Oh, and BTW Arden, you know if you come, Pers will be wetting her pants over the entire idea! 
I’ll be happy to pick you up at the airport, if need be!
Also, for any ladies staying with me Friday night, if you’re interested, we could go out to my Dad’s and use his sauna. A real, live Finnish sauna with a stove and rocks and plenty of beverages for all. This is the home of the Black Cherry Cordial. I don’t think I need to say anymore. 
:shaking head:
Boys, boys, boys.
And to think I was going to suggest to the ladies that we take pictures at the hotel of Jammies on Parade for the enjoyment of everyone who couldn’t attend. Gee, I’m not so sure now.
I’m checking flights as we type
I’m going to be in Virginia for a week in October and I’m not sure how well my son is going to handle that and how long it will take for him to get over Mommy being gone. Again. So a lot hinges on what his teacher and counselor say.
Just let me say this…the above quote has just won the award for Outstanding Understatement Of The Year.
And I will be there. Oh yeah. With bells on, baby.
Goddamnit, people! I hereby forbid you to hold this gathering two weeks before I am able to attend. I have to (as in hafta hafta hafta) be here in MO on November 10. Now, if this shopping expedition were to be held on, say, November 24, I’d be in Monroe with nothing to do and a trip to Birch Run would be perfectly justified.
There’s only one choice: you must reschedule. That’s all there is to it.
The 24th!? Good lord, woman, do you know how many people will be at that mall on the 24th?
Let me refresh your memory: the 24th is Thanksgiving weekend. :eek:
Besides, on the 25th we all have to be home to watch UofM beat OSU.
Bronners? Frankenmuth? Birch Run? I am so there.
Shake 'em for me, sweetcheeks!
[damn, but we need a leering smilie!]
Gotcha down, Shadow.
See, but that’s the beauty of it! There’s no time like Thanksgiving weekend to get back to the primal instincts of hunting, gathering, survival of the fittest, etc. There’s nothing quite like the adrenaline rush one gets from elbowing someone in the sternum and pushing them out of the way for the wolves to eat as you lunge for that last pair of 50% off shoes and they’re yours! You are victorious and the other shoppers are mere roadkill because the shoes are yours! Bwahahahaha!
So anyway, um, yeah, I like shopping on Thanksgiving weekend, but I suspect that the above was not very persuasive.
I could also swing the weekend before that (November 17), but you seem to have quite a bit of interest in the 10th, so you all go have fun without me. ::sniff:: No, really, I don’t mind…
Note to self: make sure all the guys know that we begin operations on Friday night…
Also, bring No-Fog[sup]TM[/sup] for the lenses and waterproof gaffers tape for the lipstick cam…
BunnyGirl, even though I just found out a few seconds ago that you are a (gasp, sputter, choke) U of M fan (and we all know that Wolverines make Baby Jesus cry), I would loooove to hang with the chicas as long as I could hitch a ride with you or wring.
I fucking LOVE Frankenmuth. Gives me a chance to indulge in my love for German kitsch and get some damn good chicken while I’m at it. Plus the basement of Zehnder’s is THE place for all things yummy, be they jams, jambalaya mixes, or German chocolate (drool…).
Keep me posted on what goes down.
Is this gathering for women born women, or can any woman doper attend?
It’s a good possibility that you can count me in as well. That is if I get get a ride. Just from Lansing.
Yeah bunny, I’m in Lansing. I was replying to your question in that thread when the Great Purge of '01 took the boards down. When the boards finally came back up, the thread was gone.
It’s been a few years since I’ve been to Frankenmuth. Early November is really the best time to go. The holiday feeling is starting to kick in, but the snow usually hasen’t.
Unless the boss is unreasonable, count me in. If she is, I could still see you guys on Friday night.
Note to self: While in Birch Run, purchase pasties with bells.
lee: If you’re a woman now, you qualify.
And is it just me, or is anyone else getting the impression that this just may be the Fest to End All Fests?
It may end the place it’s being held in, for sure!
tsarina, darling, let me put your troubled mind to rest that I feel God Himself went to MSU. I only root for UofM when they play OSU ‘cause that’s where thinksnow went to school and I just needed another thing with which to harrass him. GO GREEN! I’m puttin’ ya on the list.
Maybe we’ll do a chick thing on Friday night if we can get enough ladies in Lansing. There’s a brew club in E. Lansing here (Harper’s - been there?) or we can do the sauna gig at my dad’s. Which, by the way, is where next year’s Dopapalooza will be held.
lee, you could’ve been born a canary and we wouldn’t care if you came, as long as you’re a chick [sub]get it, “chick” “canary”, huh, huh, I crack myself up[/sub].
Lady Ice, come. Join the caravan from Lansing! We may have to end up taking two cars depending on how many gals I have staying with me. Maybe I can rent a bus…hmmmmm.
Oh, and Juniper, the shoes WILL BE mine regardless. /Wayne Campbell/ Oh yes, they will be mine/WC/.
{Glares at RalfCoder while writing in a small notebook} Uh-huh. I’ll remember that…
Esprix
Awwwwwwww, we gotta wait a whole year? 
Bummer. Shouldn’t have missed the last one, but it couldn’t be helped.
Oh oh…
OK, Esprix, I owe you a <insert suitable drink here> whenever we meet face to face. Will that get my name off The List?