The Bachelor – Episode 10 Recap

Hey y’all!

This week on The Bachelor it was the “Women Tell All” (WTA) special. It gives the girls who got kicked to the curb an opportunity to defend their actions (I’m looking at you, Leah), gain some closure with Ben, and get a possible invite to the Bachelor in Paradise.

I don’t this week needs a full recap, but I’ll share some of the highlights with you.

Jubilee
She was promoted to Sergeant in the Army Reserves (Congrats!) and was able to gain closure with how things ended with Ben. You can read about that here. By the way, she looked GORGEOUS!

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Leah
When the announced her, she got booed. Normally, I would feel bad but she did not handle herself well in the Bahamas. When Chris Harrison asked her about it, she didn’t take an ounce of accountability for her actions and attempted to deflect it onto Ben.

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Olivia
I was expecting her crazy to come out, but after she was left in the Bahamas she took the time to complete a lot of self-reflection. She even apologized to Amanda about the Teen Mom comment.

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Lace
She owned up to how she acted on the Bachelor and said that she has learned a lot about herself. She also claims she has removed the term “crazy” from her vocabulary. Chris Harrison invited her to Bachelor in Paradise. The most awkward moment of the WTA was when an a guy in the audience joined Lace and Chris Harrison on the stage to show Lace his new tattoo,which was of HER FACE! #awkotaco

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All in all, it was a good special but it didn’t bring the drama like it normally does.

I can’t wait to see who gets the final rose.

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Xo, Heather

The Bachelor – Episode 9 Recap

This week on The Bachelor it was all about Fantasy Suite dates and a few too many “I love you” from Ben to two different women but we will get to that later. If you are new to The Bachelor, a Fantasy Suite date allows Ben to have an overnight date with each girl of course with the girl’s permission to get away from the camera and being mic’d up.

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The first date was with Caila and it was AWKOTACO! They took a river raft ride in Jamacia and I’m pretty sure they said 15 words to one another. She was barely smiling and looked super uncomfortable. It was like watching a bad first date.

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During lunch, Ben called her out on it. She filled him in that last week was hard and competing for his heart with two other women is getting more difficult. Later on, she told him that she’s in love with him . . . .he says nothing but kissed her. She accepted the key to the Fantasy Suite. Of course, the next morning she woke up looking like a Disney Princess with her perfect hair. All I want to know is, HOW IS HER HAIR THAT PERFECT!?!?!?

The second date was with my girl, Lauren B. Hands down, they had the coolest date of the week; they released baby sea turtles into the ocean. It was absolutely adorable and an experience they will never forget. Lauren’s face was priceless when she was helped the sea turtles get ready for their big adventure.

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Then they went to a private reggae concert and had dinner on the beach. Once they were in their Fantasy Suite, Lauren told Ben that she is in love with him and Ben said he’s been in love with her for awhile. Umm. . . .Ben, I’m happy you told Lauren that, but I’m pretty sure you weren’t supposed to. The next morning, Ben showed up with breakfast and more I love yous.

The third date was with JoJo. They took a helicopter ride (duh, its The Bachelor) to a private waterfall. To go with the trend of I love yous this week, JoJo told Ben that she is in love with him as well and she knows he can’t say it back. Well, Ben told her that he loves her too. Once again, Ben you are not supposed to do that. How are you going to pick a girl after you said I love you to both of them in a span of 24ish hours?

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This is when shit started to get REALLY awkward. We know that Ben said I love you to Lauren and JoJo, but not Calia so you know she is most likely going home. Well, Calia decided she wanted to surprise Ben because she missed it. When she gets to him, she is super excited and Ben is super uncomfortable. At this point, you can cut the tension with a knife. Ben tells Calia that his relationships with the other women have progressed more than their relationship and he felt it was better to say goodbye now. I feel like anytime a girl ever tries to “surprise” the bachelor, it doesn’t end well. It usually ends with the girl packing her bags.

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Obviously, both roses went to JoJo and Lauren.

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Next week is Women Tell All which is always so much fun to watch and hear the women chime in on how they were portrayed. I can’t wait to see what Lace and Olivia have to say.

If you want to catch up on the previous weeks, you can click on the links below.

The Bachelor – Episode 8 Recap
The Bachelor – Episode 7 Recap
The Bachelor – Episode 6 Recap
The Bachelor – Episode 5 Recap
The Bachelor – Episode 4 Recap
The Bachelor – Episode 3 Recap
The Bachelor – Girls Night In

Thanks for stopping by!

Xo, Heather

The Bachelor – Episode 8 Recap

Hello all of you lovely people,

It was hometown week on the Bachelor, which means we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. In case you haven’t been keeping up, there are four girls remaining; Amanda, Cailia, Lauren and JoJo.  Let’s jump into what happened this week.

