Hello, Greenville

Once in awhile, you need to grab your best friend and hit the road.

And sometimes, you need to eat all the delicious food, shop all the amazing things, talk about babies and husbands and life in general. And even sometimes, once in awhile, you need to take pictures in front of pink walls, explore and be adventurous in a new city, and remember why y'all both became best friends to begin with.

And so we did.

For Ashley's birthday, I wanted to do something special for her since she's always so special to us. When Harper was in the hospital, she showed up bearing gifts and food. She always puts the most thought into gifts, and will check in on you to see how you're doing - really doing - on the regular. I thought a break from our everyday, a fun trip to a city that I personally adore, and some girl time would be perfect.

So - Hello, Greenville.

After picking up Ashley and Chicken Mini's for the road (Is it really a roadtrip without Chick-fil-a breakfast? The answer is no.), we took off for Greenville, South Carolina for the day. We live relatively close - about an hour and a half across the GA-SC border, so we had lots of time for girl talk and catching up. Honestly, the girl talk in the car is always my favorite. It's time that we solely get to dedicate to each other and really check in on life.

We got there early enough to take a stroll through the farmer's market downtown, which I was really hoping we'd be able to make. I love farmer's markets, and Ashley is right up that alley with me. Fresh flowers, fresh foods, entertainment, small businesses - it's always a fun time exploring. Greenville didn't disappoint. The flowers were gorgeous, and we probably could have eaten our way through the whole market, but settled on a chocolate chip scone - and you guessed it, totally delicious. We ended up buying a couple of locally made soy candles that smelled delicious, and then made our way to lunch.

My mom had traveled to Greenville for work, as well as a girls' trip also and suggested we try Tupelo Honey for brunch. It was busy, but not busy enough for us to have to wait. We sat right outside. We had the hardest time deciding on what to eat since pretty much the entire menu sounded straight up delicious. Southern food at it's complete finest, let me tell you. We landed on a Southern Fried Chicken BLT and a Pork Confit Grilled Cheese. But probably the most amazing part of the meal, was the fresh biscuits, jam and honey brought out while we waited for our meals. Biscuits just make people happy. We instantly fell in love with this place.

After lunch, we hit the shops downtown and took obnoxious #basic pictures in front of pretty walls because that's what our friendship consists of. We are not ashamed. Ice cream was a must after lunch, and since rolled ice cream is all the rage, we needed to see what all the hype was about. Spoiler alert - the hype is real. Eventually, we worked our way to Falls Park - a must stop in Greenville. More shopping and looking around happened, especially since we got caught up in a pretty bad rainstorm. 

Eventually, we decided that we missed our babies and husbands, so we couldn't stay forever after all.

But large ice waters and warm chocolate chip cookies from Chick-fil-a sounded like a good way to wrap up our day since that's how it did start after all. :)