A giant tent was up in my aunt's backyard, with lanterns and tables and food and drink. And favors! And prizes!! My cousin Melissa had made up beautiful gift baskets for a raffle. These things were amazing. Spa baskets with bath products, beach baskets, BBQ baskets, jugs of local maple syrup... really good stuff.
Unbeknownst to us, the shower had a theme of "hat and gloves". Guests were asked to arrive wearing said items, and there were some pretty creative interpretations, including hard hats, gardening gloves, straw paddy hats, and even one hat handmade from paper towels. Once again there were people I hadn't seen in many years, and it was wonderful to catch up. We really shouldn't wait for bridal showers to get together with old friends! But it's definitely a great excuse.
After a delicious buffet lunch, Emily and I were directed to our patio chairs of honor and presented with our own princess hats and loofah gloves! We both received some gorgeous gifts and cards. My favorite, from two of my coworkers, said "Holy shit! You're getting married!" I might have to get it framed.
After the gifts was a trivia quiz, with facts about our respective pasts. Guests had to guess whether the fact applied to a)Emily, b)Me, or c)Both. I even got a few of them wrong! Shows you how well I know my family.
By the afternoon it had gotten quite hot, so Heather, Maili and I improvised some refreshment by sticking our feet in the now-melted but still freezing ice tub. Relief is not spelled R-O-L-A-I-D-S, my friends.
A huge thanks to my Aunt Rindy, my mom, my cousin Melissa and my two best friends for all the hard work they put into this event! It was another roaring success.
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