Bachelorette Party Mormon Style

I helped my aunt plan and throw my cousin's bachelorette party. Being Mormon it is hard coming up with fun yet clean things to do for a bachelorette party but I think we nailed it. The whole thing was a surprise for Mika, she had no idea when, where, or even IF she would be getting a party.
I made up an invitation to send out and put very few details about the party on it. Pretty much just where to meet, on what day, what to wear and to keep it quiet. I used my silhouette to make the invite.

We had everyone meet in the parking lot of  my uncle's dental office. Mika was under the impression we were going out with the family to celebrate the July birthday's and had to stop by to pick up her dad. We pulled into the parking lot and found a zebra print stretch limo. Mika looked at it, then saw her family and friends and responded "I'm confused. What's everyone doing here?" The look on her face was priceless!

Karen and I decided it would be easier to get around to all our destinations if we didn't have to drive/park ourselves. We all piled into the limo and headed to Claim Jumper for dinner. The limo was stocked with soda, water, Cosmos, and gummies we could munch on.  Once in the limo we passed out goodie bags to everyone and a crown to Mika which she had to wear all night. Our goodie bags had advil, tums, chap stick, hand sanitizer, mints, gum, a "special" sucker, a button and bracelet that said Team Bride.

Claim Jumper had amazing food and was really inexpensive. They had an eleven layer chocolate cake that looked heavenly!

After dinner our driver, Chris, came and got us. I just want to take a minute to do a shout out for Chris and the limo company he works for, JMI Limousine. He was amazing and treated us so well. He always helped each of us out of the limo and was happy to take pictures of us with each of our phones or cameras. The company also gave as a great hourly rate for the limo. We couldn't have asked for a better driver.
Karen and I thought it would be fun if everyone had to wear a wig for the night, so after dinner we passed around a box and let everyone choose their color. Just doing our part to help "Keep Portland Wierd".

Our next stop was Voicebox, a karaoke bar in Portland. They have private suites for your party to sing together in. It's great if you ever wanted to try karaoke but were afraid to embarrass yourself in front of strangers. We had the room for two hours and everyone was surprised when the time was up. It flew by so quickly and everyone had a great time! If you have minors in your group, you can stay until 9pm. Might be a fun family outing.

Karen, Bri, Mika, Rachelle.

The mothers of the bride and groom.

Chelsea and Stacy

Bri, N, Mika

Mika and Tiffany

Tiffany, Mika, and Karen

I loved the way my wig looked!

After karaoke, we headed to Curious Comedy Theater. It was Friday Night Fights where two experienced improv teams go head to head and the audience gets to decide who wins. It was super cheap to go, like $8 per person and it was clean comedy. The place is small but the employees are great. We had a fun time and laughed so hard. I definitely recommend checking this place out as well.
Goofing around before the show.

The two teams of comedians.

While the votes were tallied from the audience, we were serenaded by a barber shop quartet. They were pretty good but definitely mellowed out our party.

We had planned to go dancing after the comedy club but all the young'uns were tired and wanted to call it a night. The old ones, Stacy, Karen and myself, wanted to continue the party. We compromised and headed to VooDoo donuts after cruising the downtown area. We got lots of compliments on our limo and many asked for a ride but we were pretty full and none of them were cute enough:).

I got the frootloop round.

After our donuts we headed back home. We had given Mika a box of items to open at the beginning of the evening. Throughout our adventure she would open a layer in the box at each stop. There were items for her to use on her honeymoon and as she got deeper in the box, the items got a little more risque. It was fun watching her open the box and see the reactions to some of the items.

All in all, I think everyone had a good time. I know I did. The only thing I would change would be having it on a Saturday instead of a Friday night. People may have been less tired and more willing to head to the dance club at 11pm instead of home to bed. Definitely worth the money though!