Christmas Vacation!

Considering that 2011 was a very eventful year for me (good and bad), and that Christmas day was my anniversary with my ex fiancé, I decided that I didn't want to be home for it, because I knew I would spend it in an alcohol induced coma and let's face it that's no way to live. I originally wanted to take a trip abroad somewhere but just couldn't make the timing and finances work out with the tour groups I was looking at. 


I decided to do a combination trip of Las Vegas and San Francisco. Luckily I have friends in Las Vegas and was able to stay with them for almost the entire time I was there which really helped. To be honest, it was also really nice having people around 24/7 again, don't get me wrong living alone definitely has its perks, but going from having 2 rambunctious dogs and a man around all the time to no one, is quite an adjustment. I decided to do Las Vegas for Christmas weekend and San Francisco during the week, then returning back to Las Vegas for New Year's Eve, because let's face it...who doesn't want to spend New Year's Eve in Las Vegas???!! Fun fact, according to the guy that returned my rental car, Las Vegas is the #3 destination for NYE, behind #1- Orlando and #2- New York.  I can now say I've been to 2/3 on that list for NYE and it's on my bucket list to go to NY for NYE (someday). 




Since I was on my way to Vegas I just had to start my trip off the right way. 

The first night I arrived my friends took me out for some great dessert (my flight didn't get in until 10pm) and conversation. 


The next day we did some shopping and wandering around and I found this totally cute peacock headband and these awesome blue shoes!! 

Days 3 and 4 to be continued....