The Shower

Do you know what would have been more fun than planning a bridal shower? Stabbing myself with one of the pens that have uplifting wedding-related saying over and over until dead.
Yup.

Yesterday, I went to the house to get the yard and house ready. B's mom was there cleaning the inside of her house. She and I went to the yard. I did yardwork. She mowed the lawn, I got the weedwhacker started and went to work with that, and then I snipped and pruned her flowers that were dead and needed to be cleaned up. Her mom, mercifully, cleaned her whole house. I was thrilled that she spent a lot of time in the bathroom. B and her boyfriend, are slobs.

So after being in 90 degree, humid sun, we had to put up the tents. One of them we had to do twice because the canopy part was put on inside out. I am now a tent putting up professional. Seriously, call me when you need a tent put up. I can do it blindfolded by myself at this point.

My mom had previously gone out and gotten all sorts of party essentials like: table clothes, napkins, forks, knives, spoons, cups, center pieces, favors (little votive candles and cute bags to put them in), aluminum trays for food, the canisters to keep food hot and things like that. We also bought all the stuff to make a macaroni salad, a pasta salad, meatballs and ziti with meatsauce. Also, she got stuff to make punch as well as a case of water as requested by B. My mom only spent $60 on everything she got that day. She said that the three bridesmaids should be splitting the costs of party gifts; B refused saying "I didn't want to get all that extra stuff because we don't need it and I didn't want to spend any more on this."

I became angry. All she was spending on this party was stuff to make a caesar salad, her mom made egg salad sandwhiches, a veggie tray and iced tea. The third bridesmaid, got off with a cake and chicken salad sandwhiches. B asked one of the guests to make a fruit salad and another guest to bring cookies.

I can't believe she didn't think we needed table clothes, and napkins. How ridiculous is that?

Also, I supplied all four tables for eating, a small table for keeping advice cards and the basket for cards and cups with pens.

So basically here, I supplied just about everything for this party. This morning, B called me to say I needed to call Sarah and distract her by saying I would meet her for coffee after her appointment at Venus di Milo this morning. I called B back and said I had done enough for this party and I wasn't going to do it. She was not happy with me.

I am still angry about this damn party. I can't even put it into words. Although, after a few drinks tomorrow, I might be able to for you. This story is actually much longer, but I'm bored now.