My Bridal Shower

My bridal shower was held by my mother at Youngblood's Restaurant in Charleston.  Although I got a lot of pictures, I didn't get pics of all the gifts.  As I said in my speech that day, everyone who was invited to the shower were all the women that had made a major impact in my life.  Not everyone was able to attend, but there was still a good turn out. 

I was fortunate to have my Aunt Ann Mitchum attend because in early 2004, she passed away.

We played a lot of games at the shower.  When everyone walked in the door their name was put on a name tag.  After everyone was seated, each person got someone else's name tag.  Then there was a race to see if everyone could match the tag with it's owner!

If you look closely at the pics above, you will see clothes pins...  Everyone started with one clothes pin.  No one could say the words, "Amanda, Bride, or Wedding"...  Each time someone said one of those words, they lost a clothes pin.  It proved a lot harder than it sounds and ended up getting a lot of laughs!

Another game we played was the Toilet Paper game.  Everyone had to pick a number between one and ten... the number they picked was the number of toilet paper sheets they got.  Then they were told for each sheet, they had to give one fact about themselves.  Imagine how Aunt Ann felt when she found out and had SEVEN sheets in her hand!

We also played a game called "Whoppers".  Each person had to tell three whoppers about themselves and everyone else had to guess which one was not true.  Of course we all knew that Nana doesn't lie, so no one got mad that she couldn't play.  Aunt Ann M. almost won with "I'm pregnant!"  Grandma Pancake won that one because she HAD thrown a diamond engagement ring out the window, and she HAD been on the television show 'What's My Line?' for being the first female exterminator in the USA.  What was the whopper?  She hasn't read the Bible front to back nine times... she's done it TWELVE!

Everyone was awarded prizes for each game they won.