Let me just say first that I had a wonderful Birthday. I wanted something fun, out of town and low key. This birthday had it all.
On Friday, my birthday we headed out of town and went to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. I've been there many, many times and I love that town. Even though I'm there a lot, I hadn't actually visited the theme park Dollywood since 2006 so that's what I wanted to do. The weather was great! We were so afraid it was going to rain but it held off for the entire time we were in town.
We rode all of the rides, ate some good fries and even had a caricature made. I'd never had one done before so my mother and I had one done together.
The caricature being drawn
But want to know the best part about being at Dollywood on Friday.... Dolly Parton was actually there. I even got to see her!
Yes, her boobs are huge. Yes, she's super tiny. Yes, her hair is big and yes, she has recently had some major face work done. She was onsite since it was the first day of Kid's Fest. Besides getting to see her, we also walked through her museum aka shrine of clothing, awards and information. I got to see some of her famous outfits from 9 to 5, Straight Talk and my personal favorite Rhinestone.
After Dollywood, we hit up one of my favorite shows in town... The Dixie Stampede. It just doesn't get any better than that. The food portions are huge, the entertainment is good and it's always fun.
Saturday was the day of shopping. Of course the first stop was to the Incredible Christmas Place. Um... hello. Have you read this blog before? You know I love Christmas and everything related to Christmas decorations!
I got a ton of great stuff... all to be featured in a post of their own. I also scored a new Vera Bradley bag and thanks to the Christmas Place's 25th Anniversary sale, I got it for super cheap! I got the Alice bag in the Loves Me pattern.
Then we found the greatest vintage shop. It was huge. It was probably the largest all vintage store I've ever been in. It was in Knoxville and called Nostalgia.
They had everything from clothing and accessories to furniture and housewares. I got a great jewelry/vanity table top spinner. I'll post about it soon. It was that great of a find. But by far my favorite photo taken from the weekend in TN was this one from Dollywood...
And that my friends is how you turn 27