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Two weekends ago my fantastic bridesmaids threw me the cutest shower ever! I may be a tad bit biased, but I’m sure once you get a look below you’ll believe it ranks pretty high up there.
BM F hosted the shower at her parents’ beautiful beach house and we could not have hoped for better weather.
Isn’t the view from their house to DIE for? It is the stuff postcards are made of!
This, however, not so much! This sexy beast came to mow their neighbor’s lawn in the middle of the shower.
Okay, back to the shower… when I arrived we all walked around and played the first game. Questions were mounted on adorable fruity scrapbooking paper and taped up around the kitchen and family room for everyone to answer.
Answer: In college
Just so you don’t think these were all easy questions, I didn’t even get them all right. Mr Frenchie (he took the quiz when he came by later) and I both got our engagement date wrong. I, at least, got the month right. After we’d all turned in our answer cards, it was time to dig into lunch.
Mmmm… I have been craving cranberry chicken salad sandwiches since! YUM-MERS! Once we were all stuffed to the brim, it was time to open presents. I’m not gonna lie, this was my favorite part. Unlike other brides I’ve known, I LOVE being the center of attention… and getting presents isn’t too shabby, either. But, before I could open up my goodies, we all had to unwrap the answers to the first game.
Raise your hand if you’re getting married!
Each layer of wrapping had an answer to one of the questions and instructions for who to pass the present to next. The package made it back to me on the last answer.
How awesome is this paper?
Inside, Sister Frenchie gifted me some pretty sexy panties - these were my favorites.
I’m all kinds of klassy!
After the silly gift came the real gifts.
I got some great cards…
A couple very creative presents…
My friend (and shower photographer), Krissi, made me an “Allison’s Kitchen” sign for, well, my kitchen and Sister Frenchie made “cupcakes” out of our napkins and stored them in a cupcake caddy.
I also got some great staples and learned how NOT to pose for a picture…
Mental note for my next shower - make prettier faces! Especially when posing with your new KitchenAid mixer!
Mama Frenchie is the BEST!
Once all the presents had been opened, we ate the most delicious carrot cake EVER made… EVER!
I lied… my favorite part of the day was relaxing at the end of the shower with all my ladies and eating yummy cake. As much as I love Mr Frenchie, it is nice to have some quality girl time every once in a while.
What was your favorite part of your shower?
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1. let’s start with sexy lawn mower guy..where can I get me one of those… (LOL)
2. OMG that house is awesome
3. How do you get your engagement date wrong? Just a question - I know I was so ready for it, that the day is marked in my head for eternity - In any case cute game
4. Love the presents…and the faces you made. You look beautiful because you look happy!!!!
5. YAY to hanging with your girls.
OW OW! Lawn mower guy.
Why is it the hot ones always keep their shirts ON and the not so hot ones show it off?
You are absolutely adorable in your purple dress! Where did you get it?
@lobstergirl: I don’t know if you remember my story, but our engagement happened after a lot of our friends were engaged. By the time Mr Frenchie proposed he and I were both just so happy it was our turn 
I knew it was in the beginning of Nov, but I wasn’t sure of the exact date… Mr Frenchie however thought we got engaged in October.
@tampabride: Thank you! I got the dress from Trashy Diva’s online store.
your shower looks fantastic!! Congrats on your mixer! You had me crackin up at the lawn mower and the panties!!
Looks like it was a fab shower! I love the fruit theme - too cute!
Not only am I compelled to agree that, YES, you had one of the nicest showers I have ever seen, but you also gave one of the most fun recaps of it!
Those underware are priceless…. LOL
You got awesome gifts… and that name wrapping paper… awesome!
ok… my first thoughts were GREAT DRESS and then i thought NICE DECANTER and then is saw the KITCHENAID and i SWOONED!
oh, and the guy mowing the lawn next door was kinda hot (joking!)
wow I wish I lived on the coast. Beautiful location!
Whoa their backyard is amazing!!!! Wow!
That wrapping paper is too cute! I want to eat those fruit skewers, yum…
Beautiful shower–great dress (another Bee has it, I think). You look FINE!! Funny recap–I love the pic of naked old guy! Where did your sister get that wrapping paper praytell?!
I love your fruit theme!!! Looks like you had a blast! And… I am so envious of that mixer!!!! I can’t wait to get mine!
I love the placemats you got! Did you register for them? Where are they from?!?!?! I’m dying to buy them for myself! 
Damn your friends for making things all confusing. (J/K) LOL that you both forgot. At least you both did forget, because if not one of you might feel bad. This way it all evens out.
I love the whole thing! You are right, this is certainly a shower in contention for the best. And don’t undersell yourself, your facial expressions are amazing, honest and show how happy you really are!
@eileen marie: Yes, Miss Crab Cake’s post on the dress inspired me to buy one of my own and I wish I could tell you where to get the wrapping paper, but my mom has had it since I was little.
@erica: The place mats are from Crate and Barrel (http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=430&f=30650&q=placemat&fromLocation=Search&DIMID=400001&SearchPage=1)
You are seriously the cutest bride-to-be ever!!! I’m very jealous of that beach house…it’s awesome!!
[...] this post is going to be about my linens, but it’s about calligraphy. As you learned in my fruity shower post, BM F and I met in college and that is when I learned, she would sit and practice her [...]
[...] this post is going to be about our linens, but it’s about calligraphy. As you learned in my fruity shower post, BM F and I met in college. She would sit and practice her handwriting when she needed [...]
I have that exact mixer. It has inspired a love of Martha Stewart Signature Blue in me. So much, in fact, that it is now one of my wedding colors. Not turquoise but Martha Stewart Signature Blue.
@Ms.Jillian: I was also inspired by the Martha Stewart blue and it kinda became one of our wedding colors as well
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Mrs. French Bulldog, Orange County
Age and Occupation: 28, Administrative Assistant & Interior Design Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Purchasing Analyst
Engagement Date: November 8, 2008
Wedding Date: August 2009
Venue: Bernardo Winery
About Me: I've lived in Atlanta, Dallas and Laguna Niguel; although I've lived in Orange County, CA most my life, I'm a Southerner at heart. I work full time for a Commercial General Contractor (aka my father) and I go to school for Interior Design at night. I love modern design, music, wine, crafting, DMailing, my family, my Westies, and of course, Mr Frenchie! Mr Frenchie and I met 3 years ago on Match.com and have been best friends ever since. I love his "old soul" and how he laughs with his whole body, among many other things. We are planning our summer wedding at the winery near his hometown, just 45 minutes south of Orange County.
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Looked like a fun shower!
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