I rode the train up to Fullerton Saturday morning for Anja's bridal shower. She and her mom were really sweet and picked me up from the station. Her shower was at the home of a long time family friend in Placentia. The party theme was Backyard Beach Bridal Brunch, and they had really cute decorations (abilone shells, a wading pool with sand and beach toys, signs for how far it is to Tahiti, Cancun, etc), a smoothie bar, and delicious breakfast food. It was mostly friends of her mom who she had known growing up, plus a few high school friends. We chatted and ate and then got to the activities. The host's gift fr Anja was a candle rock garden, and her idea was for the rocks to have words on them that described Anaja's or James's character. We each picked a rock and then explained the word we wrote. I wrote "true friend". The other activity was similar; there were scrapbook pages with words that describe things necessary for marriage. We were to pick one of two and write a piece of advice or a scripture reference, and then Anja read them. Since it is one I struggle with myself, I picked patience :). And, of course, to finish off the party, Anja opened her gifts.
Krista picked me up from the party. We had made plans to hang out with Diana for the afternoon at the Lakewood mall. Diana ended up having a bit of car trouble (her car needs new brake cables and her mom's was low on gas), so while we waited for her, Krista and I looked at the bragain bookstore for books to use for therapy. There were quite a few Christmas books. I picked out three: Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and 1, 2, 3 with Pooh. Krista picked out quite a few, including several that would be great for artic. We read them over dinner, and they ended up being hilarious. All 4 involve a child (named "Little C" or "Little L") collecting items in a box. Little C visits a candy castle with a clown who tells her to come in because he has candy canes and cookies and cake for his birthday party. Little L goes to a lighthouse where he finds a little lion who licks him and sits on his lap.
Once Diana arrived, we finishe dup our purhcases and grabbed a snack from the foodcourt. We chattd about TV shows, programs, music, and boys. Krista and I had talked to Becky about doing dinner together, so while we hung out in Forever 21 while we waited to hear from her. I missed getting to meet her new boyfriend David because he had to get ready for a performance and Krista and I were driving from Lakewood to La Habra. We ate at Corner Bakery. All three of us got bread bowls (Becky got broccoli cheese, I got tomato basil, and Krista got baked potato) and shared maple pecan bars. After Krista and I had been there for about 45 minutes, Diana arrived with a friend of hers from high school. It was a little awkward, but ok. The three of us excused ourselves after another half hour to go back to Becky's townhouse. We enjoyed leftover cookies from Becky's recital and hit the jacuzzi to relax. Krista hung out for a bit longer, and we sat in Becky's room chatting. Normally when I stay over at Becky's I sleep on the couch. But her roommate Melissa was gone for the weekend, and Becky just bought a new bed. So instead of the couch, I slept on a mattress on the floor in Becky's room. It had a very fun sleepover feel to it.
Sunday morning Becky and I had enough time before church for a Starbucks run. Upon her recommendation I tried a cinnamon dulce latte. It was delicious! The service at Grace was really nice. They're just starting a series on prayer for the summer, and it was a great message for me to hear. I think I'm going to share it with Tad so we can talk about it together. Careen and Emily Zeh happened to both be visiting for the weekend and spent some time chatting with us after the service. Becky, Krista, and I had lunch at Wendy's, got a couple grocery items Krista needed for a potluck, and browsed in Hallmark looking for a little gift for Christine's bachelorette party. By the time we were finished with all that, it was time to get ready for the party. Becky and I got an extra adventure on the drive there because we ended up driving 30 miles too far. Oops, haha. We ended up making it just fine and had a nice time.
The party was at a place called RA Sushi: a very trendy sushi restaurant/bar. We had 7 girls: Christine and 4 of her bridesmaids plus Becky and me. Becky and I each got a "Blushing Geisha", lemonade with raspberry vodka. It was quite tasty and light on the alcohol. I got a Tootsy Maki roll: basically a California roll with shrimp and eel sauce added. Yum! It was a fun experience for my first ever bachelorette party :)
Becky and I got back to her place before 9 and had icecream and cookies with plum berry black tea. We finished off our evening by watching an episode of Body of Proof.
I had a really great time seeing a few of my close friends, celebrating a couple great girls, and being able to relax. I realized that this was probably the first weekend I had spent up there where I wasn't perpetually running around trying to meet up with as many people as possible. What a nice change! =)
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