Miss Turkey, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 29, Brand Management
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Consultant
Engagement Date: February 2011
Wedding Date: May 2012
Venue: The Rittenhouse Hotel
About Me: I'm a marketer who loves a good glass of wine, anything pumpkin-flavored, every crime drama on TV and, of course, Mr. Turkey. It's funny to say out loud, but we're former coworkers turned betrothed---now planning a wedding in the city of Brotherly Love. For three years, we've been eating our way through Philadelphia, playing tourist at home, and cheering for every sports team in the 215. Although we've hit some unplanned snags along the way, we're determined to have a rocking party this spring with our loud, fun families and friends.
Despite it being months away, I have a bit of bachelorette brain right now.
So, since I don’t want to count down the days (because that makes the wedding closer and…scary!), I thought I’d put that energy to good use and share with you another bachelorette party idea!
For this one, all the credit goes to Mr. Turkey’s aunt. She did this for one of his cousin’s showers and I thought it was so creative and a little different from what I had done before!
The theme is signals…of the sexual kind, of course. To start, here are the supplies you will need:
- A gift tag
- 3 gift bags: one green, one yellow, one red
- A sexy lingerie outfit
- A cute pajama set
- A not-so-cute pajama set
You start with a gift tag and on there, write (something like) the following:
Marriage is all about reading each other’s signals. Your bedtime attire sends the perfect message to your future husband about the possibility of a little “somethin’ somethin’” that evening.
Then, you have the green bag. You want to put in the green bag something sexy for the bachelorette. In this case, I found a black and pink Betsy Johnson nightie.
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Miss Turkey, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 29, Brand Management
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Consultant
Engagement Date: February 2011
Wedding Date: May 2012
Venue: The Rittenhouse Hotel
About Me: I'm a marketer who loves a good glass of wine, anything pumpkin-flavored, every crime drama on TV and, of course, Mr. Turkey. It's funny to say out loud, but we're former coworkers turned betrothed---now planning a wedding in the city of Brotherly Love. For three years, we've been eating our way through Philadelphia, playing tourist at home, and cheering for every sports team in the 215. Although we've hit some unplanned snags along the way, we're determined to have a rocking party this spring with our loud, fun families and friends.
Thanks to everyone who helped me make a decision about the bachelorette! We must have been on the same vibe because I agreed with you all…
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Miss Turkey, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 29, Brand Management
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Consultant
Engagement Date: February 2011
Wedding Date: May 2012
Venue: The Rittenhouse Hotel
About Me: I'm a marketer who loves a good glass of wine, anything pumpkin-flavored, every crime drama on TV and, of course, Mr. Turkey. It's funny to say out loud, but we're former coworkers turned betrothed---now planning a wedding in the city of Brotherly Love. For three years, we've been eating our way through Philadelphia, playing tourist at home, and cheering for every sports team in the 215. Although we've hit some unplanned snags along the way, we're determined to have a rocking party this spring with our loud, fun families and friends.
After a particularly busy day at work, on a dreary, rainy night, I received the following note from my wonderful bridesmaids.
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| Lists? My bridesmaids know me too well |
The rainy, dreary night was turned around when I thought about the prospect of a fun girls’ weekend on the horizon and all the amazing ideas they had brainstormed. To be honest, I feel like I had almost forgotten about this part of the wedding festivities. Exciting!
However, they had put the ball in my court, which made me a bit nervous, as I was now under pressure to pick a location for the celebration.
So, what was on the table? I’ll share with you some of the letter below:
Dearest Bride-to-Be,
The time has come to celebrate all things almost Mrs. B and plan your Bachelorette Weekend!
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Miss Turkey, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 29, Brand Management
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Consultant
Engagement Date: February 2011
Wedding Date: May 2012
Venue: The Rittenhouse Hotel
About Me: I'm a marketer who loves a good glass of wine, anything pumpkin-flavored, every crime drama on TV and, of course, Mr. Turkey. It's funny to say out loud, but we're former coworkers turned betrothed---now planning a wedding in the city of Brotherly Love. For three years, we've been eating our way through Philadelphia, playing tourist at home, and cheering for every sports team in the 215. Although we've hit some unplanned snags along the way, we're determined to have a rocking party this spring with our loud, fun families and friends.
