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Shower gifts delievered to our home...already!

maggiebeth29maggiebeth29
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ok. so when we arrived home today, there was a giant box on our front steps.  we figured out that it was a shower gift from a good friend of ours that lives out of state.  our question is: the shower isn't until june 30th - I don't want to wait till july to send a thank you note, but what is the etiquette rules? send now? send later?

should I call and ask if she wants me to bring it to the shower?

i'm so confused.

help please.

thanks in advance.
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    jagore08jagore08 member
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    It is always proper to send a thank you note when you receive a gift, no matter when it was intended for.  It also lets the giver know that you have received the gift.
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    jessicabessicajessicabessica member
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    Open it now and send a thank you note.  Unless it's clearly for the shower (like it says so on the packing slip message), don't specify that it's a shower or a wedding gift.  You've got plenty of time until the shower, so your friend can tell you after she gets your TY note if she had meant for you to bring it to the shower.
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    maggiebeth29maggiebeth29
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    We rec'd ANOTHER gift today!!! hahaha

    Thanks for your advice! I will send TYs out this weekend!


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    librababylibrababy
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    How exciting.  Love presents. 
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    Benny618Benny618
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    yep send a thank you right away!

    we are having our gifts sent to my parents house because our current apartment is too small to store everything, and this way we can choose what gifts we'd like now and which we need to store at their house for a little longer.  At first I was planning to go to their house every few weeks to open the gifts, but one of our family members got upset that she didn't hear from us RIGHT AWAY acknowledging that we got the gift.  So now when a gift is delivered to my parents house, my mom opens it while we watch on FaceTime lol! Then we send out that thank you RIGHT AWAY. 

    Guests would rather get an acknowledgement for the gift than care if you opened it at home or at the shower.

    Also I think it might be kind of weird to bring gifts to the shower if someone mailed it before hand, just to open more gifts?
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    maggiebeth29maggiebeth29
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    Thanks again girls!!
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