So my fellow scrapbooker, sweet friend, and owner Scrapbook Bakery, Heather, came to Chicago last weekend for a visit with her husband. We've never met IRL so we planned an afternoon visit of some Chicago pizza and scrapbook shopping! It only takes me about 30 minutes to get to the city during non-rush hours so it was an easy trip.I brought Kendall with and she was pretty good the first half of the visit.
After Lou's we headed to Windy City Scrapbooking for some much needed shopping. Even though its only 5 miles away, it took us almost 45 minutes because of the traffic. I had to take a detour from my planned route and Heather was looking at my map for me and telling me how to get there. LOL. Good thing we have Lake Michigan to use as a reference. I always head there when I get lost.
Yeah, typical traffic here in the city...that's why I like the suburbs!
Next to the store was this awesome cake bakery with some fun shaped cakes!
Just some views of Willis Tower (aka Sears Tower), the tallest building in the US. Yes, took these while I was stopped at lights. 
Another view of Willis.
(Just some random pics)
On the way back to Heather's hotel, we got stuck in traffic again and had to take some detours. Even got some pics of carriage rides. I was turning right and was side by side with the carriage. I got kinda confused over who has the right of way and which lane I was supposed to be in. I'm so not a city girl. 
And there you have it, a perfect afternoon! I'm so glad that Heather and I got to meet. She is super nice and I'm pretty sure she had fun!
I picked her up from her hotel and immediately we headed to Lou Malnati's pizza.
Its my favorite pizza! If you ask anyone here what the best Chicago pizza is, you'd get about 3 different answers so there's a debat about it but Lou's is definately one of the top choices. 
We started with some deep fried cheddar cubes and then shared a deep dish butter crust pizza with pepperoni. A true deep dish Chicago style pizza has the sauce on top. Yum!
We started with some deep fried cheddar cubes and then shared a deep dish butter crust pizza with pepperoni. A true deep dish Chicago style pizza has the sauce on top. Yum!After Lou's we headed to Windy City Scrapbooking for some much needed shopping. Even though its only 5 miles away, it took us almost 45 minutes because of the traffic. I had to take a detour from my planned route and Heather was looking at my map for me and telling me how to get there. LOL. Good thing we have Lake Michigan to use as a reference. I always head there when I get lost. Yeah, typical traffic here in the city...that's why I like the suburbs!Windy City is amazing. It isn't huge but it is jammed packed. I think we spent well over an hour in there. They have a whole corner of Creative Cafe supplies! You can buy buttons by the scoop, which I love!
Look at those jars of goodness...it was hard to hold back!
We both loaded up on goodies...Kendall kept sneaking papers and stamps in my basket and then running all over the store. She definately was a handful but I can't blame her, I would be doing the same thing if I was her age!
Next to the store was this awesome cake bakery with some fun shaped cakes!
Just some views of Willis Tower (aka Sears Tower), the tallest building in the US. Yes, took these while I was stopped at lights. 
Another view of Willis.(Just some random pics)On the way back to Heather's hotel, we got stuck in traffic again and had to take some detours. Even got some pics of carriage rides. I was turning right and was side by side with the carriage. I got kinda confused over who has the right of way and which lane I was supposed to be in. I'm so not a city girl. 