When we left off, I was off to bed with a full belly of yummy Mexican and fun drinks. The next morning we took our time getting up and then headed out for a Bloody Mary brunch. I promise you, the entire weekend did NOT revolve around drinks.
As brunch was winding down, the girls handed me a present…a picture frame. I opened it from behind, but when I turned it over…Surprise #3!!
AHHHHHHHH
Do you need a closer view?
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Miss Turkey, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 29, Brand Management
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Consultant
Engagement Date: February 2011
Wedding Date: May 2012
Venue: The Rittenhouse Hotel
About Me: I'm a marketer who loves a good glass of wine, anything pumpkin-flavored, every crime drama on TV and, of course, Mr. Turkey. It's funny to say out loud, but we're former coworkers turned betrothed---now planning a wedding in the city of Brotherly Love. For three years, we've been eating our way through Philadelphia, playing tourist at home, and cheering for every sports team in the 215. Although we've hit some unplanned snags along the way, we're determined to have a rocking party this spring with our loud, fun families and friends.
I’m not great with surprises. I usually manage to figure things out beforehand—the engagement being an exception. However, little did I realize that just a few months later, there would be another surprise.
One May day, I received an envelope with a typed address on the front (no return) and this inside:
Yes, these are letters that are cut out from magazines.
“What in the world?” I thought as I saw the card…the inside wasn’t much more help!
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Mrs. Sunhat, Dyer, IN
Age and Occupation: 32, Tax Accountant
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 35, Landscape Foreman
Engagement Date: September 25, 2010
Wedding Date: December 2011
Venues: St. Andrew the Apostle, Fiesta Palace
About Me: I'm a Midwest girl who grew up in the country and now works in the big city! I love cooking, entertaining, reading (addicted to my Kindle) and going to the movies. I don't miss an episode of Hoarders and I start cleaning every time I watch! My profession doesn't call for much creativity so wedding planning has been a great outlet. Mr. Sunhat and I met online three years ago, cheer for rival MLB teams and share a home with our dog, Wrigley. We are planning a traditional, Polish, Catholic wedding with lots of DIY elements and some fun surprises. I'm so excited to be married on New Year's Eve and we can't wait to ring in the new year as husband and wife!
Last Saturday, bridesmaids, family, and friends helped to throw me the coolest bachelorette party.
How cool you ask? Take a look at this!
This is NOT a Photoshopped picture! I will get to the details behind this in a minute.
The evening started at my home where I was greeted by a house full of ladies after my makeup trial. We gathered in the den where I opened a few belated shower gifts and was presented with some attire for the night—including the best hat ever!!
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Miss Turkey, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 29, Brand Management
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Consultant
Engagement Date: February 2011
Wedding Date: May 2012
Venue: The Rittenhouse Hotel
About Me: I'm a marketer who loves a good glass of wine, anything pumpkin-flavored, every crime drama on TV and, of course, Mr. Turkey. It's funny to say out loud, but we're former coworkers turned betrothed---now planning a wedding in the city of Brotherly Love. For three years, we've been eating our way through Philadelphia, playing tourist at home, and cheering for every sports team in the 215. Although we've hit some unplanned snags along the way, we're determined to have a rocking party this spring with our loud, fun families and friends.
As I’ve mentioned, I’m a wedding pro. This status also comes with wedding-shower pro and bachelorette-party pro patches for my wedding-pro sash.
With that I must state, for the record, that I consider my “expertise” to be more as a wedding guest or bridesmaid rather than a bride. So, through this blog, I want to share some experiences/activities from that side of the altar.
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Mrs. Seal, San Francisco
Age and Occupation: 25, Personal Assistant
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Sales and Support Specialist
Engagement Date: December 12, 2009
Wedding Date: November 2011
Venue: Sts Peter and Paul Church/The Bently Reserve
About Me: I am a goofy, wannabe crafty, well-intentioned Renaissance Woman (OK, perhaps "aimless wanderer" is a more aptly suited term for me, but hopefully you get the point)—basically I dabble in just about everything and pride myself in such. Without warning, I occasionally breakout into soulful improvised songs and interpretive dances and there's just no stopping me! As so many others before me, planning our wedding has unearthed a deep, intense passion for all things bridal and I secretly fear the day it will come to an end. Mr. Seal and I are quite the pair and life with him by my side is extremely rewarding—I am so thankful to have found him. Together we are planning a black-tie San Francisco affair for 250—light on the stuffiness and with lots of extra Seal-y flair.
