#kattsbach {asheville, nc}

back when katt's moh/sister-in-law, sutton, & i started planning her bachelorette party, sutton decided it would be fun to make her bach a surprise. so until thursday evening when she hopped in the car, she had no idea what any of the plans were for her special weekend!

sutton & i headed up to asheville around 3pm on thursday to get checked into our house & get things ready for katt's arrival. i made katt the booklet below to let her know where we were going. britt gave it to her when they left charlotte around 6pm and turns out she actually had no idea where we were going! i thought for sure someone had spilled the beans at some point over the past few months.

the cabin i rented was AWESOME. there were 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a total of 16 places to sleep including the futon. there were also 3 couches and plenty of room for air mattresses - i'm convinced at least another 10 people could have comfortably fit in that house. there was a triple decker porch that had the most beautiful views of the mountains. it was perfect. i rented through vacation in asheville, and they were also extremely helpful and nice!

{sunset on thursday night}

the rest of the thursday night gang got in around 8:30pm and sutton made us cheese, meat & crackers for an app. we ordered pizza, played cards of humanity, drank beer, and hung out around the cabin for the rest of the evening!

{party favors: more on these awesome but simple gifts soon}

friday morning we slept in and hung around the house before heading into town for lunch. we ended up at wicked weed brewery after hearing some awesome things about it. it did not dissapoint! the beer was creative and delicious and so were all the menu items. my favorite beer was the v saison - it was dark in color, but not in flavor, and had a raspberry taste. i ordered the black bean burger that was served with pimento cheese and crunchy okra on top - it was amazing. the weather was beautiful - we could have stayed there all day!

we headed back to the cabin to meet the rest of the girls & get ready for friday night. i made a taco bar for dinner at the house, and once everyone else arrived, we headed back into town for the pub cycle! it is seriously worth the trip to asheville just to do this. the company we used was asheville amazing pubcycle and they are true to their name. our guide, chase, who played "becky" all night, was absolutely hysterical. i think he was born to do that job. we cycled up and down the streets of asheville, stopped at a few bars, and drank along the way. it was SO FUN. apologies to anyone who heared us screaming kilo ali lyrics around 10pm...

saturday morning we woke up and got ready for katt's shower. sutton made us delicious quiches & we had plenty of bottles of the yummiest champagne, asti, from trader joe's. we love you, andre, but there is a newer (and cheaper) champagne in town.

after the shower, we all did our own thing for the afternoon. some of my college pals & i headed back downtown to walk around and do some shopping. we ended up back at wicked weed for a snack and a brew. saturday night we drove to west asheville for dinner at isis. sutton's friend owns this new restaurant/music hall and they set up a special dinner just for us! we had a lovely 3 course meal and loved all the unique things on their menu.

after dinner, we hopped around to a few bars downtown. after we forced katt to chug way too many beers, we ended the night in our pajamas eating katt's famous nachos - just like old times!

i hope it was a perfect weekend, katt! we had a great time celebrating you and i hope you know that you are so loved. 52 days until you are mrs. smits!

march 1-10, 2014.

somehow it's already march 10th. how does this keep happening?

march 1st weekend i worked all day saturday, and then headed to the ballantyne for the annual march forth with hope foundation gala. i look forward to this night ever year and am so glad to be a part of it! this year's theme was "welcome to the jungle" and it was decorated beautifully!

shout out to katie for doing my hair and make up since i am not girly enough to do either one of those things on my own! we also took uber for the first time and it was a great experience! we will definilty be using that more in the future. after the gala, we met up with some friends at selwyn. it was a great night!

sunday morning we met up for breakfast & then i did some much needed vegging the rest of the day!

monday, the 3rd, was my sister leigh's 29th birthday! we went to PF changs with momma & b and it was delicious as usual. the week carried on and i was glad when friday rolled around again. 

friday night i stayed in with leigh, derrick and baby. saturday morning i stood in line for charlotte knights opening night at the new stadium tickets for 2.5 hours and they sold out before we even got close to the ticket counter. that was a bummer! i went on a bike ride with mom, took a nap, did some crafting and ended the night out with the boys.




sunday i woke up, had breakfast with momma, watched dallas buyers club, took a 3 hour nap, and had dinner at ruth's chris for my sisters' birthdays! court's is on wednesday, so we just did a big joint dinner for the both of them with dad & mary ann. it was a great way to end a super relaxing and fun weekend!

this weekend is kathleen's bachelorette! her sis-in-law and i have been planning for months & i am so excited that it's finally here! she still doesn't know where we're going, so it's all a big surprise. cheers to the beginning of wedding season - it's gonna be a busy one!