Hello and Happy Day to you! I was missing in action yesterday because I went to Wine in the Woods, a big wine tasting event in Columbia, MD. And I partook in perhaps, a few too many tastings and was forced to take the night off. 
But I had a blast! Actually, it seems everyone was having a blast because this place was packed. Wine, great weather, greasy food booths with funnel cake and sweet potato fries = have I died and went to Heaven?!
The event is great – you buy tickets to get in for about 30 bucks and get a wrist band (DD tickets are less). They give you a glass when you get in and then you walk around sampling wine from all the booths (and there are a lot!).
All the wineries are selling their wine too, so many people buy a bottle (or two) or a full glass. If you buy a bottle they offer to open it for you. I like when drinking is made easy 😉
Ben and I walked to the event yesterday afternoon so we could both enjoy the wine and not worry about a designated driver. Good call. 
We met up with Kristin and Matt, our MD friends from California. They moved out here a few months before us. 
By the time we got there K&M had been there for a while, so we made an effort to catch up fast. I gladly took two glasses of wine from a delicious bottle they bought to “even the score”.
Getting samples can be an art since you have to weasel your way to the front of the booth. The back of my head proves that I was getting better and better at this as the day went on… 
After many rounds of wine tasting, hanging out, “cheers-ing” with strangers and more wine tasting… Ben and I made our way to the Mall for food. I actually wanted sweet potato fries and funnel cake (dinner of champions) but they ran out of the fries! Boo.
We were both buzzed and looking for grease when we got to the Mall food court. Ben said it was like eating diner food at 2am, except it was mall food at 6pm. It did feel weird being at the mall so desperate for fries and shakes.
I got a Thai food combo with the works. It disappeared before I realized and then I stole some of Ben’s fries. I was an eating machine yesterday! Man vs. Food has nothing on me.
Then, I somehow managed to buy a cookie when Ben was in the restroom. It “disappeared” as well. In my defense, I ran 10 miles in the morning before drinking copious amounts of wine. I wasn’t of sound mind or body and ate like it was my last day on Earth!
Ben and I shared this frozen yogurt on our walk of shame back home.
It was for the best that I didn’t post after all that wine and food because I don’t know what I would have written! I mean, I know this blog isn’t exactly Ulysses, but adding alcohol to the author would be bad news.
Yep, bad news just like me dancing in public after finding a second wine glass for samples.
Don’t mind me, just dancing with my wine…
I also just found this picture of me trying on hats at the mall. Now I’m super glad I didn’t post. 
Okay, enough of the day of wine and food!
This morning I made an amazing soy chorizo scramble and took a 2 mile walk with Ben.
I have a lot of blog and email catch up to do. See you later!
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Drinking wine in the woods? That sounds like fun. 🙂
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That looks like a RIDICULOUS amount of fun!
Wow, drunk Kelly at the mall would be a very bad thing, especially for my bank account.
Getting drinks at a wine festival does take a lot of strategic thinking. For some reason, beer festivals are a lot more efficient. People get their pour and then they move out of line. People at wine festivals set up shop at the counter and want to sample every wine and talk about them. Just the same, they’re both lots of fun!
I am devastated I did not go to wine in the woods. It looked awesome and everything you did I would have done as well if I had been there, if not something more ridiculous. I love the dancing after finding a second wine glass and buying a cookie while your hubs was in the bathroom – it’s like you are in my brain. Glad you had fun!
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Looks like so much fun!
What a fun event! Nothing better than wine tasting, sunshine and friends!
haha- looks like a blast!
Looks like a great day!! I need to go to a wine tasting in the near future. Everyone seems to have a lot of fun. You look so pretty and happy in all these pics!!
That looks like such a fun event!! I love wine tastings.. especially outside! 10 mile runs means cookies are necessary!
I love these wine events. We went to Brew at the Zoo last year at the Baltimore zoo and it was such a blast!!! It’s amazing how quick the wine catches up with you though. 😉
Looks like ya’ll had a blast and the weather was great. I really enjoy that you look like you are “thunder-clapping” in your dancing pictures, except with wine. teehee.
Please enjoy this ridiculous video I googled to exemplify.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7P9nb4hVqY&feature=related
I love that fro yo!! I want some now:)
Looks like an awesome event! And I love your pictures. You look really happy. 🙂
hahaha looks like you had a great night off : )
Bahaha! A ton of my friends were there!!! I am glad you had a great time :)!
hahaha Monica you are hilarious. Love this blog.
totally sounds like an amazing event. and dancing with your wine = perfectly acceptable to me 🙂
That looked like a lot of fun! I also really think you need to go back and buy that hat- you totally rocked it 😉
Looks like a BLAST! Kind of wish you did post after that haha