there was so many people. i guess everyone in tennessee read my blog yesterday because i didn't think that IHOP did a good job announcing it YET it was packed. but i should of known people come out of hiding for free anything! let alone pancakes. of course when we tried to put our name in it was impossible to get through the crowd, but as soon as the freak girl {me} taking a picture of the crowd it was like the red sea parted because everyone got out of the way {but i promise you there were millions of people there}. you can actually see some of the hoodlums in this pictures that were entertaining at first but proved to be extremely obnoixious in the end.
"Maaarrrrrrkkkk. Oh my gosh i lovvee youuuu and you're little weird ass hairrrr! you look like an ompa lompa" says the girl who proclaimed she had missed 55 days of school since december, got her piercing by some pregnant chick, and drives a "spaceship car"
classy to say the least.
i almost signed them up for an MTV show, they'd be perfect. naughty knovillians or trashy shore or something.
in the end after about 45 minutes we gave up. leaving IHOP a tad bit colder {we were right by the door} and even more hungrier than before. but obviously we still wanted free pancakes. so we headed over to another location and had better luck!! 20 minutes later. VOILA PANCAKES!

stick a fork in me. i'm done.
actually no, i'm not. i can go for about another 3 {or 4} plates of this fluffy deliciousness.
also i'd love to thank the most lovely Caroline for my wonderful valentines card! it simply made my day! also my giveaway prize from Lauren came in! i'm trying to find a fun frame to put it in! AND i got my first letter from my PEN PAL! how excited was i when i saw "air mail"- my heart went all aflutter. Kirsty is seriously one of the most amazing ladies! she was born in south africa but is currently in scotland- she is basically wonderwoman of the jungle. she studied zoology at school and was a foster mother at a cheetah facility in south africa! i mean how incredible is that!! needless to say i can hardly wait to learn more and more about her! {her letter was so epicly long i have no idea how i''ll ever top it!}










yum. And how awesome is it that you have a pen pal!!! yum. yum yum. I didn't end up getting any :( stupid husband.
ReplyDeleteOMG! free pancakes!?
ReplyDeletei made pancakes yesterday. does that count?
ReplyDeleteI was going to take my kids for free pancakes, but then I thought that at 5 pm it might be a little crowded. And my kids will not want to wait for very long...so sad to have missed it this year!
ReplyDeleteAha. I made pancakes for pancakes day! And all because of you! I mean, I've known about National pancake day...but it always sneaks up on me. But, luckily, I read your blog before breakfast and decided to make pancakes! Thus, I got to celebrate national pancake day!
ReplyDeletethe exact same thing happened to us too! we went to our college town ihop which was ridiculously packed so we left and went to another one 15 minutes away. and it was completely empty.
ReplyDeleteyay for beating the system. word.
ooh meee oh miii mi oh my! I envy your chance to get free pancakes. =( sadly I could not make it out. oooh but I DID have a pancake for breakfast in honor of the most fabulous holiday. a holiday dedicated to fluffy goodness and syrupy delight. YUMM-O ..... I absolutely heart a hand written letter, perhaps I shall write one soon in hopes of recieving a reply. =]
ReplyDeleteOh pancakes. I so want to visit IHOP, damn being in the wrong country.
ReplyDeleteYum pancakes! Free pancakes are probably even better.
ReplyDeleteAnd nice mail is awesome isn't it? Sometimes I feel like all I get is bills but getting something nice in the post makes me all excited. Yeah I'm weird lol!
I am TOTS jealous of your pen-pal! Kinda sounds like she's my idol.
ReplyDeleteI also very much admire your determination in the free-pancake-venture, I probably would have given up.
Pancakes are the BEST!!!!! Chelsea... and again, thank you for my sweet card... it's on my fridge!!! XO
ReplyDeleteoh and my tea... the hubs and I have a date night on Friday so we are going to drink it then!!
Man. I heart iHop and your post makes me sad there aren't any in Manhattan. Gotta get south soon for my fix :) And I love that you used the word "epicly". Love.
ReplyDeleteWoooooooooooooooo!!!! :D
ReplyDeletemmmm pancakes! your blog is sooo fun! love it!
ReplyDeleteI love your photos!
ReplyDeleteIHOP.....yuuummmm,.....droool...yummm!! Love this post, I always get so hungry after I visit your blog ;) Man, free pancakes...life is good in Tennessee ;) I love that random guy with the green hair in this photo, haha! He looks funny, and it's even funnier to know he is just sitting there dreaming of pancakes! haha
ReplyDeleteyay! you got your pancake on! :) Good thing you left and went to a better location! There is only one IHOP near by and it's kinda skiddish too! :/
ReplyDeleteThose vday cards are so cute!
Oh my, how fun! I wish there was an iHope close to me because I SO would have waited in that line for free pancakes :) YUM!
ReplyDeletebuttery pancakes... i can't go to Ihop and not have 3! haha
ReplyDeleteI looove the pen pal project! i sent my letter off last week to the Philippines. I can't wait to hear back! and what a great pen pal you have! here's to happy mail for sure! xo
sounds like you had an amazing adventure. I'm more than a little jealous. And seriously, your blog is SO much fun to read. Keep up the fun posts, you're really great at it.
ReplyDeletei love your pancake adventure! and congrats on winning lauren's giveaway!
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