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Mrs. Duckling, San Diego Age and Occupation: 23, Psychology Grad Student, Youth Diversion Specialist/Marriage and Family Therapy Trainee and an Executive Assistant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Marketing and PR Coordinator Engagement Date: May 17, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: Rancho Bernardo Inn About Me: I'm currently living in Orange County, but planning our wedding in my hometown of San Diego. We are a DIY wedding "2fer", as I'm the crafty one and Mr. Ducky is in charge of all of our graphic design and technical aspects. When not wedding planning or reading wedding blogs, I'm attending grad school and rotating between two different jobs to keep things exciting. My favorite things include shoes, Post-Its, Labrador Retrievers, traveling, psychology, delicious food, photography, reading, craft gadgets/supplies, and of course, my wonderful Mr. Ducky!
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I recently had my first bridal shower. Going into it, I was excited but slightly nervous. I am not one to be the center of attention, and knowing that people would obviously be looking at me a lot was a little overwhelming. (Just imagine what I’ll be like before the wedding! Haha.) However, once I arrived at the shower, I had the best time.

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My aunt did an amazing job decorating and setting everything up in her beautiful home.

Perhaps one of my favorite parts about this whole process is the opportunities that weddings create for quality time with those you love. And if you remember my post on the Five Love Languages, you’ll know that I am big on quality time. It was so fun to see my extended family and close family friends.

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How cute is our flower girl?

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One of the more humorous parts of the shower was the question game. You know the game—the one where they ask the groom a bunch of questions ahead of time and then you have to guess his answers? Well, Mr. Ducky and I have always joked that we’d be horrible on any sort of Newlywed game show, because he has no real absolute favorites, so questions about him tend to be difficult. Sure enough, that was the game at our shower, and for each wrong answer I had to put gum in my mouth. I got all the relationship questions right, but when it came to his favorites, it was a tad difficult. Even my Aunt said that when she talked to Mr. Ducky, he wasn’t sure what to answer. Something like a favorite band/artist changes weekly depending on what mood he is in. We aren’t entering a game show anytime soon. Here is the result of me getting so many questions wrong… sorry for the graphic and terribly unflattering picture! But now you can see how many wrong answers I had!

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All of the food was delicious! Look at this fruit! Something about fresh fruit is so amazingly delicious.

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My mom made a beautiful ribbon bouquet from all the gifts. Have you ever heard of the tradition that for every ribbon you break, it results in a future kid? Mr. Ducky was very concerned about this tradition.

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Look at the hilarious favors my Aunt made! Kitchen gloves with some bling and nail polish! Mr. Ducky says they creep him out, but they make me laugh.

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A picture of Mama Duckling and me at the end of the shower.

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It was such a special time and I was so thankful for the generosity of everyone there. I regret that I didn’t take more pictures to share, but I guess I know for next time, right?

Were you nervous before your first shower? What is your favorite part of a shower?

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23 Responses to “Mouth Full of Gum aka My Bridal Shower”

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vintage2010 (message)  1,016 posts, Bumble bee

Very pretty picture of the home! We do the ribbon tradition here in Houston.

 
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Miss Dachshund (message)  487 posts, Helper bee

My shower won’t be for months and months, but it already makes me nervous thinking about it! So many wonderful ladies will be there, but most of them will be family and friends that I’m not really close to. I’m not looking forward to opening gifts in front of everyone : \

Your aunt did a great job with your shower! The kitchen gloves are hilarious and clever and the fresh fruit is really making me crave some strawberries (and the punch in that picture looks super tasty, too!)

 
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Miss Bear Cub
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Miss Bear Cub (message)  1,350 posts, Bumble bee

how cute!
btw I love your dress!!

 
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ggsb
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ggsb (message)  842 posts, Busy bee

I was a nervous wreck before my first shower!

