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QVC recently hosted a "girl's" weekend get-a-way featuring a trip to Hershey and many things chocolate. I would have loved to spend the entire weekend with the women, but unfortunately, it just didn't fit into my schedule. However, I was able to join them on a Saturday night at the Desmond hotel where we shared dinner, great conversation and games. 

My friend and social coordinator, Erika, met me in the parking lot at QVC after I got off the air that day and followed me to the hotel. We arrived in time to mingle with the guests prior to sitting down for a delicious dinner. We met so many lovely women who were excited to meet us and of course, experience Hershey, Pa. We shared stories about our love for shopping and many laughs.

They were spoiled "sweetly" during their trip to Hershey where they enjoyed a chocolate massage, shopping and as one woman put it, "ate way more chocolate than I ever imagined I could."

I was impressed and in awe of how far some of the women traveled to be a part of our weekend ....... Maryland, Illinois, North Carolina, etc. and most of them said they have been shopping with us "since the beginning". 

Mingling with great women!

Erika enjoyed dining with the women pictured here.

Each guest received a goodie bag donated by our our friends at philosophy.

Friday was Flashback Friday and these two women won the contest for the best throw-back picture from the 80's. : ) 

 Our decadent chocolate fudge cake dessert ..... no further explanation needed!!

A chef from the Desmond explained the different types of chocolate as we sampled the treats. It was quite interesting and fun!

We played a game, I forget the name but here's how it went. Each person from the dinner table picked a number and there were the same number of wrapped gift boxes as there were people. Number one picked a box and revealed their piece of jewelry, then number two had the choice to either "steal" number one's piece of jewelry or open a new box and so on and so on. The fun part in this game was whenever you heard the bell ring, whose ever turn it was at that moment, they HAD to steal. It was so funny! Everyone was so cordial and nice UNTIL the bell rang. We played along and stole and swapped and laughed a lot. Ultimately everyone ended up with a beautiful piece, which were kindly donated by Judith Ripka, Michael Dawkins and Honora.

A gorgeous enhancer from the Judith Ripka Collection one of the guests won.

I was lucky enough to win these beauties and you know how much I love blue and turquoise. 

Thank you to Michelle, Ashley and Kelly for planning, organizing and making the weekend so much fun. These three are incredibly talented and if you've never been to visit QVC for a live studio audience or a weekend get-a-way ... what are you waiting for?!? 

And this is Erika, my Social Coordinator and friend.

Counting our blessings,

Mary Beth Roe