…gets shared with the hive!
Last weekend, I had the privilege of spending four nights in Sin City with 17 of my favorite ladies! Our flight from SFO was at 7AM, so our journey began very early. Like…so early that I only slept 30 minutes before heading to BART.
Thank goodness for Go Girls.
On BART with a patronizingly happy MOH Meghan
Image courtesy of BM Sarah
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Mrs. Skunk, Atlanta
Age and Occupation: 23, Post baccalaureate student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Mechanical Designer
Engagement Date: February 13, 2011
Wedding Date: November 2011
Venue: Neverland Farms
About Me: I’m a Georgia peach born and raised in the dirty dirty. I love reading, baking lots of sweets and forcing them on my friends, and most of all, rock climbing. I am in the process of applying to graduate school in physical therapy and I work at farmers’ markets around town selling bread for a local bakery. The mister and I met while rock climbing just over two years ago and have been inseparable ever since. Our climbing friends mean the world to us and have played an integral role in our relationship. We’re planning a barnyard shindig filled with good food, good friends, and lots of love.
Several weeks ago, I got a beautiful invitation in the mail. It was to my very own bachelorette weekend! BM C. Bear totally outdid herself (and even put our wedding invites to shame!). The first card described that Friday night would include a movies and lingerie shower. Saturday, we would tour a few north Georgia wineries and then head back to the cabin for dinner and a kitchen shower, and Sunday, we would shop ’til we dropped at the North Georgia Outlets.
Personal Photo
Friday night was soooo much fun. I had come down with some seriously yucky sinus infection, so naturally, I started downing some whiskey. Everyone got in on some drink of their choice and pretty soon we were a giggly bunch. We played Loaded Questions (Bridal Edition, thanks to BM C. Bear) and opened gifts. I got lots of frilly things that I won’t post on the interwebs, BUT there was one gift that had me cracking up. For the record, this is a terrible picture of me, but I just had to show off what BM C. Koala said was, “really the only thing you’ll need to be wearing anyways.”
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Mrs. Honey, Durango, CO
Age and Occupation: 28, Financial Assistant
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Lab Tech/Phlebotomist
Engagement Date: August 1, 2010
Wedding Date: January 2012
Venue: Vallecito Lake
About Me: I am a Colorado girl through and through, marrying an adrenaline-fueled Alabama boy. We love the outdoors just about as much as we love spoiling our dog and three cats. On any given weekend you can find us being adventurous, doing anything from rafting to snowboarding, and everything in between. We live in an outdoor mecca and truly believe in "Work Hard, Play Harder." I'm an optimist to the core, a crafter wannabe, a Southern food cook-in-training and a big time believer in girls nights. We met, fell in love and got engaged in eight short months and are now knee-deep in planning what we hope to be a super-fun, very us wedding celebration. Join us as we plan a rustic meets whimsical, Colorado winter wedding with loads of personal touches and good food!
For me, my bachelorette party was the most anticipated event surrounding the wedding, except for, of course, the wedding. Girl time is of uber importance to me and while Mr. Honey is my significant other, the love of my life, beyond important to me, and the man I’m about to marry…he could never fill the space of my girls. A weekend filled with girls, fun, and my upcoming marriage at the center of it all was what fueled my excitement. If you recall, I wanted a good balance of class and, well, not class. I needed some inappropriate paraphernalia…that being said, this post may not be suitable for work.
We rented a condo in Telluride through VRBO, which was awesome because we had a kitchen, multiple bathrooms (imperative for 14 girls) and a hot tub. The leaves were at the height of changing colors and it was the perfect temperature all weekend long. Here’s how it went.
