#17 Make A Trip to Vegas

If you would have told me 9 years ago that I would enjoy going to Vegas, I would have said that you were crazy!  The smoke, the heat, the crazy drunks how would I of all people like this?  Fast-forward and I find myself craving trips to Vegas.  I love going dancing and that is pretty hard to do in the Valley.  Plus go with the right group of friends and Vegas is totally fun!  When making my list I had to make sure that I made one more trip to Vegas before the big 3-0!

In November we booked rooms at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.  This hotel is insane!  I love the vibe of the hotel and have always wanted to stay there.  The problem was that rooms go for anywhere from 250 – 600 a night!  So it took an act of God, and Cyber Monday for me to afford a room there!  On Cyber Monday the Cosmopolitan released a limited number of rooms for only $500 for the whole weekend!  And these weren’t any rooms; they were the wrap-around terrace suites that are about 1200 square feet!  Not only did we get the room for only $500 we also got a $500 resort credit that we could use on food and drinks!  This was going to be the cheapest trip to Vegas ever!

The room was amazing!  And the view was even better!  We arrived Friday around 5, checked in and grabbed a slice of pizza at the secret pizzeria.  Then it was up to our rooms for a quick change and out for the night!  We made our way downstairs to the Popup Chapel where Kevin and Alison and Kevin’s parents renewed their vows in a super cute and funny ceremony.  Then we made our way to Bond (a bar in Cosmo).  It was fun just to hang out have some drinks (which were free because of our credit) and laugh!  We made it back to the room around midnight, ordered some free room service, and then passed out!

 

Saturday we had breakfast and then made our way down to the casino for a little gambling.  I’m not much of a gambler; in fact I find it a huge waste of money.  But I thought since everyone was hanging out I would play a couple of dollars and then find something else to do.  I don’t pick games like other people.  I find the game with the stupidest name and then play that.  I wanted to play Kitty Glitter but it was full so I settled on Triple Butterfly Seven.  I didn’t know how to play and I accidentally hit the “Max Bet” button.  I thought to myself that I just wasted all the money I was going to play with on one round, but then the machine started to make a lot of noise and started giving me money!  And it just kept going!!  I ended up cashing out at $199.75!!  It was pretty amazing!

 

The trip ended with a nice dinner, cosmos at the Chandlier bar and a trip to Pure for dancing!  The club was crazy big and it was nice that we didn’t have to wait in the really long line because someone in our group knew someone who worked there!  We danced for several hours before we decided to leave.  On the way out of the hotel I also got to see a friend that happened to be in Vegas for the weekend too!  I didn’t think we would be able to see each other but it was really nice to run into each other…even if it was only for a minute before both our groups of friends wanted to leave. 

It really was a great weekend with some of the best people I know!