Mani/Pedi Party!

Mom sent us an Edible Arrangement!  Many thanks for our tasty treat!

We spent our Saturday afternoon at Vicky's Nail Salon in Georgetown.  An amazing friend of mine set up a party for 11 of us to get our nails done; we came out looking extra glittery and cute!  Here, you can see Haley and Summer waiting patiently for their turn.

Jessilyn and Mary Charles enjoyed some lollipops and girl talk.

Now, notice all of the girls gathered around their nail stations for the beautification process.

Hi Katrina!

I got a dark teal with glittery purple tips; 6 days later, it's still looking good!
All in all, my bachelorette weekend was absolutely everything I wanted it to be and more.  No drama, just my best girlfriends hanging out in my home city and enjoying the fine things in life!  I wish I could do this every weekend!

Girls' night on the Town

On Friday night, there was a lot of girl prepping in my apartment.  Thank goodness John Paul was down in ATL for the weekend!  We put on our tallest shoes (except for Summer, who very smartly wore boots) and walked down to BTS for some burgers before going out.  As you can see, we were a little overdressed for fries and onion rings, but damn did we look good!

 After a lot of soul searching, I and the party planning committee decided we should spend the evening at Town, a gay bar in DC that does a drag show on Friday nights.  Because we are super thrifty, we got there when the happy hour was still going on, and the girls gave me the accessories of the night: a bridal veil and bride-to-be sash.  I wore it all night!

It goes very nicely with a beverage in hand.

Oh lordy, we went wild for the girls!  We saw a Barbie Girl...

...and she had, seriously, the most fabulous eye makeup I've ever seen.  Scroll below for a closer look.

Adele showed up!  EVERYONE was singing "Rolling in the Deep"; it felt like such a communal moment.  Is there any song better to belt out?

 After the show, all of the performers stopped by our table and took pictures.  Let me say, each of them smelled amazing and had the best drinks!  We shared Froot Loop vodka.  It was a moment.

We danced the night away, and I honestly could not have had more fun or planned anything better!  Many, many thanks to the girls in DC who made it out; we'll have to do this again soon.

Bachelorette Decorations

You'll have to excuse my absence last Thursday and Friday.  There was a lot going on, what with my BACHELORETTE WEEKEND being prepped.  When Friday finally rolled around, I was a bit busy.

I told Haley that I wanted a bachelorette weekend here in DC, so everyone could stay at my place and we could take public transit to and from our Friday night excursions.  

I am a superlucky girl, and was able to corral 6 girls up to DC to stay with me: my wonderful maid-of-honor, of-age cousins, and my best friend from 7th grade.  A party like that requires some pre-planning and special decorations.  

 First in line, we picked up a dozen Georgetown Cupcakes for the festivities.  They're well-known for their red velvet, but my favorites are chocolate ganache and coconut.  Yum yum!

 Haley and I blew up some balloons that Summer bought, and we created a little halo around the bar area.  You can tell where our priorities fall.

 John Paul bought two beautiful bouquets for Valentine's Day, and and we wanted to keep them looking good for the weekend. Pink and purple tulips were perfect for a girly couple of days!

 We also put together a little photo background with yellow and white crepe paper, plus Haley made a cute-as-a-button dotted garland with metallic gold, pink, ivory papers and excerpts from bodice rippers.

Between that and these heart-shaped sunglasses, we were in business for some fun times!  

Tomorrow I'll post a few pictures from our Friday night excitement- we had quite the evening with lots of sequins and eyeliner.