The first date started with Amanda in Laguna Beach. Amanda is a single mom to two girls; she was really nervous for Ben to meet them since it’s such a big step in any relationship. Ben met Amanda and her daughters at the beach and he handled it really well. He jumped right in with ease.

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Once they got to the house Ben met Amanda’s parents who seemed really nice and asked the tough questions, such as “Is Ben ready to be an instant dad?” Yes, there questions were tough, but it put a lot of things into perspective for Ben and Amanda.

Next up, Ben meets Lauren in Portland. She took him on a little tour of Portland and they stopped at what looked like food truck heaven. She ate all of the carbs, and it made me want a grilled cheese but I have a cruise coming up. . .quickly!

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After all of the food, she took him to the Whiskey Library which looked AMAZING! If I ever go to Portland, I have to go there because this chick loves whiskey. It looked so cozy with the leather couches, a roaring fireplace and whiskey.

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Ben and Lauren head to her house to meet the whole family.  Lauren’s sister Mollie pulled Ben aside to complete a sister interrogation and he got teary eyed talking about Lauren. It was precious, absolutely precious.  Then Lauren told Mollie that Ben is her “person”. I really hope she ends up with the Neil Lane engagement ring at the end.

Ben traveled to Ohio to meet Cailia and her family. Cailia showed Ben her high school, made out on a bench, and then went to the toy factory were her dad is the CEO. They designed and made their future plastic home with a blue roof, I’m not sure if that would be Joanna Gaines approved though.

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Ben seemed to win over Cailia’s parents and I thought it was pretty adorable that her dad calls her “darling”. I’m not sure if Cailia is really in love with Ben. It seems like she is trying to hard.

Now, it’s time for the awkotaco moment of the episode. Jojo arrives at her apartment and there is a vase full of red roses waiting for her. Me and the girls were all sorts of confused because Ben didn’t give any of the other girls a gift. Jojo starts to read the letter, and then it all changed. The letter was from her EX-boyfriend! She called her ex to let him know that she is happy and he is late to the party.

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Of course, as she’s hanging up the phone Ben walks in. She filled him in on what happened and he handled it well but you could see him tense up. They head to her parent’s house which is HUGE (duh, Dallas!). JoJo’s brothers are not Ben’s #1 fan and are super over protective of their sister, as they should be but it was a little much.

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I had to share JoJo’s mom drinking champs straight out of the bottle. #beentheredonethat

Time for the rose ceremony, Lauren, Cailia and JoJo get a rose. Amanda was sent home, but I have to admit she handled it REALLY well and in a very mature fashion. Ben got super emotional about sending Amanda home.

I can’t wait for next week! It seems like it will be even more dramatic than this week.

Tonight starts Houston’s favorite season, RODEO Season! We are heading to the cook-off tonight which is a three night event of BBQ, booze and concerts. If you are here in Houston, you should check it out! Be sure to check out my Instagram (@hmbtx) to follow along!

Thanks for stopping by!

Xo, Heather

The Bachelor – Episode 7 Recap

Hey ya’ll!

This will be a quick recap since I feel nothing MAJOR happened on Monday night. Is it bad that I kind of missed the drama that Olivia brought to the table? Ok, so let’s get to it.

This week Ben took the girls to his hometown of Warsaw, IN. Warsaw looked so cute and full of small town charm. Ben asked Lauren B. on a 1:1 date, which threw the rest of the girls into a downward spiral of “why hasn’t he asked me out personally”. Ben drove Lauren around his hometown, showing her the church, where he went to high school, where his first kiss was and where he used to work. When Ben was in high school he worked for a youth center (of course because he’s perfect). He took Lauren inside to meet some of his favorite people and play basketball with the kids. It was a really sweet date and it showed Lauren another side of Ben. Later, Ben and Lauren talked about what happened the week before with Leah’s betrayal. I still think Lauren is going to take home the final rose and the ring.

JoJo got the second 1:1 date and she was off to Chicago to meet Ben. She was initially bummed that she didn’t get the hometown tour, but she got to spend the whole day inside Wrigley Field and wear a “Mrs. Higgins” jersey. Other than that, there was nothing special about the date.

Becca, Amanda, and Calia go on the two part group date. The first part was spent rowing on the lake and Ben having some 1:1 time with each of them. He later told them that there is a group date rose and whoever got it would continue on to the second part of the date. Amanda got the group date rose. Amanda and Ben had a super romantic date at McDonald’s. They had breakfast for dinner and helped work the drive thru. I wouldn’t want McDonald’s, I would politely ask if we could go to Taco Cabana or Taco Bueno. #tacosforever.

