I went to the bridal shower for my granddaughter this past Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny day and we were at a place call 'The Farm at South Mountain'. I have eaten there before, but it has been several years ago. It was a lot of fun. I felt bad that all my granddaughter's bridemaids and maid of honor didn't come. Nor did they call and say they weren't. People just don't follow courtesy or proper etiquette anymore. Only one bridesmaid came - and she drove up from Tucson!
The shower was a lot of fun. I got to meet some of the groom's family that I hadn't met before and we hit it off immediately, I felt. The food was delicious - we had sandwiches, salad, and delicious cookies, etc. for dessert. I ate two. They were like little pecan pie slices - not sure what they were, but they were oh so good. We played some games - which is the reason for my title for this day.
One of the games we played was bridal bingo. I didn't do well on it. Another game we played was we all had two rings on our finger and we couldn't say the words 'wedding', 'Justin', or 'May'. It didn't take long for me to get my granddaughter's two rings, which gave me four - but I was beaten by one ring as the groom's mother had managed to capture one more. But the other game was easier - much easier - for me. It was about movies.
At first I wasn't sure how it was going to work. In this box were cards, and it started across the table from me. A person would draw a card, open it, and inside the card was a line from a chick flick. We had to guess that movie. If we couldn't guess it, the card was moved to the person next to us and on around the table until it was guessed correctly. I could not figure out two of the lines, and one didn't make it past my daughter-in-law. BUT, I think I got the rest of them! There were lines from the Titanic, Sweet Home Alabama, Casablanca, West Side Story, Notting Hill - and others. Most I have watched at least a couple dozen times. It was such fun playing this game, cause I knew most of the answers. I love to watch chick flicks!
My prize for winning was really cool. I won two containers for popcorn, and each container contained a big box of snack (as in chocoloate covered peanuts, and Mike & Ike's)and a bag of microwave popcorn. Attached to one of the containers were two tickets to a movie theatre. NICE gifts! All the gifts were very nice. I told the hostess that she should manage every shower -she did an awesome job from games to gifts to complete organization. It was a fun time. Our granddaughter got some nice wedding gifts and I think she enjoyed it as well. She made the dress she was wearing and it was absolutely gorgeous!
May will be here before we know it and a beautiful spring wedding. My firstborn princess has grown into a beautiful young woman. My prayers for her have been that she will have joy and blessings all her life. I think that she has succeeded in a lot of that - but I'm sure there are more to come. I dislike her being so far away, but, sometimes love causes us to move far away. When she's in town, I am reluctant to ask for her time as I know her mother and her siblings long to spend time with her too. We had talked about getting together this weekend to look for things for her 'new' house - but decided to wait until she actually moves into it so that she can determine what she really needs. Maybe next trip up we can get some time together.
But, since this is still March - and I am at work, I reckon I had better do that - especially since my boss just came in! Have a great day!
Blessings
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