Second Bridal Shower and Bachelorette Party

I had a very elegant bridal shower in my Fiance's home town that was thrown my by future mother-in-law and her friends. This post is for my second shower, which was thrown by my matron-of-honor Theresa.

Theresa and Kirstin (another bridesmaid) got together on this one and rented a beautiful little cabin in the mountains on Colorado's famous peak-to-peak highway. After holding the shower, we were to stay the night and have a 'girls' evening to celebrate my bachelorette party; I'm not the girl who would enjoy a night of bar hopping in a silly veil and my bridesmaids know that!

That cabin itself was beautiful! It was a 2 bedroom/2 bath house with a living area, kitchen, and patio with a hot tub and fire pit right on the St. Vrain river. A lot of the appliances and supplies in the kitchen were very dated, and some of the furniture was antique. It was very cozy and we have decided that we'll definitely be back to stay again!

Every single guest for this shower came up in my parents motor home, since they all wanted a ride and didn't fit in one car. They came and left together, and were mostly friends of our family.

Theresa planned several games, including one where she had emailed Dave and asked him some questions that I was to answer. Every question I got wrong resulted in another piece of bubblegum I had to chew; which really stinks because I HATE gum.

I answer 8 of the 10 questions accurately, and failed on two. One being his dream car; I knew it was a fast sports car but the actual model? Not a chance. The second question being what he would chose as his 'last meal' if he was on death row. Having already one large piece of disgusting bubble gum in my mouth (I can't believe they didn't accept sports car!) I was flustered and answered Thai food, knowing full well as soon as I said it that the answer was actually going to be steak.

So, two pieces of bubble gum. I had to argue about one other question, that being where our first kiss was, because Dave was wrong! I couldn't believe it, but they let me slide on that one because yes, us girls remember these things better!

We played some other games (how well do you know the bride, name the spice, etc.) and they also put me on the spot with a silly 'getting dressed game'. After being blindfolded, the following story was posed: 'you and Dave are on your honeymoon. He calls you and says that you have 5 minutes to get dressed for a reservation he's made. The caveat? The power is out in the hotel and you have to get dressed in the dark!'

Then they put oven mitts on my hands.

Yikes.

Once I have a picture of this awful outfit I had to put on, I'll surely post it!

Theresa bought the most amazing carrot cake from a bakery in Denver, and I almost went bridezilla and changed our cake order to this bakery! Wow, it was amazing and beautiful.

She also provided large amounts of fabulous food, and ordered a platter of petit fours from another bakery in Denver. Amazing!



After our guests left around 6pm, Kirstin, Theresa and I put some chili in the crockpot and changed into more comfortable clothes.

Our 'bachelorette evening' included talking about our respective husband, fiance, and new date (Kirstin has found an amazing man for herself!) as well as marriage and the usual assortment of wedding stuff.

We spent a good amount of time boiling in the hot tub on the river, and stayed up late. We ate some of the chili, spent another hour in the hot tub, and went to bed. The next morning we had a great breakfast of eggs and bacon, and drove 10 miles to our venue so that Kirstin and Theresa could see where the wedding would take place.

Our original plan included a hike, but once we returned from visiting our venue the rain started coming down. We spent the rest of our day at the cabin chatting on the couch.

Chloe (my mutt) was with us all weekend, and she missed Kirstin (a former roommate) so much that she was glued to her lap for a good portion of the weekend! Chloe knows where to get the best belly-rubs from. . .