Long distance shower Q

epona225

Okay, ladies, I need your advice:

We live in Houston, my shower will be in Michigan (where we're from), and the address we have on file with our registries is our Houston address for obvious reasons.  I already have heard from some shower guests who are planning to send gifts directly to us vs. bringing them to the shower, which is fine with me (my suitcase will only hold so much).  So here's the question:  Do we open these gifts as we get them before the shower, so we can tell our friends that we received them, or do we wait until after the shower?  I kind of like the idea of a surprise, but if we don't open them, I think people will be asking "did you get the (fill in the blank)" and I'll have to say "I don't know."

What do you guys think?

em01092

I personally would go ahead and open them. I don't think anyone would be upset with you for "peeking" lol. As a sender, I definitely would be glad/anxious to hear that you got the gift because I'm paranoid about things being late/broken/not ever sent. 

If they really wanted you to wait until the shower, I feel like they would have had the gifts sent to the host of your shower rather than directly to you. Several girls did this for a friend of mine when I hosted a shower for her. 

rardito

What she said. 

meganb1977

Yeah I agree it might be a good idea to go ahead and open any gifts that arrive so you can acknowledge them.

kmac821

This just happened to me actually--my grandfather's girlfriend sent me a gift since she'll be unable to attend. There was a packing slip in there (from BBB) so while I didn't open it per se, I did write a thank you note which I'll send today. My mom said I should bring it to shower but I think that is pointless since she won't be there (also despite registering for one, we got two kitchen utensil sets, so I don't want to open two of these at the shower and make the other gifter feel awkward).

Open it, write a thank you note, and when you see them in Michigan thank them again!

cdbishop

I agree, it was sent to your house just open it and thank the person.  It is almost like someone giving you a gift at your bridal shower would you just say thank you without opening it (although I think opening all presents at a bridal shower can be awkward at times).  

epona225

Thanks, ladies!