Bridal Shower Do's and Dont's

Went to my first bridal shower and here are some things I learned....

Bridal Shower Dos/Donts
Don't:
1. Leave your phone off if you are hosting the shower because there might be some person (possibly a bridesmaid) struggling with 5 lbs of soup, spices and proseco who is lost.
2. Talk about your wedding if you are a bride at a bridal shower that is not your own. For example "Oh, that is the same pasta machine on my registry." Who the hell cares what pasta machine you have on your registry no one is at your shower, and if I was I still wouldn't care.
3. Have soup
4. Register for 3 toasters
5. Don't have kids there they cry
6. Forget to tell people to put bows on their gifts otherwise it is hard to make a fake bouquet out of tulle, cardboard and bubble wrap.

Do:
1. Have alcohol
2. Spike the punch with vodka, proseco or anything for that matter besides juice.
3. Have great friends there (minus the one that talks about her own wedding)
4. Have a DVD video of your fiancee answering silly game show questions - So cheezy yet so cute! Even brought a tear to my eye.
5. Have a wonderful, wonderful bride who is sweet, funny, and did I mention wonderful.
6. Have plenty of food, specifically wine and cheese. Wine = grapes = food.
7. Have silly, sexy, embarrassing gifts ...It's okay we are all girls. Well that is assuming your mother in law, sister in law, and grandma in law are there then it might be too embarrassing.
8. Take pictures - it is always fun to look back at them.
9. Bring a pick up truck to carry all your stuff home or just a really nice man with a car.

So personally, I would have opted for the peanut butter pie or cheesecake instead of yellow cake, and the Eddy's slow churned strawberry yogurt instead of ice cream...But I am just weird like that. I also probably would not register for towels because somehow I might end up with 20 and we are only 2 people and I do not plan on having 8 kids.

Bridal shower games are fun, and probably should be limited to 3 that is unless there is nothing to talk about. But you figure with eating, drinking, opening gifts, reading bridal advice, and playing bride bingo you are probably all friends by the 4th hour. But trivia games are fun too so if you can somehow make that a shot game maybe you can throw in a 4th game.

I had a great time and this is by no means a way of insulting any bridal shower, but I expect with my crazy friends and their love and my love for vodka there might be a carafe somewhere on that table. I also somehow guess I will be drinking a martini and opening a box of sexy thongs that are stuck inside the blender I registered for. And I am also guessing there will be tons of yummy food, none which include soup.