deck of cards

a number of weeks ago i sent shannon an invitation to a friday night of mystery. from time to time i'd send her instructions, but told her nothing else.

so friday arrived and i waited for her at my house. as 6:30 came and went i was a little concerned that we'd crossed wires, so i decided to call her. as the phone rang she pulled up in a taxi, but didn't have any money to pay for it (she was going to use debit, but the taxi man's machine was broken). so i got in with her, we had to go to the closest ATM so she could pay him off.

when shanno's debt was repaid we got in line at the memorial centre for the roller derby. i told her that this was the first of 4 events of the evening. we saw a lot of people there who we knew, and there were all sorts of vendors. but since i was conscious of the time i was quite distracted and couldn't really relax. i thought the roller derby would be higher action, it felt a little slow moving or perhaps i didn't really understand the rules. we had fun though. when we left, i blindfolded shannon and drove around town to disorient her. i drove us to chelsea's place, she had no idea where we were as i directed her into the house and took of her blindfold. everyone was there but remained perfectly silent. so she was MAJORLY surprised!!!!! it was great :D

it was an 80s themed party. chelsea and i had gone shopping to pick up the bride-to-be's costume and it was made up primarily of a purple prom dress, a gold belt, some mony tights, a tiara, and some geeky glasses. she wore it well. all the girls looked great. i was going for a billy idol/punky brewster look, but it didn't turn out as well as i'd hoped because i didn't really have the right amount of time to get ready. several elements were missing because they'd slipped my mind. oh well.

shannon opened gifts as michelle crimped her hair. she got all sorts of outrageous gifts, and we had some great laughs. after that we played a major game of broken-pictionary - which is her favourite game. it was wedding themed and I've never seen so many stick figures with boobs ever. too funny. chelsea stapled all the stories together and gave them to shan for safe keeping.

after the food and drinks and games and gifts and costume contest were finish we headed out into the night. a number of girls took their leave at that point, but that was a-ok. we walked around daring her to give cake to a stranger, to trade a condom for something bigger and better, be lifted like a bride by a random guy, to go into grecos to ask for some free food, to kiss a gargoyle. the biggest most embarrassing stunt of the night was when she had to go into the goat and sing. as we stood on the street corner while she tried to decide what to sing, i noticed that robb was sitting in a booth at the goat. and immediately connected that with the fact that brendan was with him. SUPER AWKWARD. i instantly felt like a teenager with a crush and i did not want b to see me. but that just made it funnier. shanno on the other hand felt much more comfortable because brendan was there. she said she just pretended he was the only person and that made it ok. he whooped and hollered, and was highly amused. i asked him later "did you tell people 'that's my wife'?" and he said "yes, of course i did" :S

the downtown shinanigans ended and we headed to the maxipad for an 80s dance party. shannon loves dance parties so we danced it up. after 1 pm we were pretty pooped, so liz and little shanno retired to the balcony to smoke a stogie and spied on poor b who'd just arrived home and was trying to mind his own business. too funny. everyone headed out at 1:30. it was a long and fun night. i have to say... we threw her a bachelorette party that surpassed her wildest dreams. it was a success.

let's get down and dirty.