My Bridal Shower

porky

Yesterday was my bridal shower.  Irene rained on my parade.  I hate sharing the spotlight. 

The afternoon was beautiful - I was surrounded by family and friends who truly care about my FI and I.  The food was delicious, the company incredible and the day memorable. 

My mother, sister, sister-in-law and best friend put the whole day together.  The floral arrangments were beautiful (too bad there were no photos taken or I would show you) and put into mason jars.  My sister-in-law made the photo centerpieces and the favor magnets, as well as made over 3 dozen cookies (another favor).  I found out that on Friday night they were at my mother's house until 11 PM rolling fondant for the cookies and piping each with a monogram. 

We played "how well do you know your future spouse."  As you can see from a photo or two we obviously disagreed on what we ate at our first dinner.  Valentino was given a cowboy hat to wear and I an Amish hat and a veil.  The veil kept falling off and I found out today that it was my mother's veil that she had cut.  I told her I would wear it for the rehearsal.

It was hard for me to enjoy myself because I have been troubled and preoccupied by a very tense situation mentioned in a previous post.  I almost broke down a few times, but my mother managed to cheer me up.

I attached a few photos if you are interested.  If it were not my shower I would have taken photos of everything and everyone.  I am sure there are other pics on family and friend's cameras, but I do not yet have those.

For guests who were unable to make it, but sent gifts, we wrote a "thank you" on the dry erase board, took a photo and will send it to them.

Yesterday flew by.  My home was invaded by boxes - they are somewhat organized now, but I will be thankful when each item finds its home.

The bottom photo is somewhat funny.  We did not find a card for the gift and when we opened it, I knew exactly what it was.  Valentino thanked whoever gave us the towels and I responded, "thank you."  I found towels that I liked, but discovered they were being discontinued.  I bought them on the spot and hid that at my mother's place.  That got a few chuckles from our guests.

azdancer8

Sounds like you had a fun time.

iamjoesgurl

Glad you had a fun time and that Irene didn't rain it out altogether.  It sounds like your loved ones took great care to ensure that it was a wonderful day.  

mrandmrsbrist

Loved the first two sentences.

Glad you had a good time!!

DramaGeek

I'm sorry that Irene rained on your parade (but I am giggling at the sentence).  Glad that you guys had a good time despite the obstacles the weather brought!

porky

I did not even realize it was raining until the shower was just about over.  I had family travel from CT (a 3 hour ride in good weather) and I was worried about them traveling in the storm, but they did get home safely.

In the journal given to me at the shower (which includes a listing of the gifts I received) I decided to write down the events of the day.  Irene will be at the top of that list.

sprtychick10

glad the shower went so well!! 

AshNoel8

Glad you had a good day!