Spinster Day

November 17

Celebrate

Crown yourself.Raise a goblet.Bring your women.

London

Round black badge: “Spinsters & Sparkles”, the last word in gold script, beside a gold champagne flute strung with a crystal charm. “National Spinsters Day. 17 November. The Marquis of Cornwall.” A string of letter beads reads “Craft. Laugh. Celebrate.”

Plymouth, Mass.

Flyer: “National Spinster Day,” three smiling women of different ages standing together, one with a raised fist. “Enjoy a Spinster Spritz! One free item on your custom cheeseboard! Book exchange! Celebrate strong, independent women! Tuesday, November 17, 5–9 p.m.” Uva Wine Bar, 46 Main St, Plymouth.
Plymouth, Massachusetts — National Spinster Day at Uva Wine Bar, 46 Main Street. Spinster Spritzes, cheeseboards and a book exchange. Tuesday, November 17, 5–9 p.m.

Brooklyn

Flyer: “Figure Drawing × St. Munditia × Spinsters,” from Brooklyn Hearts Club. A smiling woman in a turban and patterned bodysuit stands beside a jeweled skeleton. “Crystal Lake, 647 Grand Street, BKLYN, NY 11211. Tues, 11/17, 7–9:30 PM. Ages 21yr+, 1 drink min.”

Celebrate Saint Munditia, the patron saint of single women and spinsters, with a special figure drawing session at Crystal Lake Brooklyn.

Portland, Ore.

Flyer, teal with tropical flowers and cocktail glasses beneath a jeweled gold crown: “You’re invited to… Spinster Day Cocktail Hour! Inspired by St. Munditia, the Patron Saint of Spinsters, who is celebrated every year on November 17th. Where: The Zipper, 2705 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland 97232. When: Tuesday November 17th, 5:30 p.m. until our crowns fall off. Who: Women who belong to themselves. What to wear: Your most powerful, queenly crown.”
Portland, Oregon — a Spinster Day Cocktail Hour at The Zipper, 2705 NE Sandy Boulevard. Tuesday, November 17, 5:30 p.m. until our crowns fall off.

Paris

Invitation: “You’re invited to The Spinster Sip. A cocktail party for women who raise a glass to themselves.” A crowned, jeweled skeleton reclines on a velvet chaise with a coupe of pink champagne, a fine gold outline of the Eiffel Tower rising behind the whole sheet. “Good drinks. Better company. Dress the part. Crowns encouraged. A toast to freedom, to friendship, to questionable decisions, and to us. Be magnificent. Be ridiculous. Be yourself. #spinsterday”

Nashville

Invitation: “You’re invited to The Spinster Swap. A consignment shopping night for women who dress to impress themselves.” A crowned, jeweled skeleton reclines on plum cushions, raising a goblet. “Come to shop. Come to sell. Get dressed for the only person whose opinion counts. Hint: it’s you. Gather your women. #spinsterday”

Geneva

Flyer, pale blue beneath a purple crown: “Silver Girl Bakery. Spinster Day Cakes. Coming soon. November 17. Sovereign Sisters Unite! @silvergirlbakery”
Geneva — Silver Girl Bakery bakes Spinster Day cakes for November 17. Sovereign Sisters Unite!

Bring Your Women — Married. Single. Unsure.

The women who know. The women you’d call at 2 a.m. The women who’d bury the evidence.

  • Invite the women who made your year better, stranger, or survivable.
  • FaceTime the one who’s five time zones away. She counts.
  • Invite the friend you haven’t seen in six months. Pretend that’s not your fault.
  • Bring the woman who always says she’s “too busy.” Tell her that’s not a thing.
  • Bring your women. Bring your cats.

Throw a Spinster Day

Dinner party. Girls’ night. Royal procession. A Spinster Swap.

  • Tell everyone to arrive crowned. Obviously.
  • Put out the good glasses. You know the ones.
  • Make everyone toast to something she survived, achieved, or got away with.
  • And confess to that one thing she no longer gives a shit about.
  • Make it magnificent. Make it inappropriate. Make it UNHINGED.

Toast Your Spinster Sisters

Champagne. Wine. Tea. Tap water. It’s the ceremony, not the beverage.

  • Use the good glass.
  • Raise it to the woman you are right now and not the woman you were supposed to become.
  • Toast the women who got you here. And the ones who got you into trouble.
  • Toast your freedom. Your questionable decisions. Your triumphs.
  • Toast what you survived, what you achieved, or what you absolutely refuse to explain.
  • Drink up. You’re the occasion.

Go Solo

Alone is not the same thing as lonely.

  • Go somewhere you’ve been waiting for someone else to take you.
  • Dress outrageously. You are the occasion.
  • Order exactly what you want. No sharing. No negotiating. No “What do you feel like?”
  • If anyone asks who you’re waiting for, look around dramatically.
  • You’re already here.

Crown Yourself

Because apparently nobody else is going to do it.

  • Paper. Ribbon. Tinfoil. A tiara from the Louvre. We support ambition.
  • Her crown is a martyr’s crown — our crown is for QUEENS.
  • Channel Saint Munditia. Jewels optional. Attitude mandatory.
  • Wear it to dinner. Wear it to the supermarket. Wear it because you fucking can.

Own the day.