Bachelorette Weekend Part II - Irene aint got nothin' on us.

So, as the Bride and her ladies were having a blast in Charlotte, our little hometown was getting completely BASHED by Hurricane Irene. The whole time we shopped in the sunshine with clear skies we kept getting calls from our mama's and friends about how bad the weather was at home. It was insane. One of us would yell out "My grandma has water coming out of her ceiling fan light fixture!" (that was me) and another would scream "Eric said that most of Greenville is flooded!" 

But us, on the other hand? Happily spending some $$$ at both Northlake and Southpark Malls in Charlotte. We shopped all day Saturday, following a delicious trip to Brueger's Bagel for breakfast and some crazy traffic then returned to the room for some pre-gaming, primping and watching "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding" (that's a whole other blog post to come soon).

the Beautiful Bride-to-Be curling her hair

Dana, Rachel & Kat

taking a pic of the veil to send to fellow Pirate fans

in order to get that shot above with me in it I had to j-rig the above  tower to put the camera on and set the timer... ghetto.

Once we were all ready we walked to Mez (best part of the Omni? Literally a 30 second walk from the EpiCenter) for dinner. OMG. It was delish!

we set up on that upper level in front of the artwork

We each got something different and sampled each other's plates... well except nobody got any of mine because I may have inhaled it. I highly recommend the braised short rib pappardelle. We were one of four bachelorette party groups... but ours was definitely the coolest.

Bridey.

our awesome waiter gave Hopey a candle in her desert 

can we pause a moment and comment on how awesome Hope's cleavage is in this picture?

We made a quick stop at the hotel to refresh and put away the leftovers (which only a few of us had) before returning to the EpiCenter to visit some clubs/bars and ran into a bachelor party.

But the Bachelor was no fun and was obviously terrified of his soon-to-be wife because he rolled his eyes when I was trying to take this picture. Wuss.

Tomorrow I will tell you about our adventures with pianos and Cee-Lo Green's lookalike in a red suit.

Bachelorette Weekend 2011 Part I- Herbert FELL!!

I've been such a bad blogger, but I seriously couldn't help it ya'll! Hurricanes make for a very busy time for me at work since I am in charge of communications and crisis management - not to mention we were without power/internet for like 3 days.

So, FINALLY I can tell ya'll about the epic weekend that was Hopeys bachelorette party!

It took three vehicles, but all the girls (minus Kathryn who had to be Mrs. Responsible Nurse that weekend) made it to the Omni Hotel in Charlotte around 7:00ish and we headed to Jason's Deli... only to discover that it was closed so we ate at Firehouse Subs instead.

After din-din we returned to the room for snacks.. and such.

okay, these were supposed to be pretty pom-poms that hung from the ceiling but the ceiling was too hard to hang them from, so they became bed-post decorations instead. 

pasta salad, fruit dip, blueberries, cupcake fondue....

.... puppy chow and pretzel-rollo bites

lemonade.

We all hung out in the room and ate food, reminisced on high school days and played a game called "He Said, She Said" where each person (except Hope) had to guess if Hope or her hubs-to-be Eric said a facebook comment/status.

Then Dana told a great story about one her students, named Herbert (yes a 2nd grader named Herbert) who is on crutches and fell on the very first day of school - needless to say we got very silly over the name Herbert and his name became the running joke for the whole weekend.

the Bride & Kat

LP

the Bride's boobs with her button (yes I may have photo-shopped her excess cleavage - gotta keep it PG)

Rachel

KG - bartender extraordinaire

probably telling us about Herbert.

laughing.

The girls also got their party favors which were little personalized buckets filled with their buttons, magnetic note pads, pens, suckers, Bandaids, Shout wipes and hand sanitizer. 

the buttons.

Tomorrow, I will tell you all about Saturday/Saturday night... okay maybe not ALL about it...

i lied.

Okay folks, looks like it will be Tuesday before I get a chance to blog again, I'm sorry things are just crazy at work bc of ole Hurricane Irene and the first of the school year. Be back soon!