Charleston - Part Two

Now that you've seen the beginning of our trip down to Charleston (here) it's on to the fun stuff.

Friday

The plan for Friday was to stay in and let Jackie catch up with everyone. Living on the west coast for the past 4 years and then moving to Charlotte back in November, we wanted Jackie to be able to catch up with everyone the first night. We also wanted to throw her a surprise little birthday party since many of the girls haven't been able to celebrate her birthday with her since she moved west.

Only Jackie would bring us all thank you gifts!

And cheers to Lily Koozies & Twisted Tea season!

The bridesmaids decided to give Jackie a gift at the bachelorette party that just may have made her blush in front of her future mother-in-law :)

 I think she liked it. :)

The rest of the night involved music dating back to high school, drinking games, and celebratory shots

And we ended the night with drinks in the hot tub. 

Saturday

90 degree weather only means one thing, drinks by the pool before heading into downtown Charleston.

And then back to the Rooftop Bar

 Another quick sisters pic for Mom. xoxo

 Bridal party picture

 

Cooling off in the public fountain

 Dinner reservations at Fleet Landing. It was so good!

 

 Then on to the Rooftop Bar Pavilion

The guys in the background of this picture bought us all a round of shots. Thanks Jack!

The girls have decided that their fat fingers are to blame for not being engaged. haha. Maybe they're on to something

Crazy lights on the rooftop dance floor

 A view of the Rooftop Bar Pavilion from the ground

 And on to our last stop, the Market Street Saloon (Charleston's version of Coyote Ugly!)

And late night "surprise" birthday cake since we forgot about it Friday...

Sunday

Sunday was for sleeping in and relaxing. One last day to enjoy the warm weather and amazing beach house in the company of great friends. We made sure to actually get out to the beach too...

If I could go back tomorrow, I would. This was a fabulous trip that I am so thankful to have been a part of.

I cannot wait until the wedding in August!!

Weekend Shenanigans

It's hard to believe that the weekend I've been planning since last August has passed. Yep, 8 months of on and off planning. With the amount of weddings and wedding events occurring this year, we wasted no time claiming the dates we wanted for Jackie's bachelorette party.

And in order to spread out the costs of a weekend like this, I was able to book my flight by mid-October and the house rental was secured by the beginning of November (and we had been drooling over it ever since!). Even though I may be Jackie's matron of honor, this weekend would not have come together as smoothly as it did without the help of the other bridesmaids. And all of the guests were so easy to plan with too! Seriously, Jackie has an amazing group of girlfriends. We had such a great weekend.

While I continue to pair down the hundreds of photos taken over the course of the weekend, here is the first half of Jackie's bachelorette party weekend in Charlotte, NC and Charleston, SC. And a house tour of the "best beach house ever."

First things first, a few of us decided to fly into Charlotte, NC where Jackie and her fiance Adrian are now living. It was such a reasonable flight and it was so nice to be able to see their new neighborhood. Knowing Jackie would be driving down to Charleston, we figured we'd accompany her for the ride.

After taking a driving tour of the area, we had dinner at a local burger bar that was delicious.

Jackie and 3 of her bridesmaids.

Happy little family

Pretty Lola!

When we got to Charleston Friday we did a little walking around before hitting the first Rooftop bar we could find, ironically named the Rooftop Bar.

Cheers to Jackie!

Sisters!

Bridal Party!

First girls to get to Charleston

Quick view of the city before making our way to the house

Palm Drive, Isle of Palms

Yes, that would be our unbelievable house rental. 

And now for the quick house tour I took before things got crazy - 

The master suite

 

Bedroom & Bathroom #2

 First floor hallway down to master suite

 Bedroom & Bathroom #3

 Bedroom & Bathroom #4

 

There was one more bedroom & bathroom that I guess I missed. It had 2 sets of bunk beds for 4 of the girls to share. The fact the every bedroom had its own bathroom was a huge plus. In total there were 5 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms and plenty of overall space.

 Second level deck, stairs to roofdeck

 View of raised pool from the roofdeck

 Fun decorations!

 (Jackie's birthday was the week before the party)

 Once the decorations were done, the party began. :)

 More pictures to come!