My Bachelorette Party Recap!

I decided to put together a little dessert table for after our dinner out and then I also had some appetizers for before dinner. So Saturday morning I was up early and made my way to our local Trader Joes to pick up some flowers. Of course the color pink was incorporated into my dessert table so I wanted some pretty pink blooms. I was hoping for peonies, but the TJ’s manager told me they would be in the store in the next few weeks. I ended up picking out some gorgeous pale and hot pink tulips. TJ’s has the best prices on flowers and always a great selection – I ended up getting 6 huge bunches of tulips for only $25. When I got home I set up the flowers in the vases that I had placed all around my apartment – I wrapped the vases with different patterned black and white and pink and white ribbon to tie in my pink and black theme.

On Friday evening I made pink chocolate and milk chocolate dipped pretzel rods, pink chocolate dipped marshmallows, vanilla cupcakes, and “scotch-a-roos” (a special family treat!). I also bought those delicious Ghirardelli dark chocolate and raspberry squares, and M & M’s (used only the brown ones of course!) to add to the table.

M. helped me clean the apartment since all of the girls were staying the night at my place. By the time we finished vacuuming everything my sister and Kat were parking their car outside of our place! :)

Unfortunately I didn’t have EVERYTHING prepared for the evening so they helped me finish things up. We iced and decorated all of the cupcakes, made brushcetta, a delicious strawberry and cream cheese appetizer, guacamole, and C. made the pigs in a blanket (M.’s appetizer suggestion).