My Angola hen's night (bachelorette party)

On Friday night Joel and I had our stag/doe, bachelor/bachelorette parties (I know it's also called a hen's night for women, but is the male version really a rooster party?). Because I am not a big fan of the drive into the city, and even less so the drive BACK from the city when it's late and you're drunk and just ready for bed, I asked that my party be held on campus. It made for a less crazy night than it could have been, but, well, I'm ok with that. Joel and the boys on the other hand, went into the city. When Joel got home he could do nothing more than grunt at me, drop his clothes where he took them off, and fall into bed. I guess he had a good night.

Anyway, I don't have pictures of Joel's night- and I don't think most of us would want to see em anyway- but I do have pictures of my night! So, here they are...

Oh first, an uninvited guest, bleh.

The table of booze- which was a plethora of "tropical cocktails" to match the theme

The decorations were hung in the trees. Fun. :)

Of course the jasmine itself is decoration!

One of the party guests relaxing and having a drink

Another...same thing... :)

Once more people arrived, the games started. The first one was that in small groups the girls made me both a bouquet and a headdress out of available materials.

Working hard...

Look at all that concentration!

Monica showing off her group's bouquet

T showing off her groups headdress

H showing off her groups bouquet

Although I did try on all three in succession, here I am modeling one while two other girls model the other choices- of course, an objective judge had to choose which one I would wear, for the rest of the night!

The final choice- and yes, the idea was precisely to give me a go at looking like I had big jugs for a night.

After that first game, there was another one where I had to answer a set of questions that Joel had answered earlier in the week- obviously, the goal being giving the same answer that he would give. I did ok, but not well enough- had to do a shot afterwards as penance. Then I sat down and chatted with the ladies.

The last game was a bachelorette party take on the well known kids game, Pin the Tail on the Donkey- our version was Plant the Kiss on Brad. (much more fun)

So first, I was blindfolded, and then had bright red lipstick applied...

Looking good...

Then, even though I had at least two drinks and a shot, and was well enough tipsy, I got spun 10 times!!! Everyone thought it was hilarious, except of course me, who really could barely stand up straight afterwards!

Checking out where my kiss landed- totally off to the side... :(

So I took my open-eyed liberty!

C takes her turn at the game

And Monica...

And B...

And J...

And the other J... :)

And H!

And finally the party planner herself took at stab...

After all that- if only he was real...

That was the end of the games that pictures were taken of. We continued on with a whole lot of chatting about things girls chat about- our men, our bodies, food, our men, sex.... :) It was a nice night. I headed home around 2 actually quite sober- which was good, because there was only room for one of us on the couch on Saturday- and Joel needed it much more than I did!

So, that was my Angolan hen's night- it was fun, but I have to say, I am looking forward to a night like this with all my old, at home friends...you know, it's just different. So girls... don't think you're off the hook! :)