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The Bachelorette Bash

5/20/2012

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Warning: If you don't like images that include phallic-shaped cookies and other things created in that shape exclusively for bachelorette parties, then I suggest that you skip this post!

My bachelorette bash was better than I could have imagined. First, it was different from my typical Saturday night. Second, my girls deserve an award for all of their hard work. The decorations were unbelievable, down to the posters with potentially humiliating material from my crazy years in college, the Disney balloons, the streamers, and the 9-hour playlist of almost pure musical theater. I was in Heaven. 
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Putting on my tiara
Andi went through all of my recent pictures from the blog and Facebook and printed off the majority of them. Do you see the picture that says, "Am I the only one who talks to their pets and pretend they answer back?" 
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We started the night at Andi's apartment in Lincoln Park. We thought about going out to dinner or renting a hotel suite originally, but I wanted them to do everything they could do to keep the costs down. As you probably know, everybody is putting out the big bucks to fly to San Francisco for the wedding. I don't want to keep tacking on money to their "Jenny" bill. My friends are a very fun group of people, so we all knew that we'd be able to plan something cost-effective and have a blast-tastic time. 

For dinner, the girls ordered food from Lou Malnati's. If you're not a Chicago native or have never been here, then put it on your list of things to do when you visit (because you must!). Even if you don't like Chicago-style deep dish pizza, it's one of the best pizza places in the city. You can pizza with thinner crust, too. 

They ordered one gigantic salad that apparently wasn't supposed to come with cheese and bacon, but it did. 
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We had plenty of pizza. I made sure to have a few pieces to "line my belly" for the amount of drinking that was about to take place. 
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There were meatballs and baked ziti. 
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My amazing baker bridesmaid Jessie made phallic cookies. They tasted so good! Kate also made vegan rice krispie treats that were shaped like Jessie's cookies. Everything was great. 
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Andi, me, Nicole, Julie
I made sure that my mom was there for some of the night. She had no intention of coming to the bar later in the night, but she was there until we all went out. My maid of honor Jess's mom Karen was also there (and spent the whole night out with us since she is a trooper!). 
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Mom, me, Karen, Jess
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Katie, me, Chantal
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Me, Emily
Once we were all settled in and fed, Jess cranked up the volume for our sing-along. I originally wanted to go to a karaoke bar, but I eventually realized that we could have just as much fun (or more fun) singing at Andi's. 
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I took a break to open some presents, and I got right back into the singing. 
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me and Molly
The rest of the photos are from Karen's iPhone. Thank you, Karen!
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Alex, me, Nicole, Jess
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The Haranders/singers: Laura, Nicole, me, Jess, Stacey
Around 10:30, we piled into cabs and went to Public House where our table and bottle service awaited us. I took my pink fluffy goblet, my pink bell, and my inflatable genitalia friend who I started calling "Drogobob". 
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Jessie, Kate, me, Jess, Alex (Thanks for the picture, Jess!)
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Me, Alex, Betty, Stacey, Danya
We all had a wonderful time!
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My bridesmaids also made a funny checklist for me that included "getting proposed to by a stranger". The stranger gave me a very good proposal, didn't he?
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Irene's dad drove me back on Sunday morning, and I slept about four hours until I had to get up to receive my family for Mother's Day. My uncle was in town from New Jersey, and my brothers and Aunt Harriet came over too. I was surprisingly able to be normal and enjoy the company while eating food. I was very tired, though!
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I also don't have any pictures up there with my bridesmaids Irene and Goda, but they were certainly there and just as awesome as everybody else. 
1 Comment
Irene Gofman
5/23/2012 09:36:27 am

No, we do not have any pictures together! Boo! You can, however, tag me as the streamers, because it took many, many, many minutes to get them perfect, and I literally fell into the bush in the corner of Andi's apartment on the left side trying to get them up.......

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    I am  a Chicago-based Registered Dietitian working primarily in Acute Clinical Care. I started this blog in 2010, before I even knew that I wanted to be an RD! Now, as an active dietitian, this blog will become part of my life again. Read about my current healthy habits, but please peruse my old posts (from 2014 and before) to read about life as an RD student and my previous years in Australia!


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