The Bachelorette Tango

Remember back in the spring when I said my matron of honor Sophie was planning a bachelorette party?

At the time I said to her, "Hey, you don't even HAVE to throw me a bachelorette party. But if you insist..." And Sophie DID insist. "...it doesn't have to be anything big. It can be something as simple as a girl's night out at a local bar." But Sophie said that wouldn't do either. She wanted to do something more special for her bestie!

So I suggested maybe a spa weekend or a wine country type of thing. Something a little more on the low key side. Because I've already been to Vegas TWICE this year. I did NOT want to do it again!

So I gave her the emails of a couple of my friends. And let them plan amongst themselves.

I already knew this was NOT going to be an easy task for Sophie to get everyone on the same page. First of all we live all over the place -- The Valley, LA, Orange County. An in person brainstorming session was NOT going to happen. Second of all, we have drastically varying work schedules. Sophie's a school teacher, meaning she is only free on weekends. And the rest of my friends are mostly actors, meaning they're only free on weekdays because weekends are for plays and improv shows. SOMEONE was going to have to take off work to make this happen...

Then on top of all that, in enters LIFE...

I ended up unexpectedly moving from Long Beach to West LA over the summer which was a huge time suck. Plus the rest of my friends also had life shake ups of varying degrees. Hey. It happens. So the planning process was put on hold.

Fast forward to now. Bachelorette party still hasn't happened.

Sophie says, "Why don't we just do a girl's night out or a girl's brunch or something?"

:)

Well that WAS the original idea...

So there you have it! We've come full circle in the wheel of bachelorette planning. We're back to the first idea that popped in my head months ago: Girls. Drinking. Locally. And that's fine by my because it happens to be one of my favorite activities!

The bachelorette party MAY be happening closer to the wedding date than I would have liked (the weekend before!). And it MAY end up being just Sophie and me that show up (Life. It's still happening.). But we're sure to have a good time no matter what!

It's way more than I asked for anyway. I wasn't even sure I WANTED a bachelorette party...

Thanks Sophie. :)


**Louisa**