Palm Springs - Girl's Birthday / Spa Weekend

Heather suggested we go out to Palm Springs to celebrate our 27th Birthdays! I decided to invite a bunch of my girlfriends, including those I knew couldn't go. Turns out only Angie, Heather and I could go, but I knew we'd still have a blast!

I hadn't been to Palm Springs since I was a kid (we used to go out there for Dance Competitions) so I really had no idea what to expect! It was a bit of a drive, but mostly due to hitting traffic on the 10. I wished I'd had time to stop and check out the Cabazon outlets, but per normal, I was running a little late (I had stopped at a MAC counter - can you blame me?). All 3 of us girls were driving separately and had planned to meet up out there around noon and get lunch. The hotel was really pretty


with a great pool side view,

(despite a little bit of strange graffiti) so we checked in and dropped off Mooshu.



Since Heather got stuck in horrible traffic, Angie and I went out searching for Mexican food. We found this place that looked cute and homey and decided to order bean and cheese burritos. Guess I should've known when the chips came out cold, and the "salsa" consisted of a quarter slice of tomato in some liquid that lunch wasn't going to be great, but we were starved, so we didn't care. Our burritos came out with scalding burnt beans inside of a tortilla with maybe 7 shreds of mozzarella on top. Not a great start to our trip, but we were still cool. We stopped at a liquor store to pick up some liquid refreshments and headed back to the hotel.

By the time we got back Heather had arrived and we all headed out to the pool to enjoy the beautiful sunny day!

We quickly decided that 99 degrees in the middle of the desert was a bit excessive, but at least the pool was ice cold!


Once the heat drained us, we headed inside to take a nap. Later we went out on the town for dinner and some fun.

Had great food @ a Mexican place down the road, and had this funny, sassy waitress. We returned to the hotel a bit tipsy and decided to go down to the spa (even though it was closed).

A quasi "guard" came to kick us out, but realized we were 3 cute girls so he let us stay with a simple word to be quiet.

The next day we went to the day Spa, Revive, for some much needed pampering. I got the "Balancer" package which included a massage, facial, and mud wrap (incredible!). While we had gotten a great deal on our package prices, we probably should have gone to one of the more expensive places! Everything was really pretty, and calming, but it just seemed like everything was mediocre. Guess the old adage, you get what you pay for, stands. Nevertheless, we had a good time, and all in all it was a wonderful weekend!