BACHELORETTE PARTY!
I didn't want a crazy night, just something simple. Our home base was a very pretty hotel. We spent the day at a winery and then enjoyed dinner.

My cousin made these cute labels for the wine bottles we had at the hotel

Another one of my friends made sure to supply us with chocolate

Getting ready to go down to the limo

Me with my ladies in front of our ride

Champagne in the limo. I looooove champagne!!

Okay. My future mother in law sent a gift along to me. It was my "emergency kit" for the day. She filled it with asprin, chocolate and various shots! I'm so lucky to get a fun mother in law!

One of the girls "shot face"! After we broke into the Patron...

The sign at the winery

Some pretty wine bottles

Corks and drink tickets

More drink tickets

A wagon ride through the vineyards

And we're off!

We even took our glasses with us on the wagon ride

Vines

It was a scenic ride

The death trap that took us for our "wagon ride"

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Grape stomping contest. This girl was crazy serious about winning :)

I took turns doing a goofy pose in the vines with each of my guests.
Here I am with my cousin's wife.

Here I am with one of my cousins/bridesmaid

Me with my brother's girlfriend
I adore this girl! He better marry her someday!

With my future sister in law

With my friend/bridesmaid

They made me get a "Runaway Bride" shot

Back to the hotel room to prepare for round 2 which was dinner!

MY BRIDAL SHOWER!
What fun! And I only got teary eyed once!

The cake and other desserts. The cake has the topper from FI's grandparents wedding cake.
The topper is about 75 years old!

A close up of the cake topper. Oh so precious and oh so vintage!!

Iced Tea vs. Sangria. Sangria Wins!!!

Enjoying a bit of Sangria before opening gifts :)

Striking a pose to show off my wedding shoes!

Time to open presents!

Giada in a box!!!

We registered for a lot of board games because we are big dorks!

My brown sugar bear.

Donning my hat-o-ribbons.

TA-DA! It's all the rage!

Time to cut the cake! I thought it was hilarious that they gave me a giant steak knife to cut it.
And it looks like we are having a really in depth conversation about how to cut this sucker.

See?!?!

Cutting the cake! They made fun of me for cutting such a huge piece. What can I say? I like cake.

More chocolate!

My future Mother-In-Law and my future sister-in-law.

Me with my bridesmaid Kate.

The pretty roses I got to take home with me.

My dog (Pibb) playing with the cardboard that came in my cookware set that was delivered to my house a few days after the shower.

Some of my thank you cards...because I have a Mad Men obsession. From Etsy seller CDesignIllustration http://www.etsy.com/shop/CDesignIllustration

My other thank you cards found at Target