You know you are old when....

....you go back to your college sorority house with friends and while looking at your composite picture a current Zeta says "yeah, we like to count how many denim shirts you guys wore in the 90's".....gasp, the 90's! Yes, we were in college in the 90's, and we are now those old, alumnae with kids who came back to see our old house and realize just how old we are when we see just how much the hair styles, and fashions have changed.

You know you are old when your friend feels the need to stop on the side of the highway to stretch her legs on her drive from Dallas to Austin because she became achy.

You know you are old when you are at the bar and the topic of converstaion is no longer boys, but hemerroids and labor. 

You know you are getting old when you have had dear friends in your life that you met in college 10 years ago that have been there for you through weddings, funerals, babys, break-ups, good times and bad. 
Eight wonderful friends of mine came down to Austin to celebrate Paige's 30th birthday this past weekend. We stayed at Hotel San Jose and embrassed what South Congress has to offer.

If you havent been down there lately, there are a plethera of air stream trailers selling what can only be described as delectible goodies...have you heard of The Mighty Cone? Delicious.  Its basically whatever you want, fried, in a tortilla cone.  This one is the fried chicken and fried avocado.

When discussing "must-dos" on the trip, we quickly realized that they all had to do with food.  So, we started out our weekend at Guerros.  It was so great to be back together to be celebrating such a fun event!  The only thing missing was our friend Natalie, who couldnt make it into town this weekend. 

To sum it up, there were margaritas, Tex-Mex, sangria, Eggs Zapatino, pitchers of Dos Equis, Magnolia Mud, cupcakes, champagne, pinot - both grigio and noir, vodka tonics, Max & Cheese, fried oysters and Mighty Cones, Jo's coffee,  and Mexican Martinis. There was laughing, shopping, dancing, lots of eating, story telling, pictures of babies passed around, a visit to our old stomping grounds and lots of smiles and hugs.

We visited our old "home" where we all lived our junior year

Of course we made a quick stop for a famous Mexican Martini at Trudy's, it was a virgin Bloody Mary for me!

Coffee breaks at Jo's

Dinner at Max's Wine Bar where everything on the menu is fried--our table was covered in fried pickles, okra, chicken, eggs, calamari, oysters, tomatoes, macaroni....it goes on...and we ended with some bread pudding and brownies for the birthday girl

We ended the weekend with lunch at Hula Hut, and my little munchkin joined in for the fun! (did you really think you would get a whole post without any pictures of Eli?!?!?)

It was a fabulous weekend! I only hope we can meet back up again next year!

Happy Birthday Paige!