Hailed a cab, wiped out on the downtown street, and met some cute band boys...

So my trip to Minneapolis for New Years was quite an interesting adventure. B and I left for the long trek around 9:30 Saturday morning. Finally on the road after a. i forgot my sunglasses at home and had to turn around, b. got gas, and c. remembered to change the cds in the back so we could have some good tunes other than my iPod. The beginning of the trip started off a little boring... we were definitly dreading the 7 hours in the car... however it got better with a little car dancing and listening to some of our highschool mixes. I am sure we looked real cool driving and dancing all over the place, but we had fun. Then we stopped in Des Moines to eat a little mickey d's... while i was enjoying my cheeseburger, i seriously had two bites before i tragically bit into a hard piece. omg seriously? this would only happen to me... anyway after I spit it back out to see what it was me and b came to the DISGUSTING conclusion that it was a tiny shard of bone... which immediately made me flash back to scenes from that new movie with Johnny Depp... Sweeny Todd.. and you can only imagine what i was thinking... disgusting meat pies made of humans little to say that was the last bite i took and i am not sure if i can bring myself to ever eat there again. I don't enjoy bone burgers. anyway... i brushed it off, like i needed all those calories anyway. So back on the road and we finally made it to Minneapolis 6 1/2 hours later. not bad. i guess i might be a little bit of a speed demon. anyway, we get to my sis' apt, she was at work so me and b jumped right into getting ready to go, still no plans or any idea where in downtown minneapolis we would end up, our first destination was my sis' work, the local. We ate dinner and then continued to drink...and drink. my sis ordered me a drink called something crazy but it was a mix of jameson, something?, and cranberry juice. lethal for me. whiskey for me always equals crazy kati. B was feeling a little ill but she did try to keep up with me. later we decided to try out the rest of the bar scene not knowing really what we would find we wound up at a bar called brits. it was fun, there was a hot bald bartender, but that was about the extent of the fun for that bar. so we tried to walk somewhere else but b's throat was killing her and i really hate HATE to walk in the cold, so we turned back and wound back up at the local w/ my sis. I had a grand old time chatting and making up different stories about eachother. late into the night after many rum and diets, and jamesons, a boy asked me if i wanted to go to the kissing room... i was like.. yes a NEW BAR lets go right now!!!! b glares at me like are you serious?! death stares... and then proceeds to tell me it is some sick room in the back on the way to the bathrooms where people go to you know... so then i was like NO nevermind i thought it was a different bar... what a creep please. seriously again, something that would only happen to me. Anyway we ended up back at home around 3:30 am... the next day i left b to sleep while me and my sis enjoyed a great lunch of vietnamese and then me, b, dahli, and her boy toy randy all went to see Juno. This was such a great i highly reccommend it. I laughed the entire movie. Next we went to dinner at my aunt priscilla's house to see the fam. I got to see my cousins new lil baby wyatt and chat with everyone, so that was really great. When we got home dahli and b napped while i tried to be patient and watch a lil tv before steppin out. Patience is not a virtue that i was blessed with so this was a very trying task. but i managed ok. so then we went out to a bar that was supposed to be having a couple dj's and a dance party. the dance party consisted of 3 strange-o's dancing, but that bar did make great martini's so we a had a few and then moved on to dahli's regular bar grumpy's downtown. which was interesting. me and b definitly stuck out in that crowd but it was still a great time. we then decided to go eat a little mexican food at 2 am.. at a little hole in the wall restuaraunt down the street from dahlis house. so we had to walk. by this time i am seriously over walking in -20 degree weather, but i didn't complain, well only a little. so dahli and b are seriously spped walking to the restauraunt and i am taking my sweet time, and i warn them that i hope i don't get stolen as they make it to the restauraunt and go inside without me. as soon as the words come out of my mouth a man appears from the shadows down the street and says... hey beautiful where are you going? come back and talk to me! why do guys think that girls will actually turn around to this? yes. please can i? seriously so i continue to walk and say no thanks i am just going to eat w/ my sister. he proceeds to follow me into the restaurant and when he sees that yes i am with people asks the waitress a strange question looks at me and smiles and then leaves. once again only me. b and dahli are cracking up at this point and b says seriously? you pick up a guy where ever you go. i am not amused. the next day we go shopping at the mall of america (or moa as minnesotans call it) b was less than happy (she hates malls and would have much rather spent the day sledding, or sliding if you are minnesotan) sometimes i wonder how we are friends.? anyway... i of course went shopping for the perfect dress, and talked myself out of the one i wanted and bought one that i ended up hating and will incidentally probably never wear, which was a whole other debacle. After shopping til we could drop we swung by my aunt priscillas again for a little chat, some rc, some potato chips, and french onion dip. then we were back off to get ready for dinner and new years. After trying on the entire contents of my suitcase, i finally settled on a dress that i less than loved, but it was far better than the horrible silver mistake of a dress that i bought at forever 21. and we were off to the 112 eatery where we dined on cheeseburgers and champagne. interesting mix i know. then we were off to first avenue, where we enjoyed a concert by brother ali, a pretty great rapper, and me a b tried to consume as much alcohol as humanly possible, and danced the night away with dahli and all her friends. towards the end of the night we were so ready to go home, we seriously were the last people in first ave minus the workers and the band, and dahli keeps assuring me that the 'car' is coming to pick us up, and i say why don't we just go out and get a cab. she says there is no way i will get one on new years, they will all be full, so at this challenge i run out the back door of the club and seriously the minute i stick my hand up a cab come screeching to my rescue. i pound on the door to let them know i got one. ha. and run towards the cab. this is where i wipe out on a sheet of ice, first fall of the new year. of course. but manage to make it fine into the cab, just a little scrape and a run in my hose. but at this point nothing can dampen my night. we get home and have a little dance party before we finally decide to collapse and get a little shut eye before the long drive home. we had a great night to ring in the new year, minus b's half dollar size blisters on the balls of her feet from her boots, and my minor clothing crisis.