Those gloves are Super Fun! I might have to “borrow” that idea for a house warming party I’m helping with. ;)

 
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pvaulter718
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pvaulter718 (message)  1,594 posts, Bumble bee

For my best friend’s shower in April, I knew her FSIL was a wanna-be-photographer, so I asked Jenni to be our photographer for the day. She appreciated being included in such a special way, and she even made a little photo album for the bride afterwards :)

 
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Mrs. Kitten (message)  705 posts, Busy bee

Wow! What a beautiful view! And I love your dress, where is it from?!

And yes, I was VERY nervous before my first shower. I think I changed outfits like 4 times. But by the second one I was an old pro.

 
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LatteLove
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LatteLove (message)  4,094 posts, Honey bee

we played that trivia game at my shower too, and I had to chew Big Red gum, which I HATE! I think I had an equally big glob, tears streaming down my face from the spciy cinnamon and some choice words for Mr. LL about his answers!

 
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Miss Duckling (message)  1,349 posts, Bumble bee

@Jennarationnext: I love punch at showers. Especially when sherbert is involved. mmm
@Mrs. Kitten: Thanks! It is from urban outfitters.
@LatteLove: I’m glad I was not alone. I told Mr. D that his answers were wrong and that his mom and I agreed. :) I’m glad I didn’t have cinnamon tho!

 
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Mrs. Perfume (message)  1,632 posts, Bumble bee

How fantasticly vibrant, creative, and fun!!!!!!

 
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Nautilus
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Nautilus (message)  13 posts, Newbee

The fruit looks amazing. What a fresh fun party!

 
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when i played this game at my shower, my wad of gum got so big i had to take it out & start over (to many boos!)–it was actually starting to make me feel physically sick!

 
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Miss French Bulldog
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Miss French Bulldog (message)  6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

You are so cute and I love your dress!

 
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Lillindy
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Lillindy (message)  4,251 posts, Honey bee

Looks like it was so fun! Can you share how your aunt made those cute gloves? :)

 
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mklove
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mklove (message)  355 posts, Helper bee

I was very nervous at my shower, as I do not like being the center of attention either. The gift part was the hardest, but the best part was the fun I had with my friends and all the wine I got to drink. My MOH had my shower at a wine bar!

 
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Miss Labrador (message)  1,324 posts, Bumble bee

Never heard of the ribbon breaking tradition. I’ll keep how many I broke a secret from Mr. Lab… ;)

And the gloves are totally adorable and kinda creepy at the same time. lol I think the e-ring on them puts them more on the adorable side! :P

 
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PrettyKitty
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PrettyKitty (message)  505 posts, Busy bee

I have the exact same picture of me with a wad of gum at my shower! My mom made up 25 questions and I ate 13 pieces of gum!

 
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krissybee
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krissybee (message)  1,005 posts, Bumble bee

what a fun shower!!!!!! those gloves are hilarious!

 
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Vic004
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Vic004 (message)  784 posts, Busy bee

Your shower looks like so much fun and you look so glowing and happy! Those gloves also scare me a little too, but I like them!!

 
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Miss Cloud (message)  587 posts, Busy bee

I managed to break no ribbons at all at my shower, but ended up doing two on purpose to make mama cloud happy :) you looked so pretty and happy (even with that wad of gum!)

 
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Mrs. Deviled Egg
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Mrs. Deviled Egg (message)  892 posts, Busy bee

Looks like it was fun and fabulous! I love your dress, too! You look gorgeous!

 
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Miss Gloss
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Miss Gloss (message)  1,053 posts, Bumble bee

What a fabulous location!

 
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kkuether (message)  68 posts, Worker bee

it all looks like so much fun! I broke about 6 ribbons at my first shower which definitely put the fear in FI . . . :)

 
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Jenniphyr
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Jenniphyr (message)  1,397 posts, Bumble bee

Hah! That gum game sounds hilarious. =D If my fiance had to do it, he’d definitely bomb on the “favourites” part, because I don’t have any either!

 


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