Say Serene Like You Mean It wrote:
> 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

Gifts are traditional for showers. But how on earth would a person know
what someone needs or even *wants* for their bedroom? What, you're supposed
to buy them a pair of lamps or something? Art for the walls? That's silly.
I've heard of kitchen & bathroom showers but never a bedroom shower.

Jill