Rosie (maid of honor) hosted a Girl’s Only party on August 6th. This could also be named the usual “Bachelorette Party” - a last hoorah for the ’single’ bride-to-be. Several people met for lunch at Chateau Morisette, a local winery in Floyd, Va. Rosie had a glass of water spilled on her, but other than that our lunch was delightful. We went on a winery tour which included the $4 wine tasting event afterwards. Several attendees chose to purchase wine, sauces, and gifts in the gift shop before departing.

Returning to Rosie’s place, a friend of mine from work Veronica and her friend Anita were waiting to set up a “Beauty Control” party to pamper us! They started with a warm, peppermint foot soak so that none of us could get up to get food, drinks, or even cameras They added a warm lavendar neck pack which made all of us feel very very nice! On one hand, Anita applied a series of facial cleansers and moisturizers. The other hand used another series of the same called “microderm abrasion”. We removed our feet from the foot soak and tried two separate series of foot scrubs and lotions, one named “Margarita” for its distinct Margarita-like smell.

After the pampering was over, presents were opened… Some appear in the pictures, others - well, let’s just say no one outside of the attendees and eventually Matt will know about! I also took pictures with our um, Peter cake. Yumm!

Let the games begin! Rosie worked hard planning many fun, interesting, and unique games complete with prizes.

After the games, Rosie, Christine, Geetha, Mana, and I went downtown to visit Steppin Out which is a gathering of local merchants in the downtown plaza of Blacksburg. I found my “something blue” toe ring! We grabbed a bite to eat at Sharkey’s where ADonna sat, enjoying the company of fellow ATK people.

The whole day & night was quite fun; Thank you Rosie & Thank You everyone who took part! A link to pictures I have so far (send them to me if you have more!) here.