It was wonderful to see sooooo many of you today!

We had a fabulous turnout at the Raleigh Area NC WLS Get Together today! There were about 45 people who came and enjoyed the comraderie of the morning. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces, some that I'd only seen 'virtually' and so many new. Thank you all for coming to share the morning. There were a number of new faces and quite of few support people ... i.e., husbands, wives, kids and significant others ... It's great to get to meet and know those all important people that help us make this journey.

After we shared experiences and brunch, we shared our experiences and many enjoyed the clothes swap. Monika was very sweet ... literally and figuratively; she took the time and effort to make up a bunch of yellow and chocolate cupcakes made with Sweet 'N' Low ... Many of us enjoyed trying them out. Monika, thanks so much for your thoughtfulness.

Myrtis brought some Nectar Protien and generously shared samples of it with whomever wanted to try it and Joni also brought samples of UnJury protien powder than were appreciated by quite a few participants. Thank you both for your thoughtfulness.

We were enjoying each other's company so much that we were there until about 1pm when we several of us finally broke off and went 'Goodwill Hunting'. It was such a blast. I created a list of Plus Size friendly consignment and thrift shops and we broke up into groups of two and three and visited each at our leasure. It was soooo much fun and I think that LisaW probably won the award for the best scores. OMG!!! She found some fabulous finds... Passages is definitely one consignment store that we'll be visiting again. Not only did it have fabulous deals ... Lisa came away $600 to $700 worth of suits, blouses, dresses, slacks, etc... for less than $60!! It had stuff for the fellas too! We will definitely be back!

Thank you again to all you joined in to make this such a lovely event.

Barb

Sounds like you had a great time!  Since I was in Michigan for my son's birthday, my husband told him we would come up to Wake on Saturday to take him to dinner and shopping.   When is November's meet up as I would love to come up.

Thanks,  Pam

Hi Pam,

We did have a wonderful time. I hold the meetings on the 3rd Saturday morning of every month. We'll be having the next one will be held on Saturday, November 15th.

I hope you will be able to make it.

Barb

I am already trying to plan for it and since Raleigh is almost 3 hours away, Stan and I may come up the night before and stay at a hotel.   When i come to Raleigh i usually stay on Glenwood by the mall.  How far is Golden Coral from there? 

Thanks, Pam

Hi Pam,

It's a few miles from Crabtree, but not hard to find. You'll just head up 440 to Capital Blvd and hang a left onto Capital and it will be up a few miles on the left at a major intersection. I'll get you the details as we get closer. Are you planning to staying at the Marriot that's across from Crabtree? They've been doing some MAJOR renovations to the mall lately. You'll hardly recognize it.

I look forward to seeing you.

Barb

Think I have stayed at most of the hotels there.  Depends who has best price and available rooms.   Think there are 4 or 5 of them right next to the mall.  The Holiday Inn across the street is old and hasn't been updated so i try to stay away from them

Pam

Hi Ann,

You are doing such a great job with your tool and I love watching your metamorphosis.

Thanks for the support... you know it's definitely a two-way street and I get as much out of this as I give. Thanks for giving back! I appreciate it more than you know.

I look forward to meeting your new friends. It's really wonderful and rewarding to watch this group continue to develop and grow.

All the best,

Barb

PS Next time, you'll have to get to Passsages! It was fabulous!

Monika,

I look forward to your culinary trials.

Thanks again for sharing,

Barb