She’s Tying the Knot

Sorry that I’ve been MIA. Saturday was a busy one!

I woke up bright and early on Saturday morning to get a jump-start on packing. Starting on Tuesday, Mal and I are finally moving into our new apartment. I’ve really enjoyed living with our friends, but I’m ready to have my life back to normal once again. I don’t like feeling so “unsettled,” living between houses and having our lives in shambles. But, only 2 days to go! Ahh, we have so much to do!

After a few hours of packing and breakfast at the Wheelhouse Diner, it was time to go to my sister’s bachelorette barbeque, which was hosted by one of her bridesmaids. I offered to bring dessert, so cupcakes from Babycakes was an easy decision.

I love Babycakes!  It’s always such a special treat to have them– like on my birthday and at a baby shower.

Babycakes has such a yummy selection of flavors! They have Everyday Flavors as well as Daily Specials, Tuesday through Saturday. (They’re closed on Mondays.)

Babycakes is tiny inside, but super cute!

I purchased a dozen cupcakes for my sister’s shower, and let’s just say they didn’t last long!

I tried bites of a few different cupcakes. My favorite was easily the French Toast cupcake, which was basically French toast-flavored bread pudding shaped as a cupcake. It was heavenly! I also really liked the German Chocolate and Oreo Cookie cupcakes. Holy yum!

Over the course of the 5-hour bachelorette barbeque, I enjoyed a bunch of “autumn” beers. I absolutely love pumpkin and Octoberfest beers. I’d drink them year-round if I could!

I pretty much snacked from the start of the party to the very end. With all of the delicious food, it was hard to turn down tasting almost every dish! I probably should have taken my own advice and made a plate for myself! Oh well. Next time!

The dish that I especially loved the hostess’s “Beer Dip.”

Beer Dip

• 2 packages of cream cheese (softened)
• 1 packet of Ranch salad dressing mix
• Shredded cheddar cheese (to taste)
• 1 bottle of full-bodied beer

Directions: In a large bowl, blend cream cheese, Ranch salad dressing mix, and cheddar cheese. Slowly pour beer into mixture and stir. Continue to add beer until dip achieves desired consistency.

I ate a ton of this stuff! It was excellent with French bread, crackers, pita chips, and pretzels! It was so addicting! Everyone else at the party agreed too!

In addition to eating lots of wonderful food, we played some games.

And drank some more beers!

My sister and I really loved the Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale! Delish!

For my sister’s big night out on the town, the bridemaids designed bachelorette t-shirts for all of the girls to wear. After all of the fun we had with the t-shirts at Ashley’s bachelorette, I knew my sis would love the idea!

The back of the t-shirts said: “She’s typing the knot… Buy us a shot!”

My mom and my aunts attended the bachelorette barbeque too, but they said their goodbyes before we headed into Boston. I think we scared them a little bit!

We took the T into the city for a bachelorette pub crawl! My sister was psyched!

The bride needed a little help with her Charlie Card!

On the T, we met another bachelorette party heading into the city too!

Part of the bachelorette crew at the first bar:

My sis had 20 gals come out for her big night! It was so fun seeing a sea of purple shirts at each bar!

The final bar was about a half mile away, so instead of walking, the bride, a couple of friends, and I took advantage of a man-powered ride!

Riding the streets of Boston in a rickshaw was hilarious! We had so much fun!

We made it to Dillion’s in one piece!

There, the bachelorette mayhem continued!

Being the old fart that I am, I ended up leaving the group around 11:30 pm. My sister was having the time of her life, so I said a quick goodbye and told her to have a blast with her girlfriends. She didn’t seem to mind that her old lady sister was headed to bed!

I can’t wait to hear her stories from the night!

Tagged as: Babycakes, bachelorette pub crawl, beer dip