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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Bachelorette Debauchery

So, my bachelorette par-tay was Saturday, and it was out of this world.

The day started off with a present for me to wear for the day. It's a personalized bride shirt from the Wedding Chicks, and it was so, so cute.


Alli and I dropped Henry off at my parents for the day and picked up Mary. Henry sits in our laps while we drive. He isn't spoiled or anything, I swear.


We made a pit stop in Perryville at Hoeckle's donuts. It's pretty much the highlight of the town. Obviously:

Our next stop was close to the City Museum, so we stopped for a pic. If you ever visit St. Louis, definitely go here, it's amazing.

Then we were off to the London Tea Room for lunch/tea! Melissa had called ahead and had dessert waiting for us (bad*ss), and we had a lovely lunch and Alli and I shared a pot of tangerine ginger tea.


The tea was awesome. Iced tea would've made much more sense, since it was 90 something outside with 90% humidity...but then we wouldn't have gotten to pour it out of a tea pot, and that just couldn't happen.

My lovely Maids of Honor.


I was presented with a gift at every stop that day (so much spoiling), and Alli got me a mug from an Etsy seller with a Pride and Prejudice quote on it that said "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." I love it. I love it even more because Elizabeth totally turned Mr. Darcy down after that proposal. Hehehe. I've had my eye on that mug for forever, thank you Alli!

Then we went antiquing on Cherokee street, which ruled. I love thrifting/antiquing, and new stores are always fun. The owner of the following shop was a real artist, he had stuff I have never seen before, like old circus advertisements. I scored a copy of Pearl S. Buck's Imperial Woman (it's my FAV Pearl S. Buck book, and it's a pretty copy) at the coolest bookstore ever. Hammond's books was a maze and shelves of books were absolutely everywhere. I am 100% going back to spend the afternoon the next time I have a chance.


After 2 and a half hours of antiquing, we saw a restored mansion, the Chatillon-Demenil house. Our tour guide was really quirky and funny and she was an architectural preservationist of some sort, so she had some really interesting things to say about how the home was restored.

Then we went to the zoo! I LOVE the zoo, it's such a happy place. No room for sadness at the zoo. I was forced to wear a crown with a veil (I obviously didn't mind) and one little girl thought I was a princess. My ladies certainly made me feel like one!

The ring is ON IT!


Then we rode the train around....I love this train so much. And Melissa, love her so much too.

See how wonky my hair is? Thank you humidity...another reason I was so impressed that my hair trial worked out!


So it poured after we got off the train but we waited it out at the train station and then headed to dinner. The rainbow made it worth it.


Melissa went to dinner there the night before to drop off centerpieces. She made these herself...isn't she the best?


All of the ladies at Square One Brewery. Yum, beer!


Me and Alli.

I am 99.9% sure I said something totally inappropriate and told my sisters to put earmuffs on. I love how grossed out Mary looks, hehehe!


Do you SEE Alli's face here? I am obviously talking nonsense. That's what 3 beers does to me. Yup, 3 beers...that's why Ryan's marrying me, I'm a cheap date.


Then Alli drove us back to Cape. It was a day that made me feel so cared about and loved. Everything was so thoughtful and amazing and I felt so spoiled. I can't thank Alli and Melissa enough for putting everything together, and all of my bridesmaid's for pampering the pants off of me!

What did you do for your bachelorette party? No bad*ss dance moves like you, Em, the only moves I have I learned from the Wii Dance game!

12 comments:

  1. What a perfect day! Love those centerpieces, and the mug :)

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  2. How fun! Looks nice and relaxing!

    Love the shirt and mug!

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  3. Looks like so much fun! Glad you had a good time!

    I have ZERO clue what is happening for my bachelorette party.

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  4. How fun! I love the idea of going to the zoo.

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  5. How fun! I love that t-shirt! I had a really low-key bachelorette; we went out for sushi at our favourite place, and then had an old-school slumber party (complete with romantic comedies, sleeping bags, and giggling into the wee hours of the morning)!

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  6. OMG! My finlaws went to Cherokee Street to take pictures the day of their wedding, and then went to the City Museum during their cocktail hour (they got married at Windows on Washington, which is very close by). Their photographer used a picture of them riding the ferris wheel in one of his ads.

    That sounds like such a fun day! You must have great friends.

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  7. Love the t-shirt. ALso, I need to go find that mug now...

    Looks like such fun!

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  8. Sounds like such a fun day. It's so nice that they know you so well. Loved the shirt - you are so cute!

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  9. Wedding Chicks Bride shirt = Way cute! I love mine from them and will continue to wear it... even though I'm a MRS! :-)

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  10. So I've been seriously MIA from blog-land for the past few weeks and I'm just now catching up on my reader. Thanks for the shout out!!! Looks like you had a bach party that was oh-so-you. I'm a cheap date, too, by the way. Seriously 2 glasses of wine and I'm ready to roll, if ya know what I mean ;)

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