Fabulous last two visits in Minnesota. Everything at Winona was absolutely gorgeous, I was there in perfect timing to see trees at their peak fall colors and the Wisconsin bluff's in the distance. Had a great time with the women, goofing off, watching Youtube videos, playing Scene It and many other things that were nice to just relax!
One of the highlights of my visit was Sunday brunch in their Caf where we sat and talked so long that they kicked us out to close up and clean for dinner...whoops! So mad because I totally forgot to look in the bookstore there for a postcard or any card of sorts for my scrapbook as that's what I've been collecting from each school. I also neglected to take ANY pictures in MN :(
Moved on to Minnesota State University in Mankato and had another fabulous visit! Our chapter there is just wonderful, the women were amazing and I felt like I was back at my own chapter. I got to know a lot of the women, caught up on Grey's from last week (!!!), went for coffee and had my first drinks from Caribou Coffee...LOVE IT! Also loved some more Jimmy Johns, yummy! Also got some great new jams from one of the girls I stayed with that had the absolute best mix CD's. The ladies were too sweet and got me a t-shirt, bag of tootsie pops (holla!) and a nice set of pens from the school, if any Epsilon Rho women are reading, thanks again for an absolutely lovely visit!
On our way to meet the chapter at Eau Claire for my drop off we drove through Saint Peter where I had just been at Gustavus. Silly city is doing tons of major construction, we hit a huuuuge pothole and got not one, but two (yes, two!) flat tires. YIKES! Surprisingly enough AAA was there no later than 15 minutes and then informed us that we were conveniently a car of ladies in distress right in front of...a mechanic, score! Somehow rolled over that way and were fixed in under 45 minutes while we took shelter in Arby's, also conveniently the president's favorite place in the world.
We got back in the road in what seemed like no time and met the president of the next chapter and I was on my way. Drove back up past the twin cities, passed the Mall of American again (!!!!); I WILL got there during Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul this year and fulfill my childhood dreams. After much rush hour traffic and driving past two more of my chapters at UW Stout and UW River Falls we arrived at Eau Claire to the Sigma house full of girls to welcome me! I am so excited to be at my first house chapter and am even lucky enough to have my own room for the visit.
Upon arrival I was informed they just got like 80 chicken patties from an elementary school where they chaperoned a Halloween dance, gosh I'm in heaven already! Knew it was going to be a good visit from there, and then especially when we got together to catch the tail end of Grey's Anatomy which I'm about to go back and watch.
Had my first meal at Culvers, a great place with burgers and ice cream and lucky enough the flavor of the day was Caramel Cashew...one of my longtime favorites from Bruster's! Tomorrow a few of the women are taking me around town, campus and to the mall...and I have some way overdue shopping needs. Hopefully I'll find my greatly coveted grey knit Uggs, keep your fingers crossed.
Well time to get my wild Friday night started, itinerary consisting of:
-Laundry
-Work, work & oh hey, more work!
-Catching up on Grey's from last week
-Being jealous I'm not in a fabulous costume going out for my 2nd favorite Halloween
Until next time,
xoxo Anna
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