Expensive and Elaborate Baby Showers

Over the years I have hosted several baby showers for friends, family members and even my own daughter. Do I consider myself a pro, no…but I do know a thing or two about throwing a great baby shower.

When our daughter was pregnant almost 6 years ago, I threw a beautiful baby shower for her and we held it in a large room at our church. We had about 55 people in attendance, homemade and also purchased food, decorations, games, prizes and all of the things you expect at a baby shower.

At the time I moaned and groaned about the shower costing me close to $1,000. Yikes…I still cringe when I think about all of the money I spent and it was just a “modest” baby shower!

The thing that I find very upsetting these days are all of the elaborate and super expensive showers that people seem to be hosting and moms-to-be expect. I recently attended one and