Oh my word! Who would have thought that planning a baby
shower could be so many things?? Namely, expensive, stressful, exciting,
overwhelming, and a million other emotions all rolled into one. Now, before y’all
go all Ms. Manners on me, I know full well that mama isn’t supposed to throw
her daughter a baby shower. But, why? Because it’s rude for me to ask for gifts
for her??!? But not for someone else to ask for gifts for her?!?!? Y’all, I
just went with it. A friend of mine offered to be the “formal” host, but that
just seemed pointless and dishonest. Anywho, back to the planning….. here’s a
few things I have recently learned that I thought I’d share with you:
- · Party favors for guests are a thing now. Who knew? I thought you gave party favors at children’s birthday parties so the other kids didn’t feel left out. Turns out, you give party favors at baby showers now, too. We are giving these. They are a lot a smaller than I thought, so we are having our cake maker make us cupcakes to put these in them.
- · Candy buffets are the “in” thing. I wanted the Princess to have the nicest baby shower ever, so I agreed.
- · Single colored candy is EXPENSIVE. I’m in it over $100 and I’m not even sure it is candy we will eat if there are leftovers. What I am sure of, though, is it matches the theme!! We found that Amazon had the best prices on them. We ordered this and this.
- · Things will NOT go perfectly. But, my mom reminds me that I am the only one who will know, so don’t stress.
- · We are doing a semi-early baby shower. Peanut is not due to make his appearance until the end of January; however, we are having a shower the beginning of November. I think this will be sure the Princess is still feeling good, and will give her time to get the things she doesn’t receive at the shower in the event Peanut makes an early debut.
- · It is so, so, so easy to go overboard. I have wanted to buy so many things for the shower. I’ve tried to use better judgment and use things I have or borrow things from someone I know. The things I have bought, I’ve tried to be sure they are things I can decorate in my own home, or use to decorate Peanut’s room.
Do you have any tips on throwing a baby shower on less than
a celebrity budget? I’d love to hear them.
Stay tuned for photos from the shower. I can't wait to share it with y'all.
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