I am feeling rather productive today, despite the fact that my house resembles a refugee camp. Why do you feel productive when all you're doing is sitting on your keister, pecking at the key board, you ask? Because I purchased wedding shower stuff this morning!
I did not get to make my shopping trip unattended, but I did get to make it less encumbered. Only Bitsy made the trek with me. She needed shoes & Husband needed the opportunity to nap a bit (he's been working 11 1/2 hour days for weeks now). Bitsy isn't a bad companion on shopping trips. She loves to shop, visit with other shoppers, and point at merchandise & holler very loudly about baby dolls. She's entertaining.
My goal today was to get plates & napkins. I came home with wedding ring stamps, plates, napkins, game prizes/door prize depending on what Beck's opinion on games is, Thank You notes, index cards & a box to hold them. I am going to use everyone's suggestion about the envelope addresses. I did that for Princess's baby shower (not that they were ever sent out, but oh well), and wish it would have happened for mine. (Side note: Inkling, don't feel too bad about your thank yous. My wedding ones were never sent & only about 10 were ever written. All my baby gift notes were done, though.) I'm also going to tuck 2 note cards into each invitation; one for a favorite recipe to share and one for a recipe for a good marriage.
I even had a fabulous thought for the shower Princess & the MOH Maid-of-Honor) are throwing Beck in Tennessee. I guess Beck's family is throwing her a shower too, so Princess wanted to do something different. She called me this week & asked what I thought of throwing Beck a lingerie shower. I vetoed the idea because Beck would die a thousand deaths before she'd admit in public that she's naked under her clothing. She's VERY modest & not at all the slinky teddy kind of girl. I think the idea of a "personal shower" would be enough to induce a panic attack.
Instead, I suggested Princess & the MOH throw her a pantry shower. I've never been to one, but would love to sometime. The entire point of the shower is to stock the couple's pantry. Dry goods, canned goods, household cleaners, paper towels, toilet paper, kitchen staples....any household item that would be helpful to have a stock of. Princess loved the idea. I hope MOH does too. You can borrow my idea if you like. I don't mind.
Now I need slightly more specific help. Does anyone have any suggestions for games that do not include things like dressing the bride in toilet paper or unscrambling "wedding" words? Something that won't embarrass Beck or any of our three grandmothers would be nice, too. I have asked Beck how she feels about shower games, but haven't heard back from her on that topic just yet. If she doesn't answer me soon, I'm going to find the most inappropriate shower games I can & make her play them.
Yeah, OK, so that last bit was a lie.
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There's always bridal shower bingo (listing common wedding gifts - and as they're opened, they get marked off on a bingo card - prize for the first bingo), and if you don't want to do games, but want to give out prizes, there's the timer idea. Set the timer for a random time, and whoever's gift is being opened at that time gets a prize. Also, bride and groom trivia - if you feel like making up questions about them...
We always have a "come and go" shower, people drop by, visit, eat cat, go if they want to or stay for the whole time.
What about making up your own games?
~ famous married couples of the Bible, matching them or maybe listing as many as possible (Moses and Zipporah, David and Bathsheba, etc.)
~ sort of a "family feud" idea where people list their best advice and points are given for those listing unique things OR for those who listed the same thing
~ write down as many early marital mishaps in a certain amount of time as possible (burnt dinner, husband brings company home without telling wife, etc.) I don't know, but this strikes me as potentially humorous. Maybe it's because I'm thinking about a story Aunt Silverbelle told me about one very hot day in the early years of their marriage.
~ write down all the reason and benefits a spouse should forgive his or her spouse and then let Beck keep those to refer to when she's ready to kill your brother for some silly thing (I would have appreciated this one and would have laminated it and stuck it on my mirror)
Okay, no more idea right now. Too tired and stressed. I hope the shower goes well. And I hope you don't run out of hot water. Hee hee.
I've always thought this one was stolen from Lets Make A Deal, but there's always the purse scavenger hunt. Have a list of common and not so common purse items and who ever has the most items on the list in their purse wins the prize. My mom won this once by having a screwdriver in her purse.
we did a fun game at my daugher in law's shower last year. set up a cookie sheet with several kitchen items, like measuring spoon, potato peeler, just little things. pass around so each guest can look at it, sort of a memory game. then when everyone has had a chance to look at it, ask the bride to leave the room. then ask questions about the bride, what color are her eyes, what color is her top, earrings or no? just things like that. the guests spend so much time trying to remember the items on the baking sheet they dont even think about details of the bride. it was a fun game. sounds like it will be a great shower. we just had that same daughter in laws baby shower yesterday!!! I love being a mother in law but am really looking forward to being a grandma!!!
Inkling, I screamed out laughing when I read your comment about Aunt Silverbelle. I think she should blog about that! LOL!!
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