Beck's Big Baby Bash!

Tonight my sister Mel co-ordinated and organised a baby shower for my sister Beck. Now as I haven't ever been to a baby shower before (I have been truly blessed), I really wasn't sure what to expect. I didn't really know what the etiquette would be - do you bring a gift and so on (personally I think that's a bit cheeky because everyone knows you already have to give a gift when the baby's born anyway, so this is a way to craftily double-dip) - are there even cards for baby showers? I didn't know. So, I hit my trusty local newsagent and discovered the one and only baby shower card they had there, stuck a bit of money in it, dolled myself up in my glad rags (bit stupid, there's only a load of women been invited, no men! Alas!) and head off to the lovely Sonomas of Sandgate.It was surprisingly a very pleasant evening, despite the fact that I really only knew about 5 people there - including my sisters, my Mum and my Grandma - and me of course...! Hehehe... No, I jest - I knew another 3 people on top of that!

The food, although a bit expensive, was actually quite nice, I enjoyed a lovely seafood risotto with actually fresh seafood, and although they didn't really know how to serve bread and balsamic vinegar (seriously, how hard is that - cut up fresh bread, pour a small portion of balsamic vinegar into a dipping bowl of olive oil, and hey presto! There you have it - rather than the seriously over toasted concoction the girl dished up!), the yummy lemon gelati more than made up for it. I don't know, though, how they think, as they state on the bottom of their menu, that they can cater for 3 - 300 people - we were only 19 people or so, and they still didn't get it right - they kept forgetting food, one table was served much later than the other one, and then there was a bit of confusion once desserts were served.

But on the whole, it was a very pleasant evening. I've made this little slideshow as a gift to Beck - but I should've thought of that in advance, and then maybe I could've saved myself the monetary contribution I gave in the card - after all, I've still got an actual present to buy when the baby comes!