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My shower (LONG)
I don't have any pictures yet because I didn't give anyone my camera 
I'm hoping that some will trickle in from people this week.
As I told all of you, I was pretty sure that yesterday was the day. I was surprisingly calm on the way over and as we got further down my aunt's street, you could see SO many cars so I knew. Then Brian suddenly made a left turn on a street off of my aunt's and said something like, "is it this street?" when I know that he knows we were on the right street. Then he made a u-turn and got back on her street, just as I see his mom getting out of her car. I guess he was hoping that I wouldn't see her and that she would stay in her car until we got into the house, but no, not her. Brian was pissed because the party started at 1 and he was supposed to bring me at 2. Since Bri didn't think I had a clue about it, he was so mad. His mom is notoriously late for things, so this isn't really surprising. When it comes to surprise parties, I'm pretty sure that the only rule is not to show up at the same time as the guest of honor. I told Bri that I would act surprised and not tell anyone that his mom ruined the surprise. After we got in, he ended up telling my mom and dad anyway. My mom of course thought that she did it on purpose because she wasn't involved in the planning, etc., so somehow wanted to ruin it.
The party was great. The food was really good and I really liked having it at someone's house a lot better than at a hall/restaurant where my family/friends normally have the. Having people spread out in the different rooms of the house takes a lot of the pressure off of you. I hate that "all eyes on you" feeling when you're opening the gifts because everyone's sitting at the tables just staring at you opening the gifts. I swear I tore through my wedding gifts because I felt so awkward. I felt so much more relaxed this time and was able to really enjoy opening the gifts, reading the cards and talking.
I am seriously so grateful for both the effort that everyone put in to have the party and for everyone's generosity with the gifts. As I said yesterday, I think the BRU registry system is a little off, so I went on last night and made some deletes, but I couldn't delete everything because I still don't know what I need to return and I heard that BRU lets you return anything if it's on your registry. I got a couple of duplicates of things, but not much. There are some things that I may not use, which I also may return. Since I only have half of the stuff at our house right now, I have to wait until I get the rest on Wednesday night to finish going through everything. My plan is to make all the returns this weekend and get either a gift card or a store credit or whatever they do and then wait until after my work shower to buy what little else that we need.
Luckily for us, we didn't get many clothes and the clothes that we did get are all items that we need: some onesies, socks, bibs, a few sleepers. Pretty much everything that I got were registry items, plus basics. I got a bunch of wash cloths, hooded towels, bath supplies, diapers, wipes, etc. I also got a lot of gift cards (close to $400) and cash (another nearly $400.) We are totally set! I'm thinking about just depositing the cash into the baby's savings account because between the items I return and the gift cards, I think we'll have everything that we need. I often complain about all of the showers that I have to attend, but I guess it's all worth it: what goes around comes around.
On a negative note...I'm a little annoyed at some people that weren't in attendance. There was not one person from this one group of girlfriends that I have. They are all single so I haven't seen them much lately, but I've been pregnant since October and I don't really feel like doing what they do these days. They're all still in the phase of going out drinking until all hours of the night on the weekends. I understand that it probably seems to a lot of people that they've basically been going to events for me me the past year handing over gifts, but that's usually how it goes, right? Since they're all still single, it hasn't been their turn yet. What makes me even madder is that my mom put "regrets only" for the RSVP and she never heard from a few of them so she assumed they were coming. As far as I'm concerned, it's just rude. It may seem petty, but I'm kind of thinking of taking them off of my invite list. They'll probably be happy to not have to come to the baby's christening come October! In addition to this group of girls, my MOH didn't show up and didn't RSVP. She hasn't made any effort to contact me in any way. I saw that she was on FB last night so she definitely saw my post about the shower. WTF.
ETA: Bri's sister? Not there. Big surprise, right?
I want to end on a positive. (You can't take the sorority girl out of me 
I have the greatest group of family and friends (the ones that were there or had a valid excuse not to be) that really made my day exordinary yesterday and I'm so grateful for their effort and generosity!
Chocolate eclairs for all who made it through this!
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Re: My shower (LONG)
Awww! Sounds like a great shower. I'm guessing you didn't tell Bri that you already had an idea that the shower was this weekend and just let his mother take the fall? HAHAHA!
As far as your friends go I'm sorry they are such poopie heads! Like you said, what goes around comes around!
Of course! Would you expect anything else from me?!
I'm glad that you enjoyed your shower. It sounds like it was fun. I'm sorry about your friends, some people just don't get it.
That is wonderful that you got all the stuff that you need and still have money to get more. It feels good to be ready when you are getting this close!
It sounds like you had a great shower overall. I hope you get some pics this week, I can't wait to see them. As for the no shows...it's their loss. It sounds like most of the important people were there for you.
Well, the positives far outweighed the negatives!
As for those who didn't bother..for the most part they probably just don't even get it at this point. It sucks, but it is what it is. Try not to let it bother you..
I am so glad that yesterday was definitely your shower. Now you can get everything in order and ready for your baby's arrival.
I think that having a baby is another time in your life when you find out who your true friends are. I hope that that group of girls has an excuse as to why they weren't there.
This exactly and yay for all the loot for Baby C!!
I'm so glad you had a nice, relaxing time.
And seriously? Don't focus on those rude people. Focus on those people that were happy to shower you and the baby with love. They're the important people.
Katy and Brett ~ Runaway Bay, Jamaica ~ October 4, 2008
I'm so glad it was a good time even though some peeps didn't show. My bestie always says taht you know who your friends are when you get married and then have kids and I think it's so true.
ANd YAY for getting even more stuff than you thought!!! I agree that BRU registry is f'ed up - it did the same thing to me!!
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