So Bec had her instructions of what to bring along, the list included red herrings like; bikini, walking shoes and yoga gear. Well we had to enjoy our little games while we still had some secrets to guard!
We all met at Soho Hotel at 2pm, and Bec arrived not long after. Due to Nikki’s BRILLIANT contacts we managed to secure the Penthouse Suite at the Soho Hotel. What a lucky group of girls we were. The suite was the perfect size for us and it even had a balcony. The weather had even co-operated and sunlight streamed in the huge expanse of windows.
Bec's Hens minus a few
A quick champagne toast and then the girls were dispatched into teams and sent on the Bridal Bash Treasure Hunt. They needed to scour the streets of Soho to take photos of the clues they’d been given. These were their tasks
1) Take a photograph of an object that will spice up Bec and Dan’s honeymoon – the winner was the photo that posed in a mexican chilli joint, other contenders had visited Ann Summers for various sexual aids
2) Get someone to take a photo of everyone in your group as you re-enact Dan’s marriage proposal – Bec’s team won this as they posed a Grow your own husband and grow your own wife in front of a fish tank, with the husband wearing Bec’s wedding ring.
3) There is a prize for the group who dresses up in the most outrageously hideous wedding dress you can find – go forth and seek out trashy, nasty matrimonial garb girlfriends! You need to have the dress on a member of your group and take a picture. Lara’s team won this, with Lara looking like a fabulous trashy prostitute bride with a stunning outfit courtesy of Ann Summers. They almost got kicked out so deserved to win. I haven’t got that picture but think this one of Bahareh is just as funny!
4) You need to get four things photographed for this picture – either in one photo or in four photos. If they are four separate photos then please label them 4/a, 4/b etc
a) Something old
b) Something new
c) Something borrowed
d) Something blue
Bec’s team won this one as well, with an assortment of greeting cards showing an old lady flashing her boobs, a little baby was the new, the borrowed was a bald man looking at wigs and the blue was a blue man flipping the bird.
5) Your last stop is Boots, where you need to take a snap of the three things that Bec would never be without in her handbag. She is kind of famous for ALWAYS having these things close to hand.
Well Bec did have an unfair advantage in the competition and she would have won this one as well, if not for a last minute urgent consultation with co-judge Nikki. Unfortunately I can’t remember who we ended up awarding the prize to, I just remember Bec’s, which was her lip balm, water and handcream. They had taken the instructions literally and displayed them by some Boots, not the chemist. Very funny!
Just like school, everyone got a prize! It’s not the winning that counts, it’s if you get a prize (who cares about taking part, give me a prize!)
Bahareh did an absolutely fabulous job of organisingthe Mr and Mrs Game and Natalie was a brilliant MC. Bec astounded everyone by knowing nearly all of the answers, she only forfeited on five.
In the hot seat
Questions were asked like, What one thing would Dan take on a desert island? If you had to choose, would you think that Dan would rather you fainted on the wedding day or him? Dan thought Bec would prefer to faint because it was more ladylike. If you had to choose, would you rather have rain on your wedding day or your dress ripping down the aisle? Bec is hoping, praying and wishing for a sunny day so she’d rather expose a bit more thigh and have glorious sunshine. What was Dan’s opening line when you first met? – it was actually ‘tell the scrounging bitch to f*ck off’ to his friend when Bec was trying to cadge a cigarette from Tom Buckley. Luckily he then started talking to her!
Sailing through the questions
We were most impressed by how well Bec and Dan know each other, it bodes well for the marriage!
We then presented Bec with her book of memories, good times and marriage pearls of wisdom. Everyone had made a sterling effort with their contributions and she loved it. It also made her family and friends in NZ seem closer too. We missed you guys on the day! Check out the section on the blog called Memories, Good Times and Marriage Pearls of Wisdom so you can see the content of the book.
It was now about 6pm so we had around three hours to hang out in our fabulous room, eating, drinking and starting to get ready for the evening event. Bec still didn’t know what this was and it was our last secret so we were hanging on to it for as long as we could!
The next instalment will be posted tomorrow and will reveal the evening part of Miss Gran’ts bridal bash extravaganza!
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