Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Since my dad was playing golf on Thursday, my mom and I had the day to do whatever we wanted.

   

 We started off with a visit to the Aiken-Rhett House.  This is one of few, if not only plantation homes that has been preserved rather than restored. You can see exactly how they lived back then since they haven't changed anything about it. Even the wallpaper is still on the walls. Of course the color has changed, there are tears, etc but it is still so neat to see how it was. We saw the slave quarters, the stables, the parlor, the ballroom, the bedrooms and possibly a couple of other rooms. 

After touring the home, we were pretty hungry. I had been hearing about Husk for quite some time so that is where we went!

I just love how so many restaurants are in old homes. They are so beautiful inside and out. I had the shrimp and grits and my mom got the catfish. They were both really good. 

After lunch, we walked around on King Street to do some shopping. We both picked up some dresses at Warren on King because they were having a 50% off sale on basically everything in the store. We shopped on King for about 4 hours before it was time to head back to their hotel to pick up my dad for dinner. 

We ate dinner at Magnolia's, which I must say has been my absolute favorite restaurant so far in Charleston. I will absolutely be back here! In fact, we went back again for lunch while my parents were here! 

We didn't discuss what we were going to order beforehand. When the waiter got our orders, we all ordered the exact same dish! It was kinda funny, but definitely worth it! We all got the Parmesan Crusted Flounder. It was so good!! There was crab with it, awesome rice that had been cooked in a lobster stock, and delicious local veggies. 

On Friday, my dad played golf again. The girls went shopping. Shocking right? We started the day with lunch at Five Loaves Cafe and then headed to Mount Pleasant Towne Center. We did minimal damage there, and then went to Belle Hall Shopping Center. After that, we did more shopping on Daniel Island. I got two cute dresses from Monkee's. From Daniel Island, we went back to King Street. I guess it's an understatement to say we did "some" shopping! 

For dinner that night, we went to Poogan's Porch. This was my third time there. It was good of course! Magnolia's is still my favorite though! 

After all that shopping, I still didn't find what I am looking for! My brother's wedding is going to be here in 3 weeks, and I still don't know what I am going to wear! I am looking for a bright colored dress that is fitted. I will be in a lot of pictures and I don't want to wear a baggy dress that makes me look bigger than I am. I have a couple of dresses that I can wear if I don't find anything, but they aren't as dressy as I would like. 

Any suggestions on where to shop???