Big Money! Big Money!...ok maybe not

Since my birthday (9/25), Greg's birthday (10/8) and our anniversary (10/7) are all within two weeks of each other, we decided that each year we are going to go away for a weekend sometime within the two weeks to celebrate. This was the first year of this new tradition, and I must say it turned out to be WONDERFUL!

For our first annual "Celebration Weekend", we booked a room at the Borgata in Atlantic City this past weekend. We arrived around noon on Friday and never looked back...
For the first part of Friday we just walked around the casino and got ourselves familiar with the setup and did a little gambling here and there. Then we headed up to the boardwalk for dinner. We grabbed a drink at the Hard Rock Cafe to start things off and then headed to a nice spot called Megan's Bar & Grill. Here we shared a good dinner and had some fun chatting it up with the bartender. After we had all we could handle, we headed back to the hotel and called it a night.

Saturday morning we slept in a bit and then headed out to grab some snacks for the room, since the food prices in the hotel were RIDICULOUS! After grabbing some lunch, we headed back to the casino to try out our luck. :) I was doing great on the slots...up $290 at one point, but of course gambled about $140 of that away before I decided to cash out. Hey, I was having fun!!!! Greg was up at Black Jack about $220, but he unfortunately followed in my footsteps and ended up walking away with what he started with. Awww...poor Greg! :(

We did take a break in between the gambling and dinner to relax in the room...I mean we did pay quite a penny for the sucker so we might as well get some use out of it. We ended up renting the movie, The Hangover, and rested for about an hour and a half.

Once dinner time hit, we headed down to the Buffet, which much to our surprise was $28.95/person!!! Are you kidding me?!?! So we agreed that if we win enough to pay for 2 buffets, we get to eat. If not, we go hungry. Well, the threat worked...I jumped on the closest slot machine, threw in a $20 and within 3 spins, I was up $72, then $110, then $120!!! So I cashed out and we enjoyed a nice $28.95 dinner at the buffet. :) You're welcome Greg...hahaha...j/k honey!

The rest of the night we just continued to walk around and try out different machines and tables. By 11 we were both pooped so we decided to call it a night...plus we basically were out of money to gamble with. :( I will say that even though we didn't win anything, we also didn't spend more than we wanted. :)

Sunday morning I was up bright and early because I just couldn't wait to get home to Brooke and Dooley. After two days, I just about would do anything to see that little girl smile.

So we got to my parent's around noon and picked up Brooke and Dooley and headed home for some much needed snuggling with our babies.

It was a great birthday/anniversary weekend and just reminds me why I married Greg in the first place....there's nothing like a weekend away with your best friend who also happens to be the love of your life. :-) Yeah, I know...that was mushy....but true at the same time.

Have a great rest of the week everyone!!!