elaine wrote:
> 2 wedding showers on the w/e. So today I went to a kitchen store and bought
> some of my favourite stuff:
>
> -tongs; microplane, little egg beater -- great for making salad dressings,
> omelettes, scrambled eggs; marble mortar and pestle; some small glass spice
> bottles; knife that cuts really cool shapes, nice candle and a three
> rectangle server. Came home and was tidying up the top of my fridge which is
> where I found the invite
>
> At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
>
> So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......

You didn't screw up; they did. People ought not beg for gifts, and
even if that were not rude, specifying the gift would be.

Serene