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Pinky6
Beginner June 2012

A mini hen weekend report..

Pinky6, 25 April, 2012 at 10:54 Posted on Planning 0 17

I wanted to do a little report on my hen weekend as we did a couple of activities that I know are quite popular so the information could be useful for anyone considering a chocolate making course or cocktail making. Here goes:

So we all arrived separately on the Friday night, some arrived later than others due to work so it was about 9 before we were finally ready for food. I had arranged the weekend myself (slight control freak) and I said to my girls on the way up that I was a little sad that I knew what what would be happening the whole weekend but this wasn't the case. Once we were ready they took me into one of their rooms where they had got bottles of champers waiting and all had on funny masks and whistles for everyone and a garter and veil for me!! The first night we were in personalised tshirts and this worked really well, so we headed for food and took it steady the first night with just a bit of drinking and plenty of dancing. Manchester was full of stag and hen groups but I was surprised how friendly everyone was, loads of people coming up and congratulating me and buying me shots etc! One stag group we had met in our hotel offered me a drinking competition with the stag and I won which made us all laugh and the stag was rather put out by that! haha.

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Saturday we went chocolate making and it was honestly brilliant. It is rather expensive and can't quite say it was worth the £40-50 pp we paid for it but it was a great way to fill 3 hours. The guy that did the session was brilliant, we made personalised chocolate buttons and our own truffles but it was a lot of fun doing it. It was meant to be between 2-2half hours but we were there 3 and he didn't have a problem with it at all! Then we mooched around town before going back to get ready for cocktail making at 6pm. The girls had brought sashes for us to wear for the second night which again was a really nice touch, matched our pretty dresses perfectly.

For anyone who loves the cocktails in Revolution then this is perfect for you! We paid around £20 for this which included a couple of food platters after and this was certainly worth the money. We were in a VIP area upstairs and first he let us all go round the other side of the bar and he showed us how to make some of their most popular cocktails, ie Strawberry Mojito, Long Island Ice Tea and a Mudslide (yum!) which we got to drink. We were whipping the cocktails out a fast pace and the other girls were taking it steady but I was just polishing up the ones no one wanted, schoolboy error!! We had a little break where we had to all sit down and plan our own cocktails that we wanted to make before having another shot and starting again. So we all got to make up our own cocktails which was fun, by this point I had had far to much to drink (it was half 7) and I was rather ill!! haha, I really am a lightweight but it was a lot of mixed alcohol to have in such a short space of time so my tip would be pace yourself ladies Smiley winking

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We then had some food in Revs then headed into town. The girls wanted to go straight to TigerTiger which I found a bit odd but little did I know that they had hired a booth for the night with champagne, cupcakes and other nibbles which was lovely of them. It was a good idea as we had a base to sit down if we wanted to but we didn't need it as we spent the whole night dancing away!! My poor feet were killing by the end of the night but I can honestly say it was a brilliant weekend, we all enjoyed the activities and my girls did me proud with all their little planned surprises!!

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Latest activity by Pinky6, 25 April, 2012 at 23:08
  • mummymrs2b
    Beginner April 2013
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    Sound like you had a lovely weekend. Hope you don't mine me asking where did you stop? And did you book it separately or through the hen companies? I'm asking as I'm trying to organise mine at the mo for either Newcastle or Manchester (just getting ideas and prices) the companies seem quite dear to me and didn't know whether I should attempt to book it all separately. We were looking at 2 nights, in Manchester or Newcastle with cocktail making on the sat afternoon, so similar to yours x

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  • gemchoo
    Beginner May 2012
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    Looks and sounds like a fab weekend! Glad you enjoyed it x

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  • sal.san
    Beginner December 2011
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    Sounds and looks like you had a fab time. x

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  • Flowmojo
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    I literally hate you and your skinny gold hot pant cladded ass ?

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  • Knees
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    Ooh your hair looks so pretty! How did you do it?

    Sounds like you had a fab time. I did chocolate making on my sister's hen and it was so much fun.

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  • Pinky6
    Beginner June 2012
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    Flow I know you love me really Smiley winking

    Knees- I have a curling wand which I use and the curls come out really natural and stay in ages. It's a remmington one, £20 from amazon.

    Mummymrs- I booked through a company called Chillisauce and can't really fault their service. They worked out a bit more expensive than if I had booked everything separately myself but it was far less stressful as the girls could just log onto the website and pay their money themselves rather than me having to chase them up and collect it myself. Plus it was easy to just add someone else on if needs be which was the case for me. However, if you book early enough then it is cheaper to do it yourself. OH did it himself and went to Newcastle on the same weekend, he paid £30 each for 2 nights but with 3 people sharing a room which wasn't a problem as the rooms were plenty big enough. Both OH and I stayed in Travelodges, ours was the central Manchester one and his was the one on the Quayside, both were really good actually! The cocktail making can just be booked via Revolutions itself.

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    Pinky, you are such a little fittie.❤️

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  • Pinky6
    Beginner June 2012
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    Aww thanks Tricks ❤️

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  • 2b_MrsB
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    ? oh they do say wedding planning can bring out the b!tch in you ! lol

    Looks like a fabulous time was had by everyone, as for the drinking competition you won against the stag, my only thought was "OMG this girl must have hollow legs ! "

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  • Ali_G
    Beginner October 2012
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    Oooh, this is great as I was planning on cocktail making for my hen night! Sounds immense!

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  • pandorasbox
    Beginner August 2012
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    Sounds great! Mmmmm I miss the chocolate shots at Revs... drooooool

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  • Fergo
    Beginner December 2012
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    Sound like you had a ball. Great pics.?

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  • charlottelucy
    Beginner August 2012
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    You all look great, sounds like u had a fab weekend x

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  • Sparkly Bride
    Beginner August 2012
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    I cant wait for mine in Manchester now. You are a little beauty Pinky! Smiley smile

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  • Mrs_imp
    Beginner June 2012
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    Oooh, I'm so glad you had a lovely time. I was wondering how you'd got on in Manchester. The photos look fab and you look literally gorgeous, I'm jealous of your hair, legs, everything really!! How lovely of your friends too with a few nice surprises!

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  • Pinky6
    Beginner June 2012
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    I'm sure you will have a fab time Sparkly One!! I actually liked the Printworks because it was quite cheap and cheerful, TigerTiger played really good, current music and Revolutions was good too. We couldn't find a couple of the places you suggested Ibiza which I was sad about, just means I will have to go again! Smiley winking

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  • AllyMcBear
    Beginner June 2012
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    Glad you had a great time Pinky ?

    We had cocktail lessons at ours too it was fab - I would def recommend that.

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  • Pinky6
    Beginner June 2012
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    Oooh did you enjoy your hen Ally? I hope you were a bit more sensible with your cocktails than I was!!

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