What on earth is a bed party?

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I thought a bed party was another name for a sleepover when my granddaughter told me she had been so busy with bed parties. But I was wrong! She had hers last Saturday, which I went to and was blown away! It’s a party thrown by friends who will be going off to university after the summer. Everything bought has the school colors, school name, and can be requested or personalized. Last month her parents just about bought out the campus bookstore when they went to New Orleans. Her friends spent 6 1/2 hours setting up the bed. That bed happens to be my guest bedroom. My granddaughter wasn’t allowed to peek, so she had her hair and nails done, and hid in her own bedroom upstairs. My son and daughter-in-law hired a catering company to provide the food - pizza shaped in the letters TU for Tulane University, cookies, cake balls, a gorgeous cake, juices, water, teas, coffee, wine, and champagne, chicken nuggets, and balloons all over the house. The photo doesn’t show the rest of the bedroom, but on the dresser, was a pair of white cowboy boots decorated with New Orleans beads and ribbons, with a little gold H for Hallie, her name. Her videos went viral, because it was over the top as far as bed parties go. Since she doesn’t want an 18th birthday party in June, nor a graduation party, everyone went wild with the gifts. I wish bed parties were around when I was a kid!