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Shower advice needed!

Amazing817Amazing817 member
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Hi all!

This Sunday is my shower and I really have no clue what I should do. My bridal party has kept a lot of it a surprise.

Does someone do a speech? Do I publicly thank the moms/bridal party? So clueless! Do I completely open every gift? Do I open cards with no gifts and thank those people for the gift cards?

Any shower advice would be much appreciated!!!

TIA
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Re: Shower advice needed!

  • Laur110Laur110
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    At my shower I welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming. I did this after everyone had been seated, right before we ate. I also thanked everyone again at the end of the shower as things were wrapping up. I thanked my mom, the host of my shower, both at the beginning and at the end. At my friend's shower, the bridal party spoke as well, welcoming and thanking everyone, as they were the hosts.

    I opened every gift and thanked every guest. My mom and my friends helped speed up the process by cutting off the ribbons and opening a corner of the paper. One of my friends wrote down each gift that I received and who it was from. Someone else helped me with the trash, cleaning up the paper and packing materials.

    HTH! Hope you have a great shower! :)

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  • SB1512SB1512 member
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    PP pretty much has it covered.  Also if you are getting a thank you gift for those that put together and hosted the shower for you, you can give them their gift as things are wrapping up before they leave.
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  • Mandafly84Mandafly84 member
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    Yup, Laur & SB gave great advice!  Have fun at your shower!! :)
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  • cronin85cronin85
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    My Shower is Sunday as well, I'm glad you posted this.  I was thinking the same thing and I like the advice :)
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  • Carebear62584Carebear62584 member
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    I said hi to everyone as they walked in and once the buffet was out everyone ate.  After that I opened presents.  My MOH wrote down who gave each gift (on the back of the card or in a notebook if ther was no card), another opened the envelopes that went with gifts, the FG's threw away the wrapping paper, and my other girls brought the gifts to the other side of the room.  I did not open cards as I didn't want to lose anything.  After opening all of the gifts I said thank you to everyone (especially my mom, aunt, and bridal party) and tried to say goodbye to everyone as they left. 

    Something to keep in mind:  if your shower is big (mine was about 70 people), try your best to talk to everyone for a few minutes.  It is very difficult and afterwords I felt bad that I didn't get a chance to talk to H's dad's side of the family.
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  • Carebear62584Carebear62584 member
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    Also, one of my girls made the ribbon bouquet as well.  Forgot that in my last post.
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