What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Bachelorette Party

My bachelorette party was FREAKING AWESOME!!!!

It was not what everyone might have wanted as their bachelorette party. It was at my house, just my bridesmaids, my mom, my MIL, GMIL and my sister C's friend M. And you know what we did? We did a girls only Murder Mystery party!

There's me all dressed up for my role as "good girl" actress. My mom "hosted" the party as a disillusioned journalist (though my sisters really were the hosts of the party). My MOH G was a model who's reputation was ruined by an ill-advised rap video.

My sister C who was already enjoying some hot tea was sporting some big beads for her role as a fake psychic adviser. And though she's not pictured yet, C's friend M played a photographer more concerned with money than people's lives. And my third sister K played a pet groomer who was not afraid to pilfer a pooch if they weren't being treated right.

Me with my in-laws. On the left is my SIL who played a singer's embezzling business manager and lover. In the middle is my GMIL who came to have fun with the girls, though she did not participate in the game. And on the very right is my MIL who was SO excited to be the wealthy heiress who's main concern was marrying her wealthy fiance.

You can see my sisters were having fun gathering for the party. You might also notice what look like some men in the background. Men at my bachelorette party? Hardly! It just so happens that Mishka and I had our parties on the same night and the boys and girls were all gathering at the same place.

My Mishka decided he didn't want a traditional bar and strippers bachelor party just as I didn't want a bars and clubbing bachelorette party. Mishka and his boys (and my uncles and many of my cousins and his father and grandfather and my grandfather) decided to go bowling. From what I heard tons of fun was had by all and my family members still refer to Best Man S as "a hell of a bowler" :-D.

Me and my high school best friend Groomsmen A! I was so happy he was a part of our wedding party. He's meant so much to me over the years and has always been there when I needed him. I don't remember where GM A placed in the bowling scores, but I know he had fun and that's really the most important thing :).

Once everyone had arrived, we started the party with me opening up some champagne!

I even managed the job without spilling all over the sink/my dress! I was actually pretty proud of myself since I'd never opened champagne before :).

Me and my mom. In so many ways she's my best friend :) and, though I know it's not traditional to have mothers at a bachelorette parties, I could not have imagined having mine without her.

Once the boys left, we moved the party downstairs to the basement. Our basement is a little cold so yes, we all bundled up in blankets as to begin the game!

We were all given envelopes with our character names, motives, and clues and got to work on the first round!

But as our volunteer bartender M can attest, you can't start the game without a cool beverage in your hand ;). I can't remember the names of the drinks but the one M was holding was my favorite. It tasted sweet and was definitely strong, just the way I like my drinks :). I had 2 or 3, and some Delirium Tremors Beer as well, which made making up stories for your character on the fly, but it did make the whole night a LOT of fun.

Everyone was relaxing and drinking and my sister K got tipsy for the first time (we're don't drink much in my family).

The game didn't give a lot of information for the characters each round so we did a lot of making stuff up along the way. Which both added to the fun, and made some things a little more confusing. But with good friends, good family, and good food you can't fail to have a great time :).

And speaking of that food, here's the only picture I have which gives you an idea of the delicious feast my sisters prepared for me. They gathered all of my favorite foods, from all my favorite places. They got me Dominos pizza, See-Ew (a Thai Dish), a California and Sweet Potato Sushi Roll, and veggie fried rice. It was SOOOOOOO delicious. I could not have been any happier with the food choices. They also somehow managed to surprise me even though most of this food was being delivered to the house at various points of the evening. I really am very unobservant when it comes to my own wedding.

As the game progressed, I developed a little theory about who the killer was. And it turns out... I WAS RIGHT!!! Yup, that's right, I solved the mystery! I was so excited since it was my bachelorette party and, though I love to throw murder mystery dinner parties, I rarely ever solve the mystery. So this was a nice added bonus :).

There's our culprit right there! That's right, my MIL! And let me tell you, she was having a ball being the culprit. She was the most "in character" of all of us, I'd have to say. I'm so glad she had fun since it meant so much to me that she wanted to be there at my bachelorette party :). I've said it once, and I'll say it again, the way our two families mesh together so well always brings a smile to my face.

We knew the evening was drawing to a close when the covers started creeping out of the laps and up onto the shoulders and necks of the crowds. We went upstairs and my MIL and GMIL requested that we watch some home videos of me and my sisters when we were little. I think they really liked that :).

And, though it has very little to do with the party, I think this photo basically is one of the most adorable moments of the night. It's also a pretty good depiction of how we were all feeling at the end of the night.

EXHAUSTED!!!

But I wouldn't have changed a thing :). Because it really was perfect!