Girls' Day Out

Rossville and Clinton Prairie are both on Fall Break this week.  A friend of Megan's and her sister and nieces visited The Cake Bake Shop in Carmel this summer and loved it, so Megan made reservations for the five of us to go there this morning.

We were all dressed up - Megan, Hilary, and I were wearing nicer pants and tops.  Tessa and Lynnlee wore cute dresses with bows in their hair. Well, Lynnlee wore her bow for a little while, but she is not one for wearing head adornments.  Tessa accented her outfit with cute boots and adorable earrings plus a matching bow in her hair.  

Our reservation was for 10 a.m. which is the time the shop opened.  We arrived early (the Siemens girls do that) and the kind hostess opened the door for us so we could stand inside instead of in the cold.  At 10 we were escorted to our table.

Since the menu had so many delicious options, we decided to each order a different slice of cake and we could all try each other's.  Hilary ordered a mint chocolate, Megan had another chocolate concoction, Tessa ordered the funfetti version, and my choice was the carrot cake.  Lynnlee was going to enjoy a chocolate chip cookie. We chose to sip water from our glass goblets.  Out of all of the cakes, mine was definitely the best.  It was so moist, and the cream cheese frosting was so creamy.  Oh my!  Tessa was disappointed in her cake.  It was very dry, and she didn't like the pink icing.    I was the only one who finished my slice of cake.  Megan and Hilary asked for boxes to take the remainder of theirs home, plus the rest of Lynnlee's cookie.  Tessa had destroyed most of hers (she is not a neat eater), and most of what was left was icing, so there was no point in boxing it up for later.

Following our visit to The Cake Bake Shop, we drove to Keystone at the Crossing so I could pick up a bridal shower gift from the Siemens' women for Brittany.  Megan printed off the list from the registry, a very nice sales person helped me locate a couple of items, boxed them, put an amount on a gift card for me, and we were on our way.  Walking around Crate and Barrel with a 6 year old who likes to touch things and a 2 year old who moves randomly was not a good idea, so we stayed only long enough to complete the purchase.

The next stop was Target.  I enjoy wandering through Target.  I did find another runner for inside the back door that might not show the dirt as much.  I hope so anyway!  

Final stop was at Chuy's for lunch.  Everyone had a great lunch there, and it felt good to offset the sweetness of the desserts earlier in the day with some chips and jalapeno dip.  

Other than some wiggling around at The Cake Bake Shop by the youngest member of our group, everyone was well-behaved and enjoyed the day (even the big girls and this Mamaw).  

We decided that a trip to The Cake Bake Shop is not something that we would want to do often, but it was fun to do for a special treat, and we will probably return some day.  When we do, I know that if the Inside Out German Chocolate Cake is on the menu, that will be my choice.  Otherwise...another slice of Carrot Cake, please!