Bridal Boot Camp
Saturday, May 12th
This weekend marked the most awesome bachelorette party ever to hit the streets of Ottawa: mine. I have to say, my friends pay far more attention to detail than I do, and managed to pull off one of the most inspired, unique, and fun events I've ever attended, let alone had thrown in my honour.
The festivities started at precisely 1500, when I arrived at Miss Dallaway's house. I was definitely intrigued by the green and white balloons and streamers hanging in the tree out front, and by the sign on the door that read "Sarah's BBC Headquarters." BBC? Was I about to walk in on a britcom-inspired shower? The little saluting man on the sign should have tipped me off. When I entered the house, I was greeted by 3 very enthusiastic "drill seargeants". In honour of Capt Mike's chosen profession, it was an army theme, complete with combats, camouflage, and various shades of green tulle!
Like I said, my friends paid a lot of attention to detail. Waiting for me upstairs was my "uniform": a camouflage shirt, a pair of khaki cargo pants, a GI cap festooned with aforementioned green tulle, a camouflage purse and earrings, and even camouflage underwear... Apparently, army-chic is "in" for the summer of 07. (Capt Mike will be so happy that he can now pass himself off as a "tween".)
When I came back downstairs, I was handed a drink from the themed cocktail menu: drinks with names inspired by Mike and I and the various adventures we'd had. There was a Kilimanjaro, a Lava Love, a Didgeridoo-you?, and a U boat to name but a few. I was then escorted to the chair of honour to open my presents, only some of which are family-friendly enough to mention on a blog read by my parents, sister, and someday niece. ;-) But my very favourite was definitely G-rated: a cad-pat kit bag filled with goodies I won't be able to find once we move down south. Maple everything, a huge bag of Smarties, Girl Guide cookies (Girl Scouts just don't taste the same), and more Canadian flags than you can see from the top of the Peace Tower. Best of all was my own set of authentic Canadian dog tags, engraved with all our initials and the date of the party.
Many photos were taken, some of them not the least bit incriminating, and I will hopefully post some copies of them soon. In the meantime, I'd like to thank Marsha, Jane, Tracy, Tara, Katie, and Leanne for putting it all together and giving me a night I will remember for a very, very long time.
Comments
That's the difference between bachelorette parties and bachelor parties. We remember ours ;-)
So glad that you had such a wonderful party! Wish I coulda been there with you to celebrate. But I'll be seeing you in just a couple of weeks! And next time you're down here, you and I will have our own "girl's night out" while Tim and Mike are on Bobbin-duty :-)
Posted by: heather at May 15, 2007 02:24 AM