Melbourne Finale Weekend

Well finally I get to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard as the case may be.

MELBOURNE FINALE! What a weekend.  The Warrnambool & Surrounds 12WBT crew totally rocked it.  I love being part of this group, I call them my "health and fitness sisters".  They keep me honest, they keep me sane, they keep me motivated and inspired and continuing on this path.  I sometimes get lost in the forums, as inspiring as they are, but with our local group there is that connection.  And it was wonderful to spend the weekend with so many of them.

Here's a quick run down of the weekend.  Excuse so many photos, ahh heck, you do want to know what I got up to right??  :-)   This may extend over a few posts, we'll see.

Friday night meet and greet drinks courtesy of the Vic Crew.  Thanks Vic Crew!!!!  It was fun to have the time to talk and enjoy company, here's some of the Warrnie crew that attended.  We also got to meet up with old friends from around the state and beyond, and make some new ones.  I'll leave some of those pics to another post.

Saturday workout with Mish.  It was terrific.  Having our own Debbie from our group in the fitness challenge, we were so excited to cheer her on.  So excited that the compere came down to interview us.  Oh dear.  I felt a huge push in my back towards the man with the mike to be the spokes person.  You think I got a little bit excited???  I don't even remember this.

Now not sure what's going on here with Tania, other than to say we were either doing the hokey pokey, or working out which foot was which.  But then again Lynn in the background is doing a moonwalk, so anything really is up for grabs!

Our sensational group looking quite spiffy in our new workout t-shirts and hoodies and caps.  I tell you the hoodies came in very handy early in the morning, it was c-c-cold.  

The reason we were all there, the motivating factor behind all of us, the fantastic Mish.  Looks like she was a wee bit cold too!  

Thanks to Alison, one of our crew who wasn't able to exercise, she took hold of my camera and took photos of our team.  Lots and lots of photos, to which I'll be putting together a little surprise for the girls in the next few weeks.    It was a good workout.  The grass stains on our t-shirts became battle scars.  We jumped, we ran, we dropped, we lifted, we had a ball.

And here's the pic we were wanting.  Our crew with the fabulous Mish.

After a leisurely stroll back into the city and a bit of shopping and lunch, the afternoon flew by.  Soon enough my roomates and I were ready for the party!

We had gotten to Crowne and had made our way up the staircase with some of the crew and a man and his two young boys happened to go past and I asked if he'd take a pic.  "Sure" he said.  Then 10 cameras were thrust his way.  I saw a fleeting look cross over his face as to whether to take flight.  Lucky for us he patiently took a pic with all the cameras.

We had a ball, our Warrnie girls surely know how to party.  I didn't stop dancing all night, we celebrated our friendships, we celebrated our weight losses, and we celebrated the night.  Oh and I promise I did not pinch Charlie on the bottom!  Loved the Hollywood theme.  

Loved this fun pic of my friend Lynn too!   

We danced the night away.  And I just loved my dress.  I felt absolutely rockin'.  So . much . fun !

I'll leave this post here and come back to it tomorrow, the weekend was not over, not by a long shot.  Still fun to be had with our crew.  Melbourne surely did put on a show for us.   Don't go anywhere, more to come!