About three weeks ago, my awesome Mamasita flew in from Asheville and we headed out on a wild road trip to Manhattan Beach.  For Christmas, I had given her the gift of Moulin Rouge.  (Well, and let’s be honest, my sweet Chucklebutt helped fund the expedition as well.)  Here is our obligatory pre-adventure pic.

Despite the long drive and a small glitch in traffic due to bridge construction, the journey was uneventful and we made stellar time.  We even missed all the L.A. traffic.  Whew!

We stayed at the Oh-So-Cute Belamar Hotel.  While we were just a few blocks from the beach, we never really stepped off the property.  We were getting our craft on!! 😀  We arrived around 4pm and immediately went to Joy and Cheryl’s martini party.

They served us French Martinis and they were dee-lish-ous.

Being married to a teetotaler, I very rarely imbibe.  Needless to say, my tolerance isn’t that of the average gal.  After 1 and a half (Mom has to watch her intake on account of her meds), I was feeling a bit giggly.  Tee hee!

After the soiree, we went back to our room and prepared for Vendor Night.  The theme of course being “Moulin Rouge.”

This was Kim’s room, but I just had to get a picture of that precious Chihuahua.  Such attitude!

On our way out of town, I told Mom we had to make a pit stop to get some essentials — drinks, snacks and false eyelashes.  A girl has to have her priorities!  This is mama working to put hers on.

Looking glamorous, no?

When we arrived at the reception, we each received a glamorous black fan and 4 free tickets for photos.  Photos for what, you may ask?  Kim hired L.A. Photo to shoot the event and we hammed it up.

We had so much fun!  Incidentally, sweet Leslie from Frilly Frocks made my outfit and part of Mama’s.  If you’re ever in the Phoenix area, you must check out her shop.  It is amazing and you will always find something super cool at her shop.  If you don’t find anything to suit your needs, she can always whip up something with her magic mind and fingers.

After all the shopping we headed back to the room and crashed.  We had an early morning wake up and had to be ready to go by 9am.