Bachelorette night

Saturday a week ago, John had his bachelor party and I had my bachelorette/hen night. We had dinner at a lovely restaurant that my friend A knows. It was a lovely meal with lovely ladies. A had chosen the menu and tried to pick things that I would like (and she did quite well I must say). She even had the menus printed and a personal cake. I was quite happy that it was all in good taste. :)

After dinner, four of us when to a karaoke bar and tried to sing some karaoke. We stayed a couple hours but our name didn't get called. While waiting, J took some random guy's hat and cigarette and sported them for a picture. Luckily, the guy was a good sport about it. As we were leaving, we ran into some guys going in and chatted with them for a while before going for breakfast food a couple blocks away. After breakfast, we took the train back up to A's car and then headed home. We got home about 3:30 AM!! We were home about 1 1/2 hours later than the bachelor night. :)

The next morning, J, A, and I were up for an 11:00 AM manicure and pedicure. It was lovely pampering. and I'm headed back to the spa on Friday for a manicure and massage.

Catching Up

About a month and a half ago, our friend J moved. While we were home for Christmas, we got to have lunch with her. Since she moved to a new area of the country (which happens to be where John and I grew up), we decided to get her a few things that represented the state that she now lives in. We got her a cheese head, some cheese, and a few things to pamper herself. When it was time to go because John and I needed to drive to our next meal, we gave J the rest of her present which was a wide variety of local beers. As you can see, we went a little overboard because the box was a bit difficult for her to carry since there was so much beer in it! The other day she called to tell me that we did an excellent job choosing the beer because all the ones she tried are excellent. She's quite happy about this because she hasn't had much good beer since she left Ireland.

Awhile back someone suggested that I get written permission to post people's pictures on my blog. Therefore J wrote out a permission slip on the back of a receipt (without me asking). :) So, at her request, here are some pictures from our afternoon of good food and good friends and good beer. It was great to see J at look forward to seeing her again soon.