Houston Meet & Greet Recap!

I'm back with my Houston Meet & Greet recap! To say I had soooooooooo much fun would be a serious understatement. :D The restaurant, Yard House, wasn't that far from where I lived. Leave it up to me to get lost right down the street from the place. Luckily, I was already at the City Centre so I just had to find out where exactly in the City Centre it was. When I got to the restaurant, I was so HOT! Preggie hot flashes are kicking my butt. Having a hot flash on an 80 degree day=not the business. When I saw the ladies, I forgot all about my hot flashes! (but I did tell them about the flashes, lol) They were all so sweet! It was so nice to be able to finally see everyone in person.

 (Left to right) Reiko from God's Favorite Shoes, Tee from Mane Coarse, Me, Tamara from Natural Hair Rules, and Raven from DIY Raven! Look at all of that natural hair! :D

Here's Ashley from Mocha Mommies & Raven again. Raven sashayed in with this clutch that we all wanted! I quickly put in a request for mine. I wish I'd snapped a shot of it. Go to her website & click on this post to check it out! And Miss Ashley surprised the hell out of me when she volunteered to put together a baby shower for me!!!!!! Remember, the post I wrote about wanting to have a baby shower?? Ya'll, I was so happy I almost cried....literally. I wasn't expecting that at all. So it looks like I'll be having a baby shower. :D :D :D Yay!!! Thank you again Ashley. You have no idea how much this means to me. Me in my "Look Ma, No Weave!" tee!
Reiko & Tee again. Reiko was just as sweet as I imagined her to be! Planning the meet & greet with her was really a breeze. She was the 1st one to comment on my other blog when I started it (yes, i remember!). I forgot to tell ya'll that I e-met Tee through my other blog. I told her about the meetup & she drove from 2 hrs away to come! How cool is that?? I remember her telling me she lived a couple of hours away, but I guess it didn't register. Leave it to my #preggiebrain! And Tee, I didn't know you made that skirt?! CUTE! That's Jody from Bronze Island in the middle. Azalea, from High Heel Junkie, was talking & while we all were listening I decided to snap a pic. I wish I'd had more time to talk to these two. Both were so cool. Sidenote: I love that painting in the back. Very interesting. On the left is Kathlene & there's Tamara from Natural Hair Rules. Kathleen is starting her own blog & I can't wait to start reading it! I meant to take a pic of her nails. They were so cute! She's currently thinking about maybe, possibly....going natural! Come on over to the curly side. ;-) It was so good to finally meet Tamara! I already felt like I knew her from reading her blog. We literally talked about umm everything! LOL Tamara provided us with a lot of insight on blogging & marketing.
And let's not forget about the FOOD. (even though it took me forever to order) Their chicken strips were so good. Some of the best I've ever had.

Two other ladies stopped by (Kennetta & Stephanie) & I stayed longer to talk to them.  I just had so much fun! I feel like I have a new family in Houston. :-) To think...this started as a simple Twitter convo between Reiko and I a few months ago! I just wish that I'd had more time to talk with each one of ya'll. Everyone was just so warm & friendly. Thank you all for coming out to the meet & greet! I can't wait to meet up again! We're already talking about meeting up to go thrifting & a possible blogger workshop.

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