I'm getting a little (ok, alot) fed up of temperatures of minus 25 and below. I like the snow, it's pretty when it snows, but these endless days of it being absolutely bloody freezing are no fun at all. I've taken to driving D down to the end of the road to catch the school bus simply because it's too cold to walk.
This morning I noticed a clear sign that my pregnancy addled brain is beginning to turn to soup... I got into the car to drive home - on the right hand side. Feeling rather foolish I slunk out and walked around to get in to the left. You'd think after almost 3 years of living here, I'd have figured that one out by now!
Last night I went out for a 'girls night out' with some friends and had alot of fun chatting and eating good food. They are going to throw me a 'Baby Shower' at some point, which is very cool indeed. A total novice to the whole concept of showers (the wedding / baby kind, not the water kind) I've neither had one, nor attended one and have no idea what goes on. These girls are professionals at them though - they've been to millions and know exactly what needs to happen.
Apparently there's all kinds of weird etiquette which goes with these shower things..... for example if you are invited to a wedding shower, that means you have to buy a gift - usually from the couple's bridal registry. Gifts are given at showers - then you have to give money at the actual wedding! Couples seem to do extremely well out of these things! Another etiquette thing - if you can't attend, you also have to buy a gift. Because you received the invite. So people invite absolutely everyone they've ever known, even if those people live overseas, just for the purposes of gift-getting! With a baby shower it's not unheard of for women to register somewhere and request things like strollers, cribs, and all manner of extremely expensive baby gadgetry.
By rights I'm not supposed to have a Baby shower. You're only supposed to have one for your first child. But seeing as I've never experienced the wedding shower / baby shower thing, my friends have decided that as this baby will be the first born in Canada we should observe tradition and I will be having a Baby Shower... with a slight difference in that we will be inviting men and there will be booze available (of course!). British people expect your invites in the post, and details of where to buy me lots of expensive presents despite not being able to attend - haha!
Posted by katie at January 23, 2004 08:59 AMdoes the cost a flight to canada count as a expensive present???
A baby shower shounds like fun
Posted by: boo at January 24, 2004 05:53 PM