Vegas recap

What an amazing time. Honestly. That has to be one of the absolute best vacations I've taken in my entire life. I had a total blast the whole time. I took very few pictures because neither of us wanted to carry a camera around but I took a few of the room and the hotel lobby and a couple cute ones of us. So I'll share those first then I'll recap :)

This was our room and it was so amazingly beautiful!





This was the main hallway that led from the entrance/lobby to the casinos and guest rooms. It was so incredible



And believe it or not I got very few pictures of us. We looked freakin hot all three nights and I'm seriously kicking myself for not getting evidence. Oh well, I guess. I did get these few:
This was on our last day before we headed out to the airport:

(This one was probably my absolute favorite :) )
And in the cab on our way to the airport:

And on the plane on our way back. Can you tell how tired we were? haha


So here is a basic recap of all we did (mostly just to help me remember in the future. In fact, last night we were talking about the events that happened, and we can't even keep the days straight. haha!)
Friday - We woke up in Pittsburgh at about 4:30 got ready and then hit the road to the airport. We got there about 45 minutes before our flight took off, checked in, grabbed coffee and boarded. It was perfect timing. Neither of us slept on the way out because we were excited and the flight was actually a little rough. We arrived in Vegas, got our bags and grabbed a cab. When we got in the car we said how we were hungry for lunch and the driver kinda chuckled and reminded us that it was technically only 9:30 there. Not like it matter in Vegas. It can be whatever time you want it to be. So we got to the hotel, were completely and utterly amazed as soon as we walked in the door. I freakin love the Venetian. Seriously! So we went up to our room and were completely amazed. Even by the fact our blinds had a remote. That's right, we were the hillbillies playing with it. haha! We decided to head down to grab a bite to eat and then we walked around the pools. And the we had to hit the black jack tables. I think Rick was pretty close to shaking at that point if I didn't let him gamble ;) After some gambling we headed back up to the room to get ready and we were out. We caught a cab over to New York New York to pick up our show tickets for the weekend and we hit a table there. But they must not have liked us. We ended up down a little bit so we decided to go to dinner. Went to Red Square at Mandalay Bay and oh my dear god was it amazing! Honestly! It was so freakin delicious! I had black truffle and lobster fettuccine. I was in completely heaven! Then we went back to New York New York to see Zumanity. Way racy but so good! We both laughed our entire way through it. I definitely recommend it! Then we decided since we went to see a burlesque type of show, we might as well hit a strip club. So we went to Spearmint Rhino. Strip clubs in Vegas are WAY different than in Ohio. You can touch the girls as much or as little as you want. I was absolutely shocked. We had a good time though. It was packed! Then we were both completely exhausted so we headed back to the hotel. We were up for 26 hours straight that day. And it was the most amazing day of the entire trip. We started out with the bar so high.

Saturday we both slept in. We ended up getting up about 1:00 Vegas time because we were so tired and we were on vacation so why not! We got up, got showered and headed down to the pool for a few hours. Then we had dinner reservations at Zafferino's. It was delicious Italian food! So yummy! And we had a cute little table overlooking the canal. :) After dinner we headed out to the Palms to go to the clubs. A friend of mine is a DJ out there so he set us up with some VIP passes which was nice. Cause holy line! haha! There was no way I'd be standing in that freakin line! Once we got in it was fun and all, but not exactly our thing. Or at least not that night. So we each had a few drinks then ditched. We went back to the hotel and actually called it a fairly early night by about 2:30.

Sunday morning Rick let me sleep in while he went downstairs to gamble a bit. I got my lazy butt up and ready and then went down and did some shopping. I fully intended on buying things, but I was so mesmerized by everything I did more window shopping. haha! Then I caught up with him at the tables and we went shopping together. He bought me a pretty new dress to wear to the wedding we are going to and a top that he loved me in. It was fun and it felt good :) Then I was absolutely starving so we got some lunch and then gambled. We went up to the room and got dressed and headed over to the Bellagio. We had dinner at Yellowtail and had DELICIOUS sushi! We also had their surf and turf with yummy Kobe filet and lobster tail. Yum! We watched the water show then hit the tables for a bit. Then we went a saw O. It was good, but maybe I was expecting more than I thought it actually was. I can't honestly say I'd ever want to see it again. And it kind of turned me off a bit to any other of the "traditional" Cirque shows. Oh well! At least now I can say that I saw them. We headed back to the Venetian, changed and went down to the tables. We had a good time filled with watching some of the most drunk, most obnoxious people. Always entertaining :) Then we headed back up to our room.

Unfortunately, Monday morning came. Rick went and got us both coffee and then we took our time getting ready. We packed our bags and went down to check them into our airline. We were able to check into our flight and check our bags from the hotel so we didn't have to worry about them. We made a quick stop in the gift shop to buy the girls some souvenirs and then we hit the tables one last time. We ended on a high note just in time. We caught a cab back to the airport, walked through security, got goodies for the plane and boarded. It was absolutely perfect.

Overall, the trip was completely amazing. I really do love him. He's so good to me. He genuinely cares about how I feel and wants to make me happy all the time. Too soon or not, I definitely am smitten ;)