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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 10:00 am
i have always used the registry for both.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 10:04 am
Vickie Secret giftcard.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 10:53 am
No, the registry is for both the wedding and the bridal shower. Actually it is mainly for the shower (at least here in the CHicago area) and then $$$ is the typical wedding gift. By a lot too, I'd say that 95% of wedding gifts here is $$$. Very few actual "wrapped" gifts. The bridal shower is where/when you give the vacuums, pans, towels, etc. Then of course, you have the bachelorette party. That is where you get the victoria secret type gifts...
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 11:04 am
Our bridal showers here are for the personal stuff and where you have the strippers. The wedding shower is for the household stuff.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 11:09 am
Ohhh now you girls are really confusing me! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 11:09 am
Only bridal showers I've ever been too is like Mocha's, lol! Nick if you want to do something personal, but she's not into the crotchless panties type stuff how bout a gift certificate to a local spa treatment type thing. With a wedding coming up she might like a facial or something along those lines?
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 11:13 am
I had a bridal shower. I got gifts from my registry and nighties and stuff. Just depended on the giver. The bachelorette party with the yummy strippers was seperate.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 11:51 am
what is the difference between a bridal shower and a wedding shower? i was given 3 themed type ones. a kitchen, a bed & bath, and then a couples bar shower bachelorette parties were the only places i have ever seen the strippers.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 11:57 am
Annie, in our case, we had a "wedding shower" because the wedding had already taken place. I would think that a bridal shower would indicate that the bride is the only half of the couple being honored while both the bride and groom are honored at a wedding shower.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 12:17 pm
A fire extinguisher and a bottle of aspirin. The fire extinguisher for her to put his fire out and the bottle of aspirin for him to give her when she says she has a headache.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 12:33 pm
LOL ... I like that Serate! I think I'll stick with the registry items, it sounds like it's the safest way to go. Thanks all!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 12:41 pm
That's the standard gift for me. Depends on the couple as to whether I give it to them at the shower or in person. I think everybody should have at least one fire extinguisher, so I make it a little fun. I always give something else too either off the registry or something I know they will like/use.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 12:54 pm
Weird! Here, a bridal shower is the same thing as a wedding a shower. But the bachelorette party is a whole different thing. That is usually just the bride and her girlfriends. Alcohol is definitely involved as is a stripper. The gifts are nighties and stuff like that. Often there is a game called "Pin the ___ on the man." (There are cut outs of funny "penises" that you use...)
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 12:56 pm
New Question...does anyone know if there is a place one would go just to buy earring backs?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:03 pm
Scooter, go to Claire's
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:11 pm
Claire's? What is that? Do I have to travel to Texas?
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:15 pm
In the mall- the little shops that do ear piercings and sell cheap jewelry stuff that mainly pre-teens seem to like. I think- I haven't been in one in years but I think pretty much every mall has one (or something like it).
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:17 pm
Eeegads!!! The MALL? Shoot me now!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:17 pm
Wal-Mart has just earring backs.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:19 pm
Oh Thank God Serate....I can do a Walmart!
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:19 pm
Oredr them online? Then you don't have to go anywhere! 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:45 pm
Scooter, you can pop in to just about any jewelry store. Do you have one near you? Even a mom and pop place. (Go to the jewelry store if you want real silver, nickel, or gold backs.) Some of the smaller mom/pop places will just give 'em to you! (I'm always losing a gold back off one of my pairs of diamond earrings.)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:47 pm
LOL Scooter!
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:49 pm
Costa, cool!!! I'll head down there on Saturday. Yeah, it's the back for my diamond earrings my hubby just had bigger diamonds put in...the stupid dog gets them when she hugs me and pulls them, then I can never find the back. I would be seriously dead if I lost one of the earrings!!! I don't like dead.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 2:04 pm
Then definitely go to the jewelry store, and ask for the "locking" backs. There are a couple of kinds, and one of them will be harder to pull off. And, if you think the stupid dog isn't gonna get smart, you may want to think about getting them reset into posts with backs that you can screw. They are a bit more expensive, but if the diamonds are rocks, well, it'd be worth it! (I learned never to wear jewelry over to my dad's. One of his three big dogs ALWAYS manages to pull an earring off, scrape my watch off my wrist, or even throw my sunglasses across the room! Brats!)
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