Today while the sunshines

Since it is raining here today, that is a weird topic! Except it isn't the "sunshine" I'm speaking of, this comes from within. I've been trying to be positive and looking for the good in most everything...I say most cause it is a work in progress. Try to not let others impact my day in a negative way, "water off a duck's back". Sometimes it is a smile through gritted teeth (fake it til yo make it). That inner happiness that seems to shine through onto everything. I like it!
Even the bad when it splatters onto my sunshine doesn't seem to be as bleak. Make your own choices and make the ones that make you and yours happy.
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Bridal Shower

The new thing among my friends at least is meeting at a restaurant, eating, opening gifts and visiting. Someone else picks up the tab, that was nice.
What is an appropriate gift for a bridal shower? Towels? Cookbooks? Lingerie? What differentiates between a shower gift and and wedding gift? More $$$$?
What about gift cards? If a couple has been living together for several years and decide to get married, what do you give them?
I was going to give monogrammed towels, my usual. However, today I went to a bridal shower and everyone gave her towels. Not monogrammed, but the useful kind. Does that make the wedding gift any less useful?
The food was good no one has to work except those who are at work already, they also take care of the clean up , etc. The games are gone (:)) Pictures add a nice touch and the stories about the couple.
And for the first time the bride and mother of the brides friends meet..interesting.