The Tale of a Hamburger Frosty Tree

Katie and Cristina aka Dishtina (Frontier jokes!) met at work years and years ago. She and I had met at Katie's events and parties but I think we really got to know each other for Katie's 30th birthday trip to Savannah. And since then Cristina and I have been friends via Katie. 

Kaycee and I only worked together for maybe 3 months before I left to work at my current job but we clicked almost from the start thanks to our Harry Potter obsession (and other nerdy interests), true crime podcasts, cussing, sarcasm, memes, and politics. Girl was after my heart! So I was bummed to leave her BUT we seriously text daily ever since and get together when we can. One of those times was when she came out for my 34th party this past June. She and Katie got along swimmingly and we started to discuss when our next get together would be. I mentioned Hamburger Mary's because I knew Katie had never been but knew she would love it! So for months and months we tried to plan this outing but with Katie's busy semester and Kaycee's work travel it was hard to pin point a good time. While we were in talks about when this was going to go down Katie mentioned it to Cristina who also wanted to go. So the four of us miraculously were all free on Black Friday night. I made reservations and that was that. We all had something to look forward to after the stress of family and food coma of Thanksgiving. 

Katie and Cristina came to my house and from there I drove us downtown since I don't drink and also know my way a little more. Kaycee Ubered and met us at our first stop - Hamburger Mary's. We were seated pretty close to the stage so we'd have great views of the ladies! We ordered food and drinks (Our super cute waiter brought me a kids cup when I just ordered a Coke and I about died laughing). The girls drank shots and legs and we scarfed down our food before the show started. 

All three ladies were hilarious and had MOVES and OUTFITS and WIGS and the works! GET. IT. We had the best time singing along with the songs and laughing at all the R rated jokes. We all fell in love with London Rory who serenaded us with 'Let It Go'. It was a fun time as I knew it would be. Katie gave me a huge compliment by saying something along the lines of how much fun I am and I don't even drink. Ha!

From there we went over to Frosty's Christmastime Lounge which is a Christmas themed bar that I went to one other time and had a blast with old co-workers because it "snowed" and they blasted Christmas music the whole time. Singing N'SYNC's 'Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays' at a fucking bar at the top of your lungs is my kind of a party. So I was ready to go back especially since the other ladies had never been. What we realized very quickly is that they turned half of Frosty's into some basic bitch sportswear with giant TVs and it lost not only square footage but charm to boot. I was so annoyed and then to add to my annoyance NOT ONE CHRISTMAS SONG. We made the best of it by dancing with the Santa statue and climbing onto the fireplace. You bet your ass I sent an email about how disappointed I was the next day. My inner Karen comes out sometimes. Shrug. 

Since Frosty's was kind of lame we skipped down to The Treehouse per Kaycee's suggestion. This place was super cute and had a lot of personality. The bathtub was of course everyone's favorite photo spot but come on - WE HAD TO even if we had to fight our way to it from a gang of instagram models. Some idiot spilled Katie's drink and it took her awhile to get it replaced. We all danced like maniacs in the room next door which played horrible music and made us feel like grandmas when the other people on the floor looked like they had never experienced dial-up before.

The last stop of the night was this cute little Irish Pub that was quiet and chill.

UNTIL.

Of course there is an "UNTIL".

This guy at the bar started making eyes at Kaycee even though she immediately shut him down with an eye roll and head shake. We kept chatting amongst our foursome about tired feet and being up way past our bedtime when the dude and his extremely drunk friend decided to pull up a couple of chairs. THEN they asked if they could join us which was when I said "No, we're having a girls night." and they replied "Well we're having a boys night" completely missing the point. They wouldn't leave and Katie started to tell them what was up. I then left the table to find our mullet-haired waiter at the bar to ask for our checks because these two douche canoes wouldn't leave us alone. He obliged and as everyone was paying their tab the assholes left. When someone says they don't want you at their table, leave. No one should have to put up with arrogant, entitled, drunk dudes harassing them. I'm just glad we banded together and got the hell back to the car. I ended up driving Kaycee home so she didn't have to pay for another Uber and then drove back to my house to drop off Katie and Cristina and skip my tired ass to bed.

OMG what a night even with all the weirdos and disappointments. None of that shit matters when you have a good group of girls to spend the evening with. Let's do it again soon!