When Gail Peterson met Shawna Sikstrom, the wife of the fellow building the cupboards for her new home 15 years ago, it was best-friends at nearly first-sight.
Now, 20 years later, the duo still go out and grab a coffee together. Events like Bubbles and Bling, held this past Saturday, April 18, is the perfect chance for them to get out together.
“This is great,” Peterson said. “Just to have time out with the girlfriends, and explore our girly sides.”
She and Sikstrom took full advantage of the many spa boots set up in the discovery annex at the library, having their hands treated with parafin wax, nails painted and and shaped, and making their own body scrub and milk baths.
The event, now in its second year, is a fundraiser for the library. Food, catered by Brenda's Catering, helped provide a base for the several types of wine and mixed drinks available to the event attendees.
While numbers were slightly down this year, due in part to events happening elsewhere in the community, the support the event received from local businesses had increased.
“We had 10 raffles throughout the evening,” Crystal Friars, one of the organizers, explained. “For the most part these were donated by local businesses.”
Handy and practical prizes like oil changes were offset by haircuts and makeup kits. The library ponied up a white wine prize.
The big prize of the night was a pair of diamond and amethyst earrings, donated by Wares Jewellers. The sparkly earbobs were won by Chanel Annable.
While the final numbers aren't available yet, Friars said it's looking promising despite the lower than hoped for turn-out.