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Hosting a Lingerie Shower & Bachelorette Party: Top Ten {Tuesday}

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I may have mentioned a time or twelvethat my sister-in-law is getting married this week. I may NOT have mentioned that she is a mere 24 years old. Making me an entire DECADE older than her. And I’m also a bridesmaid. Which means I was invited to the bachelorette party. And hosted the lingerie shower at my house.

I can’t even tell you the last time I was at a Bachelorette Party–and I’ve certainly never been to one of someone 10 years younger than me! I have to admit, I was a little concerned about my wardrobe (or lack thereof) and my moms-shouldn’t-go-to-clubs outlook on life.

Now that I’m the other side of both events, I thought you might like to know the

TOP TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHEN ATTENDING OR HOSTING A BACHELORETTE PARTY AND/OR A LINGERIE SHOWER {ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE YOUNGER THAN YOU}

(ahhh, that’s the first good title I’ve had in awhile!)

1. Don’t Be Afraid of Looking Too Old

We all ended up wearing bright pink baby tiaras on our heads. Pretty sure no one was noticing if I was wearing the latest in club-wear. Just trying to figure out why I had a pink crown on my head.

2. Don’t Be Afraid To Eat

Of course, I’ve never really had this problem. But the tapas restaurant we went to was pretty divine–here’s our calamari…

..and scallops. I also had chicken nachos, a fish taco and some chocolate cake. Pretty nice.

3. Don’t Be Afraid to Be Silly

We all wore glitter tattoos and name tags. The name tags were my favorite part because I got to write everyone’s names. You know I like to doodle.

But of course, my name was the best:

4. Don’t Be Afraid To Wear a Tube Top

Actually. Do be afraid of this. VERY VERY afraid.

(Yes, this is one of those let-me-pretend-to-take-a-picture-of-you-so-I-can-really-take-a-picture-of-some-other-weird-person-behind-you.)

5. Don’t Be Afraid to Dance.

Actually. I didn’t get any pictures of this. Not because I was on the dance floor. Oh no. Just because I was too busy scoping out Tubey (see above) and the other interesting folks on the prowl. Midnight at a dance club is people watching at it’s finest.

6. Don’t be Afraid to Be Girly

The next night was the lingerie shower. We did it all pink and black. But mainly pink. It was actually a very sweet and grown-up affair. I kinda loved it.

7. Don’t Be Afraid to Eat

Oh, did I already mention this? Well, no offense to the bride but I think the food was the star of this shower. Catie (the maid of honor and sister of the bride) and I just typed in “party food” on Pinterest and got started. Above you’ll see mini-caprese salads (a piece of mozzarella, a grape tomato skewered with a piece of basil around it, drizzled with balsamic vinegar!)

Next up was Mini Chicken Tostadas. This is a simple little dish to make. And it looks cute while tasting delicious. (We had the leftovers for lunch today!)

8. Don’t Be Afraid of Bacon

We made those bacon-wrapped-parmesan-crackers from the Pioneer Woman and ate every last one. *happy sigh*

Then the best dish of the night—our Bloomin’ Bread with Bacon. How amazingly awesome is that?! A giant loaf of sourdough bread cut up like the latitude and longitude of the globe, filled with pieces of sliced cheese and swimming in melted butter, a tablespoon of Ranch mix and a 1/2 cup of bacon. You love me right now, don’t you?

But if you can believe it, I actually liked this Bloomin’ Onion Bread better—Monterrey Jack cheese (thinly sliced), 1/2 cup of butter, 2 teaspoons of poppy seeds and a 1/2 cup of green onions. I seriously want to eat this for dinner.

9. Don’t Be Afraid to Show a Little Skin

We hung up all the bride’s lingerie on a clothesline. It was instant decor we didn’t have to provide! But now I’m wondering if it’s bad form to show a bride’s lingerie on my blog.

10. Don’t Be Afraid to Be Out-Shined By The Bride

Isn’t she adorable?

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Comments

  4. this was an adorable list this week! my little sister is getting hitched this weekend too! …and i totally feel you on this entire list. love it!!!

  5. Not a huge fan of the bachelor or bachelorette party myself, but for food like that, I think I’d make an exception. It’s been SO long since I went out to a club, and that tubey photo is making me glad.

  8. Thank you for the tutorial of how to sneakily take a photo of random crazy people you see ….. seriously,there are so many times I want to do this. Now, I know how! Look out!

    And, your sister is beautiful!

  10. Fun! I hosted a bridal shower for a girlfriend last fall. It was a lot of fun, but since it was just the shower, much more tame than the bachelorette/lingerie party.

  11. Looks like such a fun time — and so much tasty food! And also kinda makes me wish I had been living in the US still before my husband and I got married. I never had any bachelorette parties…can I have one now even though we’ve been married 10 years? šŸ˜‰

  13. Sounds like you had a fun time!!
    Those things can get so wild. One time it got too wild for me I ended up sitting in the car until they were ready to leave that place ( NO COMMENT!! lol) what happens at a bachelorette party stays there!! :0)

  15. I shall be going and doing some repinning I see. I saw that bloomin’ bread the other day. SO FUN! I’m excited to know someone who did it and found it not too hard. I think it would be fun for small group.

    Great list. And, I enjoyed watching the evening unfold on Twitter too. šŸ™‚

  18. Thanks a lot. Now I have to wipe drool off my keyboard. The FOOD. So yummy looking. Now I’m starving and slowly gaining weight just staring at it.

  19. Umm… I mean no offense to you and your delicious bacon treats. Also, I forgot about lingere parties. One of the sweet, Southern things I haven’t seen in a coon’s age!

  25. I am going to be pinning so many of these recipes! It looks like you had a wonderful time.

  26. This is the first time I’ve gotten to link up. So much fun and can’t wait to do it again. Oh, yay for #Team Watching people. When I do go out, that’s what I like to do but I’m going to have to incorporate some of your “don’t be afraids” but I’m leaving the tube top out for everyone’s enjoyment.
    Melissa@Living on God’s Grace

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