Monday, May 13, 2013

{Wedding} Bachelorette

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At the end of the Kitchen Tea, the moms, aunts and family left and we entered into the Bachelorette Part of the festivities. The theme for the Bachelorette: Mardi Gras and Kerry-le-maid-of-honour had gotten in one of her local artist friends Shana to paint our faces Mardi Gras style -

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We popped open some wine and all the girls had their faces painted.
Then my lovely bridesmaids and friends gave me my outfit for the night -
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That small little thing in Kerry's hand?
That's the entire top half of my outfit.
To go out in.
In public.


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yes, really.

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Once the girls had had their faces painted we were dropped off on Florida Road for some cocktails. After a cocktail or two (and a shooter, maybe) we made our way back to Kerry's house where they had filled her apartment with all things Mardi Gras -

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We played some {very tricky} bachelorette games, noshed some delicious hot-dogs with toppings extraordinaire, champers, wine, a chocolate or two, with a bottle of strawberry flavoured shooters thrown in for good measure. Then headed out on the town -

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Four lovely ladies and a rogue creep.

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Me and Kez

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In our old age - it's been an extremely long time since we've all headed "out on the town" like this - So we totally maxed it out - We drank, we partied, we danced, we laughed, we sang at the top of our lungs. I took my shoes off and woke up with stiff abs from doing bicycle crunches in da club. Yeah. bicycle crunches. Well done, drunk self. Well done.

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And that, my friends, is how you get a 2 day hangover.