Bachelorette and Showers, Oh My!

Happy hump day!  Today's post is going to be a little insight on my take of the planning so far of my best friend's shower and bachelorette.

Alecia and I have been best friends since middle school. She is honestly more like a sister to me than a best friend. We have been in each others lives for so many years and I could not be more honored to be her matron of honor on her wedding day! She and Nick are absolutely perfect for each other so needless to say, she deserves a more than perfect shower and bachelorette!

I have not been in this full-force planning mode since my own wedding. There are so many fun things to be happening in 2017 that I thought I would share in a blog post of the things I'm most excited about for Alecia's shower and bachelorette party. Don't worry Alecia, I won't be confessing all my detailed plans since I do want this to be a surprise for you, but I figured I would share some of my thoughts and maybe get some more inspiration from others since I want things to be absolutely perfect!

I'll start with shower planning....

We rented a space which is sort of like a community center to have the shower at. I highly recommend looking at booking a shower at one of these types of locations because you can't beat the prices, and you usually get the building for a whole day. Plus where we are having the shower, there is a HUGE kitchen so we can store food, ice, and drinks.

Donuts. Do I really need to even explain more than that? For the shower (and yes, she already knows this) we are doing donuts as the dessert. There are so many Pinterest pictures that give me inspiration on how to go about with this and I'm super excited to see how things turn out. I've already contacted some bakeries to get quotes and I have a feeling this donut display is going to be a hit!

Catering. Wegmans does GREAT catering. For my own bridal shower, we had salads, wraps, and snacks all catered by Wegmans. Even at my job for events that we want to book out of house we always go with Wegmans. There are so many different options to choose from that they literally have anything you could want. Plus they have a quick turn around so booking is never an issue.

BACHELORETTE.

This is going to be fun ;)

Many of the girls are out of town. Ok, well really all of them except for me. Even Alecia is out of town! So we decided to make it a bachelorette weekend.

For this bachelorette weekend, we're renting a house that will fit all of us for a fun filled and memorable "last fling before the ring". There will probably be around 10-12 of us so we needed a space to hold all of us that had enough beds, bathrooms (duh), and general space so we can all hang out together.

If you haven't been on a pedal tour yet, I HIGHLY suggest changing that ASAP. I went on one in Buffalo for my friend Camille's birthday and it was a blast. Although I have to admit, I'm not sure if I'm biased because I ended up in the lucky seat in the back that had no pedals so I didn't have to even lift a finger to get our cart moving ;) But needless to say, we are booking one for the Saturday of the bachelorette weekend. Fun fact: I'm not a beer person....which you can probably already tell from the title of my blog but I always find something to drink on these tours. Whether it be cider, mixed drinks, or a fruit flavored beer, it's always good and always a fun time.

Of course there are other surprises up my sleeve, but that's the beginning of what is planned. I still have a few months to get the details ready such as favors, games, and things like that. If you have experience planning a shower or bachelorette, I'd love to hear your ideas! I'm so excited to plan these events and I cannot wait to have the best weekend ever because let's be honest....#ITSGOINGBROWNFORREAL.