Hen Dos and Dont's

With a week to go until the wedding of the year, this weekend was HEN DO TIME!

And ohmygoodness was it good.

Friday night was family night, which can be summed up with a Jamie Oliver-trained chef, quilt making and ten bottles of champagne.

Wearing: Topshop leopard print dress

Saturday was friends night, which can be summed up with jelly shots, incredible fancy dress and some serious shape-throwing.

Mime artist, minus the beret because my head's too round.

We headed to Madame Jojo's in Soho, where the hen herself ended up storming the DJ booth covered head to toe in horrifically brilliant 80s wedding paraphernalia, and getting 'escorted off' by the bouncers. Before falling asleep in said club. Job well done, non?!

Hen dos:

Do something really memorable and family-friendly. We all decorated a square of material to get made into a patchwork quilt...

Have LOTS of fizz to hand

Buy in LOTS of pizza for when you get in...

...and LOTS of bacon for the morning after

Get dressed up!

Hen don'ts:

Buy cheap face paint. IT DOES NOT COME OFF.

Be afraid of dodgy costumes and even dodgier dancing.

Put the hen to bed when she gets in. Apparently this is not in no way acceptable, and you will be met with furious protest...

My Mum was in town for the hen do, and I took her to The Blue Legume in Islington for dinner on Thursday night, which I can highly recommend. Lovely interior, great menu with some lovely fish dishes, and really friendly staff.

Beetroot, goats cheese, asparagus and dill risotto. Mmmmm.

Friday meant Borough Market and shredded duck sandwiches. I can't for the life of me remember which stall they were from, but they were beauuutiful. Quacking good?!

That's really bad isn't it? Sorry.

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