Last week I finally started losing some of the weight I gained when I was on the Pill. And Saturday I gained it all back. Me and my good friend, Godmother, threw a baby shower for our other good friend Dee. It was pretty informal, except for the serious eating of course. We weren’t very consistent with the shower games (they were just an excuse to give away prizes anyway), we weren’t consistent with any sort of schedule (ran two hours over and enjoyed more kvetching than opening gifts), but we were consistent with the eating. Especially the scrumptious cake. (Hey, any woman will tell you that food is always an essential part of girl time.)
The best showers are all about hanging out and celebrating with your girls. Oh, and having really cute decorations and/or favors!! (What?)
As I’m still full and can barely balance my laptop on my aching belly, tonight I’m just posting pictures.
Scarlett Johansson, by the way, bears a striking resemblance to my friend Dee. In fact, when Scarlett first started showing up on the screen scene I could not for the life of me figure out why she looked so familiar. Until, as I was puzzling it over yet again watching a Netflix movie, I said so to Keen. He looked at me in utter astonishment and said, “Hello? She looks like DEE!" Oh yeah, duh.
And just to prove it to you…
Because I LOVED our favors… (Thanks Godmother!)
Playing games… with the little girls – who won all the shower games, by the way (and yes, that’s me in the red).
And the flowers. (Yes, I AM a girl!)
(Thanks Chris for all the pictures. – wg)
Have I mentioned that I HATE typepad’s formatting glitches? Well, I do (she says after futzing with the spacing for 20 minutes).
I love showers. For the food. ummm cake. I went to a wedding shower the other day for brunch. Have I mentioned I love food?
I love parties! Yours sounds like fun. I went to a wedding reception Saturday night. My fave thing about it was the cake. Instead of the normal tiered wedding cake, it was a series of stacked suitcases. Stunning. I wish I would have taken a picture.
Is it just me, or are people having showers including all the guys these days??? Personally, I’d much rather not go.
Phoenix, I know what you mean. For the first child I understand why the men are included and why many of them want to be there. (Really! Some of them want to go!) But this one was a second child and we just used it as an excuse to have a girls’ day.
And yeah, neither her husband nor Keen wanted to stick around.
ktjrdn & KC, cake’s rock! I had a regular old tiered cake at my wedding, but if we ever have a major anniversary party (like 50th) I think I’m gonna spring for one of those super-pretty, fancy cakes that I see on Food Network all the time.
Man, now I’m hungry.
Wait, that’s you after gaining weight BACK? Unfair.
Mom-101, no, that’s me IN PROCESS of gaining weight back! This pic managed not to capture me shoving food into my mouth.
We so rocked that party!
And I think the best moment was when Dee said, “I don’t know if George Bush is Satan or just stupid.” Priceless!!
Godmother told me to check out this post. You both are the best! It was a great shower. And you are my friends FOREVER; Scarlett Johansson is gorgeous. At my best, I’m her fat, wrinkled, pregnant step-sister. Did I mention fat? But I’m okay with that. As I wrote this, I finished half a tub of Trader Joe’s organic chocolate chip cookies — yum! Eat your heart out, Scarlett!