Jersey Diary: Surprise Bridal Shower

So, somehow this post got deleted...so I'll try my best to reconstruct it...

This weekend we had a surprise bridal shower for my best friend, Susan. She's getting married in September at the camp where she met her fiance. So romantic! The two of us actually got engaged on the same exact day (a year apart, but still...). Anyway, since it was a bridal shower/bacholerette party I had to leave Phil at home. We were waiting for Susie to drive down from upstate New York - she definitely looked surprised when she arrived.

After playing some games we started opening presents. That's Susie's fiance, Chris, on the right. Since he's the groom-to-be and helped with the surprise we made an exception to the rule and let him stay through the opening of the presents. The present on Susie's lap is the present from my mom, my sister and me. In true Lin fashion we made her a wedding cake out of the sheets and comforter on her registry, with some fake flowers added on for decoration. Always a big hit.

And her mom had ordered a lovely cake with a picture of the happy couple during prom back in highschool. Ah, the good old days...

And what would a bridal shower be without a shark costume! Apparently Susan's college friend, Bracken, is really into shark week, and keeps a shark costume in her car for special occasions like this. Too bad she left her mustard, hot dog and turkey costumes at home ^__^

After we finished cake the bridal party ended and the bacholerette portion of the evening began. Which was basically the same people minus the adults. And what else do you do at a bacholerette party..mini golf!!! Ok, probably not what most of you have in mind when you think bacholerette party, but we still had fun. We definitely got a lot of strange looks when people saw the bride-to-be all decked out. You would be surprised how packed mini golf gets on a Saturday night in Jersey...