Illinois/Chicago GTG Pictures! (SNEAK PEAK)

dani21496

Cathlete
Hi all!! We had a great time today! Miss Shelley (allwildgirl) suprised the heck out of me!! She even called me right before I got there, and I thought she was calling me from Canada!!! Alllll along she was posting that she couldn't come! They all played a good trick on me! You should have seen the look on my face! I was so surprised when I saw her there!! They got me good!! :)

Lunch was great and we shopped until we dropped. Our feet were aching at the end of the day. :) It went by so fast though. I didn't get as many pics as I would have liked. But, the other gals took lots of pics. They will post them soon, I'm sure. :)

I just thought I'd post some of mine right here. :)

Group Pic with our waiter Jeremey at Cheesecake Factory. He loved us!! :p Missy (pink_fortitude) left a little early so wasn't in this shot. But, I have a great one of her in another picture below.

Front row: Emily, Shelley, Jeremy the waiter, Suzanne,
Back row: Lisa, Angie, Becky, Sabrina, Jenny, Dani, Maria



http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL280/1863976/8561621/115967603.jpg

Here are the Cathe screen names if you want to match them up with their real names above. :)

Shelley - allwildgirl
Dani - dani21496
Emily - materialsgirl
Sabrina - mckeev5
Angie - finsgirl
Becky - lunacat
Jenny - webbgirl
Suzanne - benvonwojo
Lisa - lrwright
Maria - mlmccauley


Missy (pink_fortitude) had to leave a little early. Here's a great picture of her saying goodbye to Shelley and Becky. Aren't they cute???
Shelley, Becky and Missy
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL280/1863976/8561621/115967607.jpg

Sabrina doing her levitation hold! :)
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL280/1863976/8561621/115967670.jpg

Here's a great pic of Lisa! (Who's that guy staring at us right behind her? I just noticed that!) :eek:
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL280/1863976/8561621/115970701.jpg

Emily and her cheesecake!
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL280/1863976/8561621/115968480.jpg

Cheesecake before (pumpkin/pecan)
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL280/1863976/8561621/115967679.jpg

Cheesecake after
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL280/1863976/8561621/115967687.jpg
 
HA! great suprise huh?!! thanks for the sneak peak! looks like ya'll had a great time:7 And that waiter just looks miserable}( can't wait to see more pics ladies!!!!


jes:D
 
I had a great time today. It was great meeting everyone. Emily and Shelley - sorry I didn't get to say goodbye. I couldn't believe how fast the time went.

Dani - thanks so much for setting it all up.


Take care everyone!

Lisa
 
Whoa! I'll bet you guy's were a handful and a half at that restaurant!:D }( That waiter will probably never be the same.

I'm so glad you had the opportunity to get together. It looks like you had a great time. I promise not to tell anybody that you blew your clean eating. LOL!

Michele
 
Those are great! You ladies look wonderful. Looks like you had a great time. That sure was a heck of a surprise too. I love those kind of surprises!

Marla:+
 
I am so jealous. It looks like you guys had a wonderful time. I am so glad you indulged in some yummy dessert. That was really sweet of Shelly to do that, what a suprise. You all look gorgeous. Thanks for sharing the pics. That guy looks pretty comfy with Shelly.(LOL)

Susan
 
HOWDY!!

I got some pictures in my picture trail of the weekend (so far!).

Me thinks the waiter will remember us for quite some time....:p

Gotta get to bed cuz the party continues again at 7am. :)


Angie
 
Those are great Angie. Man, Shelley! That waiter's hand is a little too friendly & familiar there, isn't it?:p :+

Becky you take beautiful pictures. I don't think I've seen you in a single bad one. Biatch! }( ;-)

Sabrina, I want your t-shirt. Where did you get it? I want a fitted one like that.

Angie, you, always have such a warm smile & bright personality. It comes through even on a Picturetrail.

Suzanne, your hair looks fabulous. Wish I could have something fun like that.


All of you ladies looked wonderful. I'm glad it was a great time for ya'll. Wish we could have been there. Maybe in Nashville, right?

Marla
 
> Wish we could have been there. Maybe in
>Nashville, right?
>
>Marla

Yes Marla! The Country Music Marathon in Nashville on April 29, 2006! www.cmmarathon.com. I'm running in it for sure. It would be so great if you could come. You could run or just cheer for us on the sidelines! Shelley is going to run the marathon too. Becky will be cheering from the curbside. Angie's coming, also and she might run! Oh! Jes is thinking about coming too!

Dani :)
 
Dani and Angie, those are great pics! It's nice to match more names and faces. The waiter looks real happy to be surrounded by all these beautiful ladies. Yep, he'll remember all of you for a long time.:) Wish I had some of Evily's cheesecake. That looked really good. Love seeing a shocked Dani. I didn't know Shelley was going. Great surprise, Shelley! Very lovely GUNS, too.:)

Pinky
 
That pumpkin cheesecake looks absolutely scrumptious! And it also looks like everyone had a great time.

Hey, is Oakbrook close to Downer's Grove? I was just in Downer's Grove last month for a class and it's off I-88 so I'll bet it wasn't too far from The Cheesecake Factory.

Sue
 
>That pumpkin cheesecake looks absolutely scrumptious! And it
>also looks like everyone had a great time.
>
>Hey, is Oakbrook close to Downer's Grove? I was just in
>Downer's Grove last month for a class and it's off I-88 so
>I'll bet it wasn't too far from The Cheesecake Factory.
>
>Sue

Hi Sue! Yes, Downers is just about 5 - 10 minutes away from Oak Brook. Maria is from Downers Grove!!!!

:)
 
Here's Shelley's post from last night. She used Emily's laptop at the hotel. I thought I'd include it here too, so it doesnt' get lost down below.
http://69.0.137.118/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=224704&mesg_id=224704&page=2

"materialsgirl Sat Oct-22-05 09:23 PM
Member since Mar 11th 2005
1472 posts

#224704, "Illinois GTG:))))"


Okay, this isn't Emily posting, it's Shelley!

Contrary to popular belief, I DID, in fact, attend this amazing event today and it was SO MUCH FUN!!!!!

The only ones who knew I was coming were Angie, Emily and Becky. It was a surprise to everyone else,especially Dani, who was last to arrive. The look on her face when she saw me was priceless. Don't worry, it was captured on film.

The whole group was Dani, Angie, Becky, Emily, me, Lisa, Jenny, Maria, Suzanne, Sabrina and Missy.

Highlights of the day:

- Dani's face when she saw me
- Sabrina doing levitation holds on the floor of the restaurant
- Emily licking the whipped cream off her plate, to the delight of our waiter, Jeremy
- Much switching of cheesecakes so everyone could taste

After lunch, we all did some intense shopping at Oak Brook Centre. I think Dani won the "most shopping bags" award

We met at 12:30 and the last of us went our separate ways at 7 p.m.

Don't worry. MANY pictures will follow.

Thanks to everyone who was there! It was fantastic."





IP
 
Heehee!! Those are some GREAT pics, you guys...looks like you had a great time...I'm sure the waiter didn't know what had hit him, as others have already said! lol..Isn't that cheesecake WONderful? Thanks for sharing the pics! :)
 
That is so cool you all got to get together! You all look great and looks like you had a great time eating healthy! heh heh heh!! :) :)

Jo
 
Looks like y'all had so much fun! So that must be what Shelley's secret on the "<-- thread" from Friday! Sneaky - but what a great surprise! Poor waiter must;ve had a tough time putting up with you girls!}(
 

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