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For my bachelorette party, I thought we were having a cozy, stay-at-home slumber party. I was excited but also felt a little guilty that my girls wouldn’t have the typical bachelorette’s night out with me. You see, I’m more High School Musical than Gossip Girl, so anything having to do with drinking and scandalousness was out. But my girls, being the creative geniuses they are, planned the perfect surprise for me!

The day started at my BFF’s house. Ever the thoughtful hostess, she decorated her place in pink and white:

I asked nicely, but my bridesmaids refused to tell me what we were doing that night!

From left to right, there’s me, Mr. Parfait’s sister-in-law, Mr. Parfait’s sister, and my friend-since-forever. Each girl chose a Parfait nickname so I could blog about them, so I’ll be referring to them as Snickerdoodle Parfait, Strawberry Parfait, and Pumpkin Parfait!

After a flurry of snacking, changing clothes, and opening presents (everyone got a tiara!), we hopped on a train to downtown Chicago. Here’s our best friend sandwich—that’s Pi Parfait, moi, and Pumpkin Parfait.

When we got to Union Station, a black limo pulled up and the driver opened the door to let us in! Finally, Pi Parfait revealed the main event: a Cupcake Crawl!!! AHHHH, amazing! She whipped out a list of famous cupcake bakeries and directed our chauffeur to the first one!

We hopped out of the limo and into our first cupcake shop. Pi and I were especially excited, because we always talk about opening a cupcake bakery together! Seeing all the different styles and flavors was totally inspiring.

There were plenty of sweets behind glass to admire:

And we brought them into the limo to devour:

We studied the ambience of each bakery we invaded. We gave this place high marks for using swings as bar seats.

There were pink glow sticks involved, thanks to Pumpkin Parfait. They were hilariously random, and the words on it were the raciest part of the whole night! We still don’t know why they said, “X-Rated.” They were just normal glow sticks!

After dinner and an impromptu photo shoot in Millennium Park, we said goodbye to our cushy limo and headed home for the slumber party. Gigantic thanks to Pi Parfait for hosting us all weekend. Check out her hostessing skillz below:

We made it to eight cupcake bakeries in one night, and, um, it was amazing. My tummy is still smiling. It was fun being “the bride” all night and receiving good wishes and congratulations from complete strangers! And my favorite part of it all? I love how the bridal showers and bachelorette party are bringing all of my favorite people together. Yay.

Are you hoping for a sweet and girlie bachelorette like mine, or are you hoping for something a little more racy?