Annual Chicago Trip!

This weekend was the annual trip to Chicago with some ladies of the Carey family. It all started when i was living in Chicago doing my student teaching during my senior year of college. My mom, grandma and 2 of my aunts came out to visit me and we decided it needed to be an annual trip. This year, we decided to maybe change the date of the trip to a different season where we wouldn't have to walk around wearing 7 layers of clothes! After treacherous roads during my trip to meet them last year, I decided I needed a travel buddy so this year, one of my roommates, Allison, joined me for the weekend!

What's a road trip without some great tunes? Hanson it is!

And tasty snacks!

Our first stop on Saturday morning was Macy's. It's a tradition to head there to see the big tree, Holiday decorations and any other good deals we can find!

What we didn't expect to see, was a celebrity! As we walked into Macy's, we promptly asked where the nearest Starbucks was and were excited to hear there were 3 in the building! The friendly customer service lady informed us to go this way and that to avoid the Jessica Simpson fiasco. WHAT? Really? Well, I'll be the first to admit that as I'm not necessarily a fan of hers, it was fun to see a celebrity in our midst. She was promoting her new perfume (also not a fan...) and was there to sign autographs and meet fans. We rode the escalator a few times to catch a glimpse!


Our next stop was the outdoor Christmas market at Daley Plaza. This is another one of those things we do each year and this year, for some reason, it was absolutely FREEZING at this point during the day; windy, snowy and just plain COLD! So, I broke down and bought a hat. I had been talking about how I wanted one when we went ice skating last week with our bible studies and I found the perfect one! Allison bought one too. We were really stylin!