Happy Friday!!!!  Looks like it is going to be a gorgeous day and I can not wait to get in it!  😛

Last Night is what our happy little town calls “Ladies Night”, and it’s actually, from this first time participants perspective – a brilliant idea.

How it works:

Prior to the event you stop at one of the participating businesses to pick up a card that will later be stamped by all the businesses.  Then, between the hours of 3 and 8 pm, you go and visit each of these businesses on this given day – that day was yesterday, and myself, and my friends Amy, Laura, and Kerri all rode together to the 27 stops to get our card stamped.

Many of the stops had additional giveaways you could sign up for, spa packages, gift cards, oil changes, discounts, catering, etc…. and many of the stops had snacks:  hor duerves, cupcakes, cheese, wine, bottled water, pizza, slushies, fresh fruit…

For every stop you go to, you get a stamp and at the end of the event you turn in your card for a ticket per stamp – that ticket then goes into a huge box with the other participants tickets and then this morning, on a local radio station WJJY, at 8:15 they announced the grand prize winners which were for:

A $300 pair of ear rings from EL Menk

A $500 spa package out at Craguns Resort

and the grand prize, $1000.00 cash

Last night was a lot of fun – not only just hanging out and running into these businesses and getting the stamps with friends but there are a couple newer businesses in town that I had not been in before that really caught my eye and I must go back in there.  Honestly, the idea to do this is brilliant – these businesses just brought TONS of women traffic in their door, they usually gave you a gift certificate for a nice percentage off if you come back and purchase within the next couple of weeks… and they have time to shine….

we  were on a deadline so we did not have time to stop and browse and as we discovered that it does actually take quite a bit of time to get around to all these businesses which are stretched out between two towns we made a little list of sort of rules:

1.  No longer when we see people we know do we have time to say hi and chit chat…. just wave and role on by….

2.  No browsing!  No matter what you see!  (We were slowed down by purses, jewelry, chairs and plants that we wanted to know more about….)

3.  And finally, and this one is my bad… no asking the Jewelry store owner if they fix music boxes and getting caught in a conversation!  We are on a deadline people!  😯  😛

SO this morning, I had to sit in my garage and listen to the radio at 8:15 am….  I do not have a radio in my home and I could not figure out how to make it work on line.  😀

None of us won the big prizes.

However, I am sitting here this morning smiling because I had a wonderful time just running around and being silly with three girls who are not only all in my book club…. they are all my friends. 

Today… I have some reading to do and some prep work for weekend posts.  I am thinking maybe a bike ride this afternoon now that I have finally finished the lawn and gardens.