A Vegas Graduation

He did it!

For anyone who knows Bryan and I, you know that the majority of our relationship has involved him being in school. A regular phrase out of our mouth 'Bryan has to study, we can't go', or something along those lines. So when the end was in sight, and graduation was near, I knew we had to do something to celebrate. Not only for him, but for me - ha! That's how it works, right? Plus, he was the first in his fam to graduate from college - extra reason to party!

Combine this upcoming activity with the fact that I love to win, and our next vacation was planned. You might be really confused right about now, so let me explain. Yes, I love to win, no matter what it is. In fact, Bryan and I have to play on the same team for whatever it is we're doing, because I love to win so much, I would get grumpy with him. This 'winning' also includes charitable items. When I go to an event and there is a silent auction or chance drawing, I love to throw my name in for it. If I end up having the highest bid, I always say 'I won'! And then, oh yeah, I actually have to pay for that. Well that worked to our advantage in this case, because what I 'won' was two nights at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, just what we needed!

Timestamp? 10:30am

Graduation weekend, we had a lot of family in town, threw a huge party at the house to celebrate, and just when everyone left town, we got on a plane and headed to Vegas! We landed around 10am and headed to Fremont Street. Both of us were looking forward to being on Fremont Street because we hadn't spent much time there and our first stop was, of course to get a drink! We walked up and down the street, people watching and sipping on cold drinks. We found a lot of humor out of the signs to get 'fake married' and scare your family or friends. A lot of people had actually asked if we were going to elope while we were there (not a chance) but we were tempted to do the fake wedding! We would have gotten a lot of nasty phone calls, though. :)

As our first day and night rolled to an end, we had a nice dinner at the Italian restaurant in the hotel. The Golden Nugget has so many great options to choose from, and the food was amazing.......because of our early flight and the food coma we were in, as soon as dinner was over, we went to bed. Yup, we're that cool.

Day Two: What else would you do in Vegas besides lay by the pool? This was especially sweet because Denver got snow that day - sorry folks. When we arrived at the Nugget pool, we learned that the 3rd floor of the pool was an adults only area called The Hideout. The pool was free, but there is an additional charge if you want a lounge chair or cabana. We opted for one lounge chair, just to have a place to store our items, and then buckets of buckets of beer. The weather was gorgeous, and the water was so peaceful. We wanted to slide down through the infamous shark tank, but it was unfortunately closed for repairs - guess we'll have to go back! The highlight of the pool time? The free spirit of everyone at the pool. Including the dude who had the man thong and no shame on showing it.

Yup.

After several hours at the pool, we cleaned ourselves up and head out for one last night. We did a little gambling, met up with some friends who live in Vegas for happy hour, and then headed to the Strip! Sort of. We could care less about the strip, but we were trying to connect with some other friends. They had got delayed, so we bounced around on our own. Mainly, we stayed at the Casino Royale because I love that their drinks are cheap (what can I say, I'm cheap) and you still get the Vegas vibe! It didn't take long after that, where we needed to head back to the hotel. It was our last night and we needed some sleep before catching our flight home. Where will my next silent auction 'win' take us?!