The Things Lilly Patterns Are Made Of: Sun, Beach, Pineapples, and Limes

Our weekend was very Lilly-esque, well, in concept, not in actuality, but I'll get there - haha.  What a weekend it was!  Mike's sister-in-law and her boyfriend are in Charleston for the first time, so this weekend gave us the opportunity to do all of our favorite things.

On Saturday, we did the Johns/Kiawah Island loop: Charleston Tea Plantation, Firefly Distillery, beach walk at The Sanctuary (the water is already up to 68 degrees!), and The Ryder Cup Bar at The Ocean Course for drinks and apps.  If you're ever in Charleston for a few days, I definitely suggest making this one of your days!  We spent the night playing Pitch (or as Mike calls it Setback or some call it High Low Jack Game - you know the game??) and digesting delicious DeSano's.

Then came Sunday.  Alright, it's time for the Lilly for Target recap, pick me up after the next photos if you have no interest haha: My sister-in-law and I hopped in the car and got to Target at 7:45.  After seeing the line outside the store, we laughed and came super close to just turning around and driving back home, but we decided to at least check it out and watch the craziness.  I took a photo of the line and counted: there were a solid 80-100 people in front of us.  I honestly couldn't believe how many people got there early, and I'd love to know how early the people at the front of the line got there.  Well, we got in right at 8:00 to (obviously) empty shelves.  Legit, everything was gone in 30 seconds or less.  To be honest, I was pretty surprised at how small each of the collection sections were: 3 racks for women's clothes and shoes altogether, an end cap for makeup and bags, and a table at the front of the outdoor shop for the beach stuff.  While I knew at 7:45 that I was never going to get anything, I was secretly still a little disappointed but that didn't last long.  Erika and I had been texting since before I got to Target (she and her daughter were a different Target up the road), and at 8:00 I got a text asking if I still wanted flat sandals and what size.  I didn't respond for a solid 5 minutes, trying not to get killed in the mad rush entrance, and a minute after that, I got a photo of some beautiful gold pineapple sandals (one of my 5 favorites!) in my size.  Seriously, how do I have such awesome friends?? Needless to say, it was definitely not a total bust (well, my adventure was, but at least I'll get to wear some sweet sandals, soon!).  I tried to see what Target had online when I came home (yeah, staying up until 2 am was not going to happen lol), but no luck, so I'll be happy with my sandals and save all that money I didn't spend for something else!

Okay, welcome back to some of you - haha.  Sunday, my pedometer tells me that we walked 7.4 miles.  We started on Upper King, walked all the way down to the Battery with stops at the College of Charleston and along Tradd Street, up to the pineapple fountain, through the Market and back up King. Phew.

We went back to the apartment, took naps (we needed them after that Target start and all that walking) and played some more cards, watching the crazy thunderstorms.  Dinner was at the Charleston Crab House with drinks afterwards at Prohibition, finished off with some Jeni's ice cream.  As you can tell, like with all of our guests, we definitely ate our way through the city.

Now we still have two more days with Laura and Bill!!  Mike's hanging out with them at the beach this morning while I work, and this afternoon, we're off to Sullivan's for some delicious Poe's and an adventure at Fort Moultrie.  Then, tomorrow before work, we're heading to Magnolia Plantation (Mike and I haven't even been there yet!) and finishing off their trip at Zia - what could be better?!

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