Weddingbee

I’ve already mentioned it a couple of times before, but after recapping the rest of last weekend (what with a shower surprise, dress fitting, dance lesson and makeup trial), I feel like I can finally get to the main event of the weekend: my shower.

Since my bridesmaids live out of town (and don’t all know each other), and my extended family is not especially close knit, my mom, Mr. Dahlia’s mom and Mr. Dahlia’s mom’s best friend graciously hosted the event at my parents’ house. There were about 25 or so people in attendance for the afternoon tea, from some of the “kids” I used to babysit for 10 years ago, to the women from church who were like second moms to me growing up, to some of the women who played a significant part in Mr. Dahlia’s life. It was, in a word, overwhelmingly amazing.

The crowd:

Part way through, one of the women from my parents’ neighborhood realized that I needed a bouquet for the rehearsal dinner- here they are, hard at work:

(Much to their dismay, I did not break a single ribbon when I was unwrapping packages, suggesting that I will not have kids in the future. This was a conscious effort on my part.)

The theme of the shower - everyone was assigned a specific hour of the day, and told to bring something that Mr. Dahlia and I would use at that hour. Mr. Dahlia’s aunt, who was assigned 7am, came in carrying this.

I was a little confused, until I saw the card- Breakfast in Bed! (It contained a basket containing teas and coffee and other assorted breakfast goodness.)

And it wouldn’t be a party without food:

This was only half of the spread, but it was amazing.

And a gratuitous closeup of what was left of the petit fours that my mom made. And not just any flavor- no, they were rose flavored, which is one of my favorite flavorings for dessert. (Anyone else think my mom could go into business selling these?)

I still can’t get over how generous everyone was, and how wonderful it was to have all of these women together in the same room.