Friday, February 10, 2012

"Sin City or Windy City"

Between our busy work schedules, family functions and just the everyday crazy chaos of life, Brent and I realized we had not had a night away from our beautiful little monkey for over a year. It was time for a date night, and not just any old dinner date would do. We needed to have some fun, a whole night to ourselves...and with Brent's parents in town from Canada to babysit, we decided to go big and fly out to Vegas for a night! We went all out and even book a great room at the Bellagio!

As the day approached we were getting so excited, and a little sad to leave our baby even if it was only for one night. I know I am pathetic, but hey I have only left her once when she was 3 months old! I had the whole trip planned in my head...drink and layout by the pool all day and then an awesome night that involved a rock'n dinner, gambling and just having a blast! This was going to be a weekend to remember.

As our trip got under way all those fabulous plans went right out the window as soon as our plane departed, and the captain announced the Las Vegas weather...50 degrees with 35 to 40 mile-an-hour winds! As we arrived at our beautiful hotel the wind got stronger which made the temp colder, we quickly realized there was no pool in our near future! Instead we hit up the buffet, went to the sports book for some bets, and even walked around to do some shopping for jackets! It was definitely not on Brent's agenda, but I must say for a guy that hates to shop he was a great sport! The weather was so bad you could not go outside and the Las Vegas Strip was a ghost town. We decided to brave the wind a sit by the pool anyway, but instead of bathing suits it was hoodies and blankets! Needless to say we were the only dumb asses at the pool, and our time there was short lived! By this time we decided to go to dinner at Rao's which is an Italian restaurant in Caesar's...by the way the food is the bomb diggity, check it out if you get a chance! The rest of the night consisted of the usual walking around different casino's and gambling, nothing to exciting!

Although I felt like we were on vacation in Chi Town and not in Sin City we still made the best of the crappy weather! All in all the trip was still very relaxing and a blast because I got to spend some much needed alone time with my love.

Note to self: NEVER go to Vegas in February again, apparently it's there windy season!