It's Your Turn...

Your best friend has gotten engaged and it's your turn to throw her a shower. I don't know about you, but after the string of friends I have had get married recently, the idea of another shower makes me crazy. You show up, eat the typical shower food (hope you love chicken salad), drink the typical punch (perfectly matched to one of the colors in the wedding, of course) and ooooing and ahhing over kitchen utensils, pots and pans and the third crock pot that she has opened this afternoon. Sound familiar?

In this day and time of unconventional, why not throw an unconventional shower? Here is an idea...

Host a friend's shower at a local place like "My Best Friend's Kitchen." For those of you in Panama City, you will recognize the name from seeing it on Highway 390 in Lynn Haven. If you aren't in Panama City, you are sure to have a place like this in your town. They are called "Prep Kitchens." Here is how the shower works. Get the girls together at your local Prep Kitchen and choose your menu. Make the meals just as the instruct you to do and package them to go straight into your freezer. Your gift to the Bride would be how ever many prepared meals you would want to give her, and you can take some home too. How great would it be to come home from the honeymoon with a freezer full of delicious meals that just needed to be heated and served?

I have heard that this works well for baby showers as well. I am just getting all my friends married off, so I haven't had to start throwing those yet.

If you have any ideas of unconventional showers, feel free to post comments! If you need tips or help planning a shower, let me know. Check out My Best Friend's Kitchen at www.mybfk.com