So, I had all these great ideas for my sister's bachelorette party. It all started with her desire to conceive a child as soon as possible after the wedding. I thought taking a private belly dancing class would be both fun and sort of a good-fertility-luck symbol, since I've heard belly dancing started as a way to prepare women for childbirth. I researched teachers, found one I loved in the town the party was supposed to be in who even had a studio we could use, and then everything fell apart. The wedding date had to be moved and that ended up changing where we would be for the bachelorette. Fine. Not to mention that no one else seemed to get why this would be fun to do (the bride was not consulted, it was supposed to be a surprise).
Then I remembered how much she loves the most local casino and thought, hey, why don't we go there for the weekend? Well, her fiance really doesn't like to sleep without her, so she doesn't want to stay away for the weekend or even a night.
My next favorite idea was to rent a karaoke suite, but they don't seem to exist around her. Saturday night isn't a great time to go to a karaoke bar, especially in a small city. Nix that one!
So, she requested a night of bar-hopping. Okay, totally cool, but to me that means we need a limo. I am not letting anyone drink and drive, my mother was killed by a drunk driver and the last thing we need during wedding week is a tragedy of any kind. She had given me a list of about 16 guests, so I found some party buses that could accommodate that many.
I decided we should start the night with dinner and chose a new fondue restaurant because a) there aren't many cool restaurants in her area, and b) cheese, chocolate, and women seemed like a winning combination. Everyone involved with planning was happy, the only thing was the restaurant was slated to open only 3 weeks before the party and was still under construction.
Luckily, I decided to hold off on booking anything because the bridal shower was a guest fiasco. Less than half the invitees responded and only 3 of my sister's friends showed up (and only 1 was a bridesmaid!). Let's just say I don't trust this crowd, and I know so few of them it's not like I talk to anyone if it's not wedding-related.
I sent out the invites and waited. The RSVP date passed and I hadn't heard from a single person except my best friend (who also is friends with sis) who I already knew couldn't come. Seriously, no one called. It took me five days to track down even the bridesmaids and I still don't have a phone number for 4 potential guests. I'm basically stuck at 6-11 guests as the count.
Still, that's enough to book the limo and I think I managed to snag the last stretch SUV in the area, now that we don't need a bus. I'm really scared we'll end up at 6, though, and that means I am probably going to have to cover most of the bill, which really freaks me out!
Soon after my phone rings. It's the owner of the restaurant telling me weather has basically stopped their construction and he probably won't be open on time.
So, I've got less than a month to get this thing together in a city I barely know that I won't be back to until the party itself, plus I have to go away for a week in the interim. It's amazing to think that I started working on this about a year ago and still am barely through the first lap!
Will I actually be able to pull this off somehow?
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