This is where things got super awkotaco. . . Emily had a 1:1 date with Ben and his parents at their house. You could easily tell how nervous she was because she just kept talking about super random things. She said her life goal is to be a Denver Broncos cheerleader, how she loves to watch movies and the most cringe worthy thing that came out of her mouth was “I  can’t wait to be an above average mom”. To make her statement worse, she said it to Ben’s mom. Later Ben’s mom confessed that she doesn’t think Emily is mature enough to be his wife which put the nail in the coffin. Ben sent Emily back to Vegas after that.

Now, it’s time for the rose ceremony. Amanda already had a rose from the group date, so Calia, Lauren and JoJo got a rose. Becca was sent home and she was less than pleased when she was blind sided by Ben. You can’t blame him because he was unsure about their future and didn’t want to get her family involved if his heart is conflicted.

On a different note, next week is my 1 year blogging anniversary! I can’t believe I have been doing this for almost a year. Be prepared for more things to come, I have a few fun things in the work and will be posting on a more consistent basis.

Thanks for stopping by!

Xo. Heather

The Bachelor – Episode 6 Recap

Happy Friday Eve!

The Bachelor did not disappoint in the drama department this week. Last week it ended without a rose ceremony, so at the beginning of this week they sent Jennifer home. I wasn’t that sad, she didn’t have any 1:1 time with Ben, but I will miss her outfits. I need to remember a hot pink dress with turquoise earrings is a win in my book.

This week, the girls and Ben headed to the Bahamas, which normally has amazing weather. . .except for this week. The weather looked absolutely dreadful, hurricane winds and a ton of rain.

The 1:1 date went to Cailia, which did not please most of the other girls because she already had a 1:1 date with Ben. They at least had good weather while they went deep sea fishing on a private yacht. At dinner, Cailia opened up to Ben that she is falling in love with him but is also scared of breaking his heart. I’m pretty sure that confused Ben and all of America. She later gave a better explanation and Ben gave her a rose.

JoJo, Leah, Becca, Lauren H., Lauren B. and Leah received the group date card which involved swimming with PIGS! Yes, you read that right, they swan with pigs in the Bahamas.

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The group date was pretty awkward, all of the girls were pulling away because they kept seeing Ben flock towards the same girls over and over again. Leah spent most of the day complaining/crying to Lauren H. that she nevers gets any 1:1 time, but when she finally does what does she do? Talk about the other girls! I get it, you are competing for Ben’s heart, but is it necessary to bash the other girls to win. I don’t think so. Leah should have spent her time with Ben selling HERSELF to show him the amazing girl she claims to be. After they called the pigs back home, the real drama started.

Ben heard that some of the girls weren’t feeling validated by him, so on the next part of the date he pulled each girl aside to let him know how he’s feeling. Once again, when Leah finally got a second chance at 1:1 time with Ben she spent it talking about Lauren B. and how she acts differently with Ben than she does around the other girls. Well that threw Ben for a loop because he didn’t expect Lauren B. to be like that at all. Lauren B. finally got her time with Ben, and he confronted her about Leah’s false accusations.

After the confrontation, Lauren B. is clearly upset and asks Leah if she said anything to Ben. Leah plays dumb. At this point, I’m over Leah and ready for her to pack her bags.

Now what felt like the longest group date, ends with Amanda getting a rose.

Just when I think Leah couldn’t bash Lauren B. anymore, she sneaks out of her hotel room to talk to Ben some more about Lauren B. FINALLY, Ben realizes that all Leah has done is talk about the other girls, so he sends her packing before the rose ceremony.

Finally, it’s time for the dreaded 2:1 date. In case you don’t know, whoever does not receive a rose on the date is eliminated right then and there. As you can see below, they had some amazing weather for a speed boat ride.

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Once they arrive on yet another private island, Ben pulls Olivia aside to get to know her a little bit better, especially after last week when the girls told him what’s up with Olivia. Olivia tells Ben that she doesn’t get along with the other girls because she is an introvert and loves anything intellectual. Then she drops the “I’m in love with you” bomb and Ben sits there probably thinking what have I done.

Emily then gets her time with Ben, but nothing really great happens until they get back to Olivia. Ben picks up the rose and asks Olivia if they can talk. She walks off with her confidence at an all time high thinking Ben is going to give her the rose. Ben tells her that he can’t reciprocate the feelings that Olivia has for him and he sends her home!

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Emily gets the rose and the date is over.

Ben decides to not have the cocktail party and goes right to the rose ceremony which freaks all of the girls out because they each want more 1:1 time with Ben since the group date was so awkward. Becca, JoJo and Lauren B. all receive a rose and Lauren H. was eliminated.

I can’t wait to see what is in store for the rest of the season.

Who do you think is going to be the last girl standing? I still think it’s going to be Lauren B.

Thanks for stopping by!

Xo, Heather