. I told G I needed a vacay from our vacay. I was just soooooo tired everyday. [I need one of those lounge by pool/beach all day vacations] I wasn't use to all the walking and my feet were killing me everyday [Considering we hardly walked! Just walking thru a casino was enough]. I think the fact that my feet are growing [pregnancy effect] and I was all swollen up there [because I'm not swollen at home!] really made it all the more painful. And Saturday I tweaked my ankle some how and ended up semi-limping the rest of the weekend. It was weird because we were playing Wii at my cousins house [went to watch the UCLA game there] and I was sitting. I got up to go to the bathroom and had to limp. WTF? No reason what-so-ever. It sucked. But we still made the most of it.

So Friday we got in to Vegas at 3:30pm [with 1 restroom stop]. But after all the strip traffic and long check-in line, we didn't get into our room at TI until almost 5:30pm. I really wanted to shower before heading out since my alarm hadn't gone off that morning. But I was also starving! So we ordered a club sandwich with fries from room service and shared it. We then wondered around our casino an dplayed some Wheel of Fortune [my fav].

Around 8:30pm we headed to Mandalay Bay to meet up with my cousin V and her husband. We went to Red Square where her husband use to work [great Vodka bar]. We sat at the bar for a while catching up and drinking [non-alcoholic for me of course]. By 11:30pm we were pooped so we said our goodbyes. G was starving so we headed to In-n-Out, took it back to our room, ate, and passed out. We are sooooo not fun! ;)

SATURDAY

We were up early. Had a lame breakfast at Kahunaville at TI [we had a coupon]. We then too the tram to the Mirage next door and from there we walked over to Cesar's Palace. Our mission was to make dinner reservations at Mesa Grill [Food Network's Bobby Flay's restaurant]. We walked thru the never ending Forum Shops which pooped me out. By the time we found the restaurant we had already decided to go watch the UCLA vs Memphis game at my cousins house. We figured we wouldn't be back in time for dinner before our Cirque du Soleil show. However, after seeing the lunch menu and finding my favorite Cuban Style Burger I immediately wanted to at least have lunch there. You see, my brother makes these burgers. We saw Bobby Flay make them on his show "Boy Meets Grill" and it has become a staple. So I really wanted to try the "real" Bobby version. My dreams were wuickly crushed upon realizing the the Lunch menu was only served M-F and it was Saturday. Booooooo! No Cuban Style Burger on the weekend brunch menu. Double boooooooo!!! I was so upset. G even tried asking the Hostess if the kitchen would take a special request. No such luck. I thought about using the "pregnancy card" but knew that was a stupid idea since the Hostess had already said no. So we left and the whole walk back to the hotel I wrote Bobby Flay an angry complaint letter in my head.

We headed to my cousin's house. V's hubby bbq'd some awesome food for us. The UCLA loss was disappointing, but after a couple hours of Wii we all forgot about it. G and I took off at about 7:30pm to get ready for our Cirque du Soleil show. After sadly realizing that our first show choice was on break, LOVE, we bought tickets to Mystere.

I thought Mystere was really good. And guess what? No giant man baby! I think they took him out of the show. I was worried about watching this show because of this man. All I kept picturing was the scene from Knocked Up where the 2 guys head off to Vegas and do Shrooms and watch this show. I think my fav part was the music. No soundtrack all live. That was cool. I forgot to check the shop for a CD. And of course the crazy acrobats were awesome. I'd definitely recommend this show.

That night we went back to the room after the show to decide whether I wanted to make an appearance at the Playboy Lounge at the Palms. My cousin G [who works at the Palms] told us earlier Hef and the Girls were in town celebrating his 82nd b-day. He told us he could easily get us VIP if we wanted to go see them. But yeah, we went back to the room and while "thinking" on the bed I passed out. LOL. Plus, my only heels that i thought fit and had worn for Easter no longer fit. :( So I didn't feel like I'd be dressed up enough.

SUNDAY

I got up SUPER early [6:45am] to shower before my massage at WET Spa in TI. I had an 8am appt and had to be there at 7:30am [Saturday was all booked]. My massage was awesome! The lady who did it has been doing prenatal massages forever! She was really good. Especially because it wasn't just a back massage. It was a shoulder/neck, then both arms/hands, then both legs/feet, and then the back. Awesome. I was all oily afterwards so I took a quickie shower at the spa. They had everything you needed after you showered.....all products. Even hair straighteners and curling irons.

We then checked out early and headed out for a cheap buffet off the strip. Yeah that that didn't work. we went to the Orleans Hotel & Casino on the back of the strip and still paid $14 for the buffet! I was looking for an $8 buffet. Too bad we couldn't say never mind. And the buffet sucked. The plan was to hit up the new LV indoor outlets before heading out, but I was too tired to walk around. Especially after G happily donated our last $50 to Wheel of Fortune.

No traffic back. 2 pee stops. We were back by 4pm but stopped at BJ's for an early dinner. Good times all around. Wish I had more pics to jazz up this post.