Celebrating Blonde Oklahoma Girl

Last weekend, I headed to Oklahoma to celebrate the upcoming 30th birthday and upcoming wedding of Blonde Oklahoma Girl in a Birthday/Bachelorette Party bash.

Rough Start

The weekend got off to a bit of a rough start.  I was 2 hours late hitting the road thanks to a 3 inch nail in my tire.  Needless to day, had to get that baby repaired.  Then in my rush to get all of the presents and snacks and goodies loaded in the car, I drove off without my suitcase.  WITHOUT MY SUITCASE.  Of course, I did not realize this until I arrived in Oklahoma 5 hours later.  So there I was.  No clothes.  No toothbrush.  Only the shoes on my feet (flip flops). 

I wish I could honestly say, "I can't believe I did that" or "That was so not like me!"  But, truthfully, it was a total Tiffany move.  Frankly, I'm surprised this had never happened before.  Live and learn, kids.  Live and learn.

Friday Night

 



So on Friday night we kicked the festivities off with a little Mexican food in the town where Blonde Oklahoma Girl lives.  The food was good, well, as good as Mexican food can be when the response to you asking "Can I get that green?" is a blank stare.  New Mexican problems, I tell ya.

After that we hit up a really cool little bar/club and did a little dancing. 

Back together again!

Because we're old and life has worn us out, we were back home watching Bravo by 11:30 and asleep by 12:30.  You'll sense a theme here.

Saturday

 

Saturday morning we headed to Oklahoma City.  We went to the mall to try and find the girls' bridesmaid dresses for my wedding.  You talk about frustrating.  I don't know what happened to customer service anymore, but I'm here to tell you, if I owned a store and someone was coming in wanting to buy four dresses I'd be pretty dang accommodating!  We left the mall dressless.

 

 

Then it was time to start the fun. We spent the afternoon on a perfect, sunny, Oklahoma day at the pool.  We swam, we tanned, we talked a lot, it was pretty much perfect.

 

Me and the Bride-to-be

 

The crew.

Obligatory "Go Pokes" photo.

 

After a few hours playing beach babes, we headed back upstairs for a little rest and some more Bravo.  I don't get that channel or watch the shows, but there are a lot of really angry women who seem to have a lot of Botox going on. 

 

 

At this point I decided to run to Target to buy myself something to wear for the night, you know, since all my clothes were neatly packed and sitting in College Station.  While there, I found bridesmaid dresses!  It was exactly what we had been looking for, it only cost $30, and they had all of the sizes we needed.  Score!  Marked that baby off the list.

 

It was then time for the lingerie shower.  We played my favorite lingerie shower game, for which I don't really have a game.  Each guest brings a pair of undies that somehow represents her style and personality for the bride.  Then the bride has to guess who brought which pair.  Blonde Oklahoma Girl was 3/5.  Impressive!  Then she opened her gifts and got some seriously adorable stuff....I think she'll be outfitted for her honeymoon in style!

 

Love these girls!

Then we were off to dinner at Abuelos in Bricktown.  This restaurant passed my test for two reasons.  First, the had green chile enchiladas made with actual green chile.  Score.  Second, this is the place where we all ate the night that I first met The Boy from Texas.  Good things happen here. 

 

Headed in to dinner

 

Next up was a burlesque show at The Dollhouse.  I have to say, it was pretty fun!  The burlesque part was really neither here nor there for me (I don't know much about dancing but I don't think they were that great as far as being in sync and what not) but the atmosphere was great and they played great music, so we danced the night away.

 

Kicking things off

On the dance floor

 

And by "the night away" I mean that we were back in our hotel in our pjs with Bravo on by midnight.  Wild children, we are.

 

Conclusion

 

My favorite part of the night was when we were at Doll House and "Single Ladies" came on.  We were dancing and Blonde Oklahoma Girl and I turned to each other at the same time and screamed, "We've got rings on it and we're not single ladies anymore!"  That was a long time coming for us!  And it spawned an idea for a fun blog series that will be starting off on Friday.  You guys stay tuned.

 

Picture of the rings

Oh, and lastly, I'm sharing a picture Text that I sent to The Boy from Texas on Sunday morning.  This is the very spot that we first met almost 2 years ago.  It all started at the Hampton Inn....