Champaign Shower

Last week my friends threw me a really lovely "surprise" shower. Surprise is in quotes because it was a surprise until the day before (they didn't want me to plan anything at that time). I had my suspicions that there was something going on but was unsure because things can just kind of fall by the wayside during finals. It really made it that much more special to have everyone there. Some of them weren't even done with finals yet.

We went to Jim Gould's for breakfast (with the wonderful Mark as our server). Funny side note: I ordered "Breakfast" — it was a My Cousin Vinny moment. We had these lovely cupcakes from Cakes on Walnut for our dessert. I'm not normally a huge fan of sweets but these puppies tasted exactly like vanilla icecream (without the melting!).

Bmaid Jess had arranged it so that everyone made me a page in a scrapbook. It was SO LOVELY!!! I about burst into tears when I saw it. Knowing that people made their pages (or lovely note/story explaining why their page was missing) during such a stressful time really made me feel good inside.

All the lovely ladies!

I'm a little stressed about the "thank you" card situation with this event. Several people are out of town or are about to be. For some people, this will be thank you card #3 for recent wedding related activities. Also, it's been almost a week since it happened! I've had it on my "to do" list and I really do appreciate everyone but I'm procrastinating for some reason. Any advice?