I'm 29-years-old, as are most of my friends, so perhaps no surprise that over the last three summers everyone has gotten married. In the last year alone I will have gone to 8 weddings, and three more are in the next two months. The downside: It's burned a hole in my wallet. Between traveling to the celebration and bachelorette parties, buying gifts, boarding the pup every time, and of course, figuring out what I'm going to wear: we have spent thousands.
But the upside (and it's a major upside): So many excuses to see old friends and celebrate!
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DIY glittered champagne bottles and a cake shipped in from
NYC courtesy of Abby, Millie's sister and maid-of-honor. |
...This weekend was one of them as a number of my best college friends came together in Chicago for Millie's bachelorette party. The wedding is in Michigan this September. We're all bridesmaids, along with Millie's sister, cousin, and best friend from high school. So a celebration. It involved staying in a beautiful downtown condo that belongs to one of the bridesmaids family members, hand glittered champagne bottles courtesy of Millie's sister, some State Street shopping (the stores downtown have changed so much!), and the opportunity to test out dozens of different scented oils and create our own blend of perfume.
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Personalized perfumes created! Mine is entitled "To Harriette, With Love,"
and is a blend of pink sugar, white tea, and citron oils.
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| At Aroma Workshop creating our custom scents. |
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| This is a beet margarita. Sounds icky, it's amazing. Millie's sister, Abby, is the executive chef at a Grand Rapids restaurant which serves these. She squeezed the lemons and limes right in front of us to come up with this awesome concoction. |
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| The view from the condo where we stayed. Ridiculous, right? |
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| Enjoying the view on Saturday morning. |
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| Met the first day in the dorms and still, love these girls so much. |
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