east coast bachelorette party pics

did you love your bachelorette party? i loved mine - it was wrought with disaster, what started as 10 girls ended up being only 6 for various levels of unfortunate events, but it was much needed, my sister and the girls who could make it went out of their way to make sure i had a good time - and i did....oh and i won $140 on a nickel slot machine too - may sound like small pennies to you but for this wedding planning unemployed girl it was the jackpot!

the girls left a tiger in my bathroom a la the hangover...i much preferred him to the other traditional bachelorette props...i even gave him a leash.

i also got flaming bottles of vodka - i mean - fireworks and grey goose - how could a girl not feel special?!

... thats such a stress to me

i found myself overwhelmed - just at my limit today. and for some reason i kept thinking of that 12 days of christmas spoof that the jokester radio stations sometimes play around the holidays...(you know...stringing up the lights, annnd finding a chriiistmass treee...) while trying to sort out exactly what it was that was stressing me out and realized it was just lots of things swirling at once, so if you don't mind the vent...ehem.

on 12th day til wedding (ok its 30 but still) thats such a pain to me...

ALL OUT OF ROOOOOMS,

UNINVITED GUESTS,

LATE WEDDING DRESS,

GENERAL FAMILY STRESS,

CHANGING DINNER TIMES,

A WHITE SHIRT WILL BE JUST FINE,

WHERE ARE OUR RIIIINGS??!!!!,

FRIENDS NEED TO ACT LIKE GROWN UPS,

I DONT CARE WHAT NIGHT YOU COME UP,

A LITTLE THING CALLED PRENUP,

ANNNNND PLEASE SEND BACK YOUR RSVPPPPP.

thanks ladies i needed that.

i'm looking so forward to my bachelorette party this weekend and laying by the pool with margarita - after margarita - after margarita.

LA bachelorette weekend

i'm back from my jam packed weekend of fun and girls in los angeles and i'm missing them all so much already it hurts!

being the first real bridal events of my engagement it really seems like the ball is rolling, the summer of weddings is underway - and my life as a mrs. is just around the corner. i had so much fun celebrating with my girlfriend karina - our friend andrea was a master planner and

host making it possible for the herd of ladies to get it all in and still have smiles on their faces.

we started with a sushi dinner on friday night once all of the other travelers landed from new york and seattle at izakaya followed by cocktails at the village idiot.

saturday morning started bright and early with our lingerie brunch at tart (highly recommended by the way, the ambiance is really darling, the service was fantastic, the food was delicious and the prices were unbelievable.)

after the storm of nighties was tamed we made our way to the lounge spa. again, for any girls in the LA area looking to do a spa party i give the lounge spa a big thumbs up. we had our own private little lounge, complete with spread of snacks and drinks (compliments of andrea) to hang out together while two by two girls were whisked away to their appointments, it was a great way to spend time relaxing together in smaller groups, we got to catch up on the gossip from our far away friends, have our tarot cards read and be pampered.

we traded our white robes black dresses and headed off to the hollywood men. the giggles of anxiety and anticipation started early and only became magnified when one we realized that one of our friends sprung for a seat right up front and another let the words "on stage" slip. it was so much fun, we laughed so hard, the boys were cute and the girls were crazy, it felt like a legitimate bachelorette party. part of me is still embarrassed but i think thats part of the point, when else do you subject yourself to such a thing? men dressed in firefighter costumes or like soldiers with back street boy routines? too funny.

looks like a whirlwind? it was! though i somehow also managed to get some great shopping in while i was there ...more on that later!