Friday Night We…
Got dolled up in pretty dresses
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Mrs. Candy Apple, Princeton Junction, NJ/ Seattle, WA
Age and Occupation: 26, Project Editor
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Attorney
Engagement Date: May 9, 2010
Wedding Date: August 2011
Venue: St. Joseph's Parish, Seattle Tennis Club
About Me: I am a Pacific Northwesterner, born and bred. I have lived in many cities---Santa Clara, Durham (England); Florence; Boston; Princeton Junction---but my heart will always be nestled up near the Cascades and Olympics, which is why we are holding our wedding there. I am a bookworm and a History nerd: I love that my life consists of books, books, and more books, since I work in Publishing! Recently, all waking time not consumed by work and my daily commute has been overtaken by wedding planning. Well, that, and watching Premier-League soccer. There is nothing I love more than a good Tana French mystery, traveling to new places, Anthropologie shopping sprees, Iittala dishware, Kate Spade shoes, impeccable typefaces (think: Archer), and a nice English ale (hellooo, Old Speckled Hen!). Oh, and did I mention my obsession with wedding blogs? Yeah, there’s that too. Join Mr. Candy Apple and me as we prep for our wedding, and, more importantly, our marriage!
If you missed the first post, my lovely BMs took me up to Victoria for a fun, low-key bachelorette party.
Me in front of our Elizabethan cottage. I swear I was not pregnant—that dress is just a bit froofy.
Our second day in Victoria revolved around something that I was really looking forward to: Afternoon Tea at The Empress! I’m a huge tea fanatic and love all things tea, so this was one of the main draws for Victoria as our destination. I had been to The Empress several times for tea as a child and was really looking forward to going back!
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Mrs. Ladyfingers, Saint Petersburg, FL
Age and Occupation: 30, Marketing Manager
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Sports Writer
Engagement Date: December 24, 2010
Wedding Date: November 2011
Venue: Palma Sola Botanical Park
About Me: I hail from Oklahoma, he was born and raised in Long Island. Fate brought us together, and now we live in a cute little rental house with our nutty dog, and our aloof cat. We both love to read, watch movies, explore our town, and laugh like hyenas. When I’m not obsessively wedding crafting, I enjoy stalking style and decorating blogs, making collages and painting, napping, thrifting, rearranging our bookshelves, and being a total weirdo with my friends. Hi!
Have I mentioned how amazingly wonderfully generous and hysterical my bridesmaids are? Perhaps in my shower post I may have alluded to it. But they totally nailed it with this whole bachelorette weekend.
I had a few parameters: Nothing crazy like drinkin’ or clubbin’ (which none of us do anyway), no male strippers, beach-centric, and penile paraphernalia. Hey — when else in your life is it appropriate to walk down the street adorned in male genitalia? Never, so let’s get that stuff started up. Side story: When I revealed this choice, two bridesmaids were horrified, and my maid of honor was totally stoked. We were hanging with a friend who had gotten married this past spring, and she told me she thought maybe we should have switched bridesmaids. She was staunchly against that stuff, but her bridesmaids were decidedly not. In fact, they had hired a midget who makes his living dressed as a… well, you know. To walk around with them all night. She got wind of it and called him off but… maybe I’m juvenile, I just found that hilarious.
Back to the bachelorette weekend. MOH Ginger texted me a couple of days before the weekend was to begin and told me that she’d pick me up at 1 on Saturday and I should pack a bag that included a bathing suit, something comfortable, a dress I felt sexy in, and something to sleep in. This is my kinda party, clearly.
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Miss Dalmatian, Nashville, TN
Age and Occupation: 23, Pediatric Nurse
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 23, Computer Engineer and Entrepreneur
Engagement Date: April 13, 2011
Wedding Date: May 2012
Venue: Historic Cedarwood
About Me: I am a Northern girl from Chicago who is planning a wedding filled with Southern charm in Nashville, Tennessee. I love dogs, the White Sox, Full House reruns, and anything with ruffles on it. Mr. Dalmatian is my computer-genius problem-solving fiance who is constantly teaching me new things and making me a better person. We live with our adopted pup Echo, who is very excited that his parents are getting married!
