j know about my surprise shower...

catwine

soooo, my shower is on saturday but i'm not supposed to know.  i saw the invite at my fiance's house and it said "You're invited to a surprised shower for Christina on Sept 22".  only now that i know i'm not sure what to do!

my fiance said he is playing golf with guys from work tomorrow (i don;t know if he is for real or if he is making it up) and my FSIL asked me if i want to get a manicure with her.  All that is fine, but I don't want to be at my shower wearing jeans!  and if I wear a pretty dress someone might suspect i know.  likewise if i pack a pretty dress with me. 
Should i trust that my mom, FMIL or somebody would have expected that and brought me a dress to wear?

ericaandtom2012

I would wear a cute dress to go get a manicure with your FSIL.  Just say you felt like dressing up that day.  

Clothing is why I don't get surprise showers at all.  I don't want to show up looking like a bum, so I assume no one else would want that for their shower.  I would not trust the hosts to bring you something to wear, unless they've taken something out of your closet recently.  

catwine

it's a weird situation!  my mom knows i hate being undressed so i'd expect her to bring me something but i will still wear a casual dress for my manicure.  I'm thinking the one i wore for my engagement pix...it's a beige knit sweater dress.

cbear215

can you dress nicely without giving away that you know the surprise?  like a nice pair of jeans and a somewhat fancy top?  what would you normally wear to a manicure?  if you are someone that generally wears a dress, i don't think it's a big deal.  but i rarely wear them and everyone would know i knew if i wore one.  i personally think i'd rather be in jeans than give away the fact that i knew about the surprise.

LDubHawksFan

I would say if you just wear a cute cotton dress, and say you wanted to dress up for your pampering day, then no one would think about it.  To be fair, at both of my showers, I wore a cute floral dress that I've worn to a wedding before and I got all sorts of comments about how dressed up I was. 

catwine

I tend to wear dresses a lot, so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary to see me in one. 

islandmonkey8

My shower was a surprise. I had given the hosts two dresses to bring with them so they could surprise me and I could change after I got there. Could you maybe last minute ask someone to take care of it for you.

catwine

PP-if yours was a surprise how did you know to give the hostess dresses for you to change to?

islandmonkey8

I knew I was getting a shower but didn't know when, where, time, theme, anything. I just knew I had to leave certain dates open. So when they told me that I said fine, but you need to keep things for me to change into so I don't feel out of place.

catwine

ohhhhh, thats a good idea!!  my mom wants me to think i'm not getting a shower so i'll be surprised.   but i knew i was having one when my mom said to FMIL "let's go over here and talk about ...something else" when i was with them.