Life out of a suitcase

New Years 2011

My boyfriend and me at a black tie dinner with his family

My new soon to be sister in law :)

Me and Jaime at the opening ceremony at the Hard Rock in Times Square

Waffles and Dinges by far my favorite stand in NYC to find

Yum yum sushi at Sushi Samba

Bobby Flay at his restaurant Bar Americain

Life in a Suitcase:

So this Winter Break I felt like I was always on the road...and in reality I was. I ended up home only for 3 days before I drove 7 hours to see my boyfriend in Duluth, MN then back home, then to Madison where I left with a caravan of gypsys (aka a bunch of my guy friends) to travel to Chicago for New Years. There a friend had rented out a bar and we got champagne ( a bottle for each of us ) on entering and danced the night into 2011. From there it was back to Madison to watch the rose bowl game which ended up with us all being depressed and drinking copius amounts of alcohol to make up for the pain of losing.
Part 2 of my journey is me driving home to meet up with my hometown friends to fly to Orlando, FL with them to spend a week at a friends timeshare. Thank god for a tan in this Wisconsin winter. From Florida I flew directly to NYC to meet with my fellow students in retail to go the the National Retail Federation Conference (3rd year for me attending and sadly last as a wisco student). NY was fantastic, it was the best of the 3x I had gone with my school on that trip. We went salsa dancing, ate great sushi, went to some great nightclubs and ate some fantastic food. We also got the chance to meet Lauren Conrad and Bobby Flay to see their new lines and partnerships with Kohls department stores (they sponsor our trip there).
From there it was home for 3 days, one touring apartments in Milwaukee where I will be moving in June (sad face), one watching the packer game (last game this weekend and if we win we are going to the superbowl!!!) before heading back to madison for my last semester there (again even bigger sad face).