Hi, my name is Miss Dalmatian and I am a total homebody. Come Saturday night you will not find me out on the town. You will find me snuggled on the couch with the mister and the pup, eating a hot-and-ready pizza from Little Caesars and watching Hulu. Don’t get me wrong—I do occasionally go out, and I have a lot of fun when I do.
Personal photo from MOH A’s bachelorette party
Yes, that is me. Yes, I am waving a penis straw. Yes, I did that the entire night. Yes, it is embarrassing. Yes, it was ridiculously fun.
However, the slightly extremely tipsy, dancing-on-the-bar, penis-straw-waving girl is definitely the exception as opposed to the rule. The rule tends to involve less beads and more sweatpants.
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Mrs. Honey, Durango, CO
Age and Occupation: 28, Financial Assistant
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Lab Tech/Phlebotomist
Engagement Date: August 1, 2010
Wedding Date: January 2012
Venue: Vallecito Lake
About Me: I am a Colorado girl through and through, marrying an adrenaline-fueled Alabama boy. We love the outdoors just about as much as we love spoiling our dog and three cats. On any given weekend you can find us being adventurous, doing anything from rafting to snowboarding, and everything in between. We live in an outdoor mecca and truly believe in "Work Hard, Play Harder." I'm an optimist to the core, a crafter wannabe, a Southern food cook-in-training and a big time believer in girls nights. We met, fell in love and got engaged in eight short months and are now knee-deep in planning what we hope to be a super-fun, very us wedding celebration. Join us as we plan a rustic meets whimsical, Colorado winter wedding with loads of personal touches and good food!
Hive, I’m so SO excited for this weekend. Here’s a clue:
Image via Wanelo
This combo can only mean one thing: my bachelorette party!! I am heading to Telluride, Colorado with 13 of my closest ladies to celebrate ME. Wow, it’s so surreal! My girlfriends and I do girl trips quite often, but of course this is the first time it’s in my honor. BM Hogan and Friend Jackie have been scheming together to come up with what I know will be a legend.ary weekend. One for the books, for sure.
When it came to giving a little input into what I wanted for my bachelorette, there were a few things I requested.
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Mrs. Candy Apple, Princeton Junction, NJ/ Seattle, WA
Age and Occupation: 26, Project Editor
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Attorney
Engagement Date: May 9, 2010
Wedding Date: August 2011
Venue: St. Joseph's Parish, Seattle Tennis Club
About Me: I am a Pacific Northwesterner, born and bred. I have lived in many cities---Santa Clara, Durham (England); Florence; Boston; Princeton Junction---but my heart will always be nestled up near the Cascades and Olympics, which is why we are holding our wedding there. I am a bookworm and a History nerd: I love that my life consists of books, books, and more books, since I work in Publishing! Recently, all waking time not consumed by work and my daily commute has been overtaken by wedding planning. Well, that, and watching Premier-League soccer. There is nothing I love more than a good Tana French mystery, traveling to new places, Anthropologie shopping sprees, Iittala dishware, Kate Spade shoes, impeccable typefaces (think: Archer), and a nice English ale (hellooo, Old Speckled Hen!). Oh, and did I mention my obsession with wedding blogs? Yeah, there’s that too. Join Mr. Candy Apple and me as we prep for our wedding, and, more importantly, our marriage!
I can honestly say that the past two and a half months have been the busiest, most insane months of my life. OK, OK, they might be trumped by the first few months of my life (getting pushed from a nice, cozy uterus out through a narrow dark passageway tends to be somewhat traumatic and chaotic), but seriously, it’s been close.
However, now that we have moved down to Virginia (wahoo!!) and have been on our honeymoon (double wahoo!! more on that later!), things are finally settling down a bit in the California household. Sort of. Anyway, I am now hoping to get back to blogging about some of the stuff leading up to our big day.
First up? My bachelorette party!
From the get-go, I knew that I only wanted my closest gals with me—the guest list was only me, my MOH (sister), and my three BMs. Since I live on the East Coast and the ladies are all on the West, it made planning a bit tricky. But my girls took the helm and, after some discussion, settled on a place near and dear to my heart for a lovely weekend getaway. Our destination? Victoria, B.C.!
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