Our Elegant Trip to Atlanta

Good Morning Everyone!

I had a very busy weekend. Our neighborhood HOA sale occurred, and I sold quite a bit from my closet as well as the boutique. There is not much left, and I am trying to decide if I want to order a new dress. I am thinking about it. 

I did donate a few items to the consignment store and dropped off some old furniture at the Goodwill. It’s funny with garage sales. As soon as you get that stuff out of your closet and realize that some of it may have to go back in that turns it into a big game changer for me. Oh no is this not going back! Let’s donate it! I hate hanging on to stuff I am not using! 

I also have a busy work week ahead of me of course, my first Guild meeting of the season, an Indiana Paralegal Retreat on Saturday, and a tour of Tiffany Skilling’s home on Sunday! Lots of fun things but busy! 

Speaking of fun things… I have not stop thinking about our recent empty nester trip to Atlanta. Mr. Shockley and I had such a good time. It started out rough. There was a torrential downpour in Kentucky when we were driving through. For two hours we could barely see the road.  It was not fun. Then while we stopped for breakfast my husband got an alert on his app that the tires were low! Great! Now we might have a flat. But it turns out that we did not. The pressure from the mountains in Tennessee caused the fluctuation of the air pressure in the tires. Thank goodness!

Once we got to Buckhead, my husband and I could NOT and I mean could not stopping staring at the houses! My goodness is Buckhead a beautiful area! I mean stunning Victorian inspired mansions. It was gorgeous!

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley

I did not take photos of the homes because I did not want to be weird but once we got to our hotel I looked up and was immediately smitten with the light fixtures and decor. Honestly and truly we have NEVER stayed in a hotel like this! 

We stayed in the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta. The staff was outstanding and so was our room. As soon as they took our luggage to our room we could not stop staring at the view and our room had its own doorbell!

photo credit: Mrs. Shockley 

Our room had the best view of the skyline for Atlanta. You could see everything, the beautiful buildings in Buckhead, lots of gorgeous trees, Stone Moutain and did I mention the skyline? 

The room had a beautiful black and white floral carpet, green velvet sectional couch, flat screen T.V., wine bar, huge garden tub, and walk in shower. We loved it! 

For dinner we decided to walk 3 minutes from the hotel to South City Kitchen for dinner. We both got the springer mountain fried chicken, collard greens, mashed potatoes in a honey sauce. It also came with biscuits, and I tried ginger (non-alcoholic) beer for the first time! Oh my goodness, it was so good! 

It was a great start to our first empty nester trip. Later this week I will share some of my shopping trips and the Swan House of course. A few of the boutique’s dresses are on sale. The Rose Blush Midi and Sylvia Shirtdress are on sale. I only have one Eleanor Lace Midi and only one Vera Blush Maxi left. Order soon! Have a great week!