Weddingbee Blog

When I first imagined what my bachelorette party would be, I assumed it’d be a low-key, pajama and game night with a scavenger hunt. But my friends had other plans, and they were brilliant!

A friend of my MD-MOH let us use her house in Federal Hill for the night, so anyone who wanted to sleep over could. We went to dinner around the corner and then, my OZ-MOH organized a fantastic scavenger hunt complete with props—who doesn’t love props?

She also complied scrapbooking materials and each girl made a page with personal joke references and sweet comments. Several people were on picture duty so I’d be left with tons of photos for the scrapbook(and general remembrance). OZ-MOH also had name tags for everyone (I have a diverse group of friends who had only met at the shower) and acquired pink/purple necklaces for each so we all matched.

We hung out for a bit, scrapbooking and socializing till we were ready to go on the hunt. This is probably my favorite photo that resulted form the scavenger hunt. There is a bar in Fed Hill called “Mad River” and the clue was “take a photo of an angry body of water”, so the girls made angry faces by a puddle.

The losers (who were already slated to lose since they created the hunt) were my MOHs, so they rocked these ridiculous wigs.

The next morning we trudged over to Little Havanas for their brunch with endless mimosas and Bloody Marys. No one was really in the mood for more alcohol though, so we mostly had a lot of water, with a lot of Emergen-c. Our favorite quote of the night/day came from our waiter: “Are you guys okay with your pitchers of water and vitamin packets…or would you like to order actual food?”

It was a fantastic night/morning and I’m grateful I have such wonderful friends. Although it wasn’t what I expected, I had the time of my life. It was a very similar feeling to the bridal shower, in that I was overwhelmed by the heartwarming friendships I share with such amazing women.

A final word of advice: strangers are going to offer you way too many free shots, so you should practice saying “oh thank you, but I just can’t” now.

Was your bachelorette what you expected?