Bachelorette Party was a Blast!

Another check mark off my wedding list - planning and having my sister's bachelorette party! I had planned for months and the day was finally upon us!

On Friday, August 13, Eric's girlfriend Jackie and I headed up to the cities around 10 a.m. A good friend of mine borrowed me her mini van for a couple nights so that we could all ride from place to place together. We had lots to do! First stop was Partycity...to pick up a few more last minute supplies! Then it was off to Axel's Bonfire (the restaurant we were going to go to for supper) to drop off the table decorations! Last stop was the hotel! I had rented a great hotel in downtown St. Paul for us to stay over night. Jackie and I both dug right into all the decorations and food and got everything ready!

I picked up Amber from her place at 5:45 and we headed back to the hotel where her guests were there to greet her. Of the 13 girls invited, we had a great turnout with 10 gals.

We had a little party with food and games to start the night off. One of the bridesmaids agreed to bring a meat and cheese tray, so we had that and then I made a chocolate fondue pot with 5 foods to dip in it! Amber loved it! I also made a chex mix and 2 heart shaped special k bar cakes! One of them said "A+K=" and that one was at the hotel. The other one said "Love" which I had brought to the restaurant that afternoon for us to have as dessert after supper. I brought along mixes for 4 fun drinks!

At 7:45, we headed to supper. We all ordered appetizers and shared them. It was a fun atmosphere! We visited and enjoyed each others company. Around 9:30, we headed to the Shout House in downtown Minneapolis. That was the best part of the night for me! The dueling pianos at the Shout House were so much fun!

We paid to get Amber on stage and so towards the end of the night, she got up and sang Summer Nights from the movie Grease! It was a riot!

We headed back to the hotel at 1:30, ate a few munchies, and were all asleep by 2:30. Just about everyone stayed over night. We had to be up and on the road by 9:30 that morning...which made for a short night.

All in all, I would say it was a huge success! One of the girls that came said she was giving me a "Hard A" for the night! I was impressed as this was coming from a girl who has lived in the Twin Cities her whole life! When Amber heard that she said, "A Hard A, I'm giving her an A+" Not too shabby for a rural Minnesota gal if you ask me!

Thanks to everyone that was able to come and celebrate Amber Sue's Last Night Out!