If April Showers Bring May Flowers, November Flowers Bring What...Poinsettias?
I had my second bridal shower over the weekend. For those of you getting married, or who will get married in the future, may I suggest "the grocery shower."
I had never heard of one of these until my best friend got married. I was out of the state at the time but I heard all about it and hers was a big success. Especially since her husband was out of work for the first six months of their marriage. You can live without a blender or a waffle iron or even seven sets of towels. You cannot, however, last very long without food.
Let me explain. For a grocery shower people bring nonperishable food items for the bride and groom to stock their pantry (or under the bed if you don't have a pantry). Think food drive. Canned fruits and vegetables, boxed pasta, cake mixes, etc. My best friend said the problem with her shower was that she got A LOT of pasta and A LOT of muffin mixes but not a lot of anything else. So, to remedy that: Assign Categories. We had pastas, canned fruits and vegetables, baking goods, staples (like flour, sugar, etc.) and whatever else you can think of. Very good idea.
This shower included the ladies in my parents' neighborhood. We've lived there for 11 years and made many good friends. These were the mothers and grandmothers of my neighborhood friends, the women who taught me in church. And they were all extremely generous. Not only did they bring food drive items, but we got utensils and pots and pans and kitchen towels and all kinds of things you need to be able to eat the food drive items.
Last count showed 50lbs of sugar, 50lbs of flour, 6 bags each of powdered and brown sugar. 10 brownie mixes, 20 muffin mixes, 3 big containers of salt, 3 tubs of crisco, 4 bags of pasta, probably 100 cans of fruits and vegetables, lots of bottled drinks and several other random food items. I think I'll be baking for the next YEAR and still have groceries left over!
Cookies, anyone?
I had never heard of one of these until my best friend got married. I was out of the state at the time but I heard all about it and hers was a big success. Especially since her husband was out of work for the first six months of their marriage. You can live without a blender or a waffle iron or even seven sets of towels. You cannot, however, last very long without food.
Let me explain. For a grocery shower people bring nonperishable food items for the bride and groom to stock their pantry (or under the bed if you don't have a pantry). Think food drive. Canned fruits and vegetables, boxed pasta, cake mixes, etc. My best friend said the problem with her shower was that she got A LOT of pasta and A LOT of muffin mixes but not a lot of anything else. So, to remedy that: Assign Categories. We had pastas, canned fruits and vegetables, baking goods, staples (like flour, sugar, etc.) and whatever else you can think of. Very good idea.
This shower included the ladies in my parents' neighborhood. We've lived there for 11 years and made many good friends. These were the mothers and grandmothers of my neighborhood friends, the women who taught me in church. And they were all extremely generous. Not only did they bring food drive items, but we got utensils and pots and pans and kitchen towels and all kinds of things you need to be able to eat the food drive items.
Last count showed 50lbs of sugar, 50lbs of flour, 6 bags each of powdered and brown sugar. 10 brownie mixes, 20 muffin mixes, 3 big containers of salt, 3 tubs of crisco, 4 bags of pasta, probably 100 cans of fruits and vegetables, lots of bottled drinks and several other random food items. I think I'll be baking for the next YEAR and still have groceries left over!
Cookies, anyone?
posted by Heidi @ 11:46 AM
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