Hello all, I've been invited to a shower this Friday evening for H's cousin's fiancee. While I've never met either of them and we are not particularly close with this side of H's family, I will go because a few of the aunts came to my shower and I would like to get to know some of his cousins a little better. The thing is, we are in a bit of a bind financially. I recently changed positions at work and H has been working less due to back injury. Nothing extreme, but this is a particularly bad week for us since his work was closed last week and we are missing that paycheck. Had I known of the shower sooner I would have budgeted for it. On the invitation listed under "Gifts", all it says is "$$$$" and I feel really awkward only being able to throw $20 in an envelope.
I guess my question is if giving a small amount of money is in bad taste/frowned upon? All that's listed is money and I don't even know this person to get her an alternative gift. What say you?