It's Raining Ringgits

A lovely bridal shower

I am so honored that Eric's family threw a shower for me this past weekend in Orange County. Eric's god-sister, Andrea, and her mom, Marsha took point in planning an absolutely amazing shower, and they were given a great deal of assistance from Aunt Judy and Diana's friend, Rosann. So much fun. Several of Eric's extended family came out for this occasion as well as a couple of my friends.

This was especially a happy occasion because Adrienne was home from the hospital after a pretty rough week. While she was rather tired from her big birthday bash the night before and couldn't join us in the courtyard, just having her at home made the day a huge success.

If anyone ever wants to have a shower or other fun party in the future, I think they need to hire Andrea to plan it for them. From design and poetry to the invite, to wrapping the gift, with the help of her fantastic mom, she really pulled off a very creative and fun shower. The whole theme was based on our honeymoon in Malaysia and she came up with really creative and fun games to play around the theme. First off, everyone had to guess how much Malaysian money (aka "ringgits") was in a was in a bowl and had prizes for the people who guessed right. Then she used the money for prizes for me, when they quizzed me with EricSmarts cards (so cute!). I did pretty well, only got two questions wrong - and my prize were all the ringgits. The ladies also were given a quiz pulled from this blog, which was pretty fun. While Eric's great-aunt June doesn't even have a computer, she diligently read a print out we sent down and won the prize. So sweet.

Everyone enjoyed a most delicious and lovely high tea with an Singaporean flair. Lots of tasty tea sandwiches, an Asian cabbage salad, quiche, and a wonderful tea selection, not to mention a surprisingly strong punch (I should have expected as much from a fellow-UCSB grad). After our tea, we adjourned to the living room to open up gifts - everyone brought me lovely gifts for our home, plus something for the honeymoon. Very sweet. I broke 2 ribbons, which is a perfect number if you ask me.

Finally, we enjoyed absolutely scrumptious cupcakes and petit fours that were served on a surprise piece of our china. While I've sworn off sweets for Lent, I felt as the guest of honor I had to make an exception for this day. So I'm going to extend the non-sweets promise until I get a bite of wedding cake. That sounds like a fair deal, right?