Mrs. Lovebird, New York/Cancun
Age and Occupation: 25, Attorney
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Medical Student
Engagement Date: September 22, 2006
Wedding Date: July, 2008
Venue: Dreams Cancun Resort & Spa
About Me: Born and raised New Yorker planning a destination wedding in Cancun, Mexico and a traditional Chinese banquet in New York City. Got proposed to in Cancun, so it’s only fitting we are going back to get married. I love trivia, board games, bargain shopping, asian dramas and eating yummy food!
Groomsmen Gifts
June 16th, 2008 @ 11:25 am by Mrs. Lovebird
Mr. Lovebird and I wanted to splurge a little on our bridal party gifts. We wracked our brains for weeks trying to think of something to get these guys, and decided on something any guy would love. And since we didn’t want to bring these somewhat big and heavy gifts all the way to Mexico, we thought we would have a little groomsmen get-together beforehand. We just invited them over to our place for some food and games and said “prizes will be awarded.”
the grub
Of course we had to have beer, a homage to our first wedding DIY project/groomsmen get-together.
Though they were a little suspicious about the reason behind the get-together, I don’t they think they had any idea. So we munched on some food, had a few beers, played some Mariokart on the Wii and watched some “Hitched” on t.v.
Then came time for the gift giving. We got five 20gb Xbox 360s and one Nintendo DS Lite with the game “Trauma Center: Under the Knife” for our groomsman Henry since there was a higher chance of him actually playing the DS with his hectic schedule (he’s a doctor).
Only half of them showed up, figures! Our wonderful best man, Ernie, got a pair of Oakleys as well, which was perfect because he needed a pair of sunglasses. I think they liked their gifts cuz Oliver, the guy all the way to the right kept saying, “are you serious???” Young, the guy in the middle was like, “I’m going to sell my PS3 now!” It made us so happy to see our friends happy!
What did you get your groomsmen? Did you find it hard to find something they all would like?
14 Responses to “Groomsmen Gifts”
Wow, those are some pretty extravagant gifts! What lucky dudes!
dang! i wish we could be as generous with our bridal party..alas, we are poor so our groomsmen will be getting $20 gift cards to Best Buy or something. We figured instead of getting something they may or may not use..a gift card would be the easiest thing.
My FI received an ipod shuffle for the last wedding he was in–he loves it and uses it constantly. At $50 I think it’s a reasonable gift so we may do that for our men too.
we couldn’t think of anything to get our groomsmen either.. so we’re got 1 of our groomsmen an xbox 360 and the other 3 are getting a wii.
i’m sorry, am i the only one who thinks taht is a little insane?!! lol…. i WISH we could afford that…..
We are probably going to give them just their tie, and maybe some money towards their flight. I wish we could do more, but everything is so stretched already!
Wow. I wish I was in your party..Okay, my husband would have wished to be in your party…I’ve been having him hold off on buying an xbox 360….Cool!
what/?? we’re supposed to get gifts? I totally got gypped! It was bad enough to have to rent my own tux, and fly out to the wedding, but now I hear I missed out?!?!??! this sucks! I’m totally going to call up my boy whose wedding I was in and demand an Xbox! and a copy of GTA IV!
Damn! Those are some nice groomsmen’s gifts. Lucky lucky boys!
@Mr. Grumpy Groomsman:
Uh, I don’t think it’s standard to get groomsmen game consols…
wow, thats quite an extravagant gift!
WOW! way too much $ for me! lucky guys!
Miss Lovebird- what awesome and generous gifts! I think it’s great when people choose to allot time and money to spoiling their families and bridal parties- I’m sure your groomsmen were so excited and thankful!
that’s awesome!! 
you two are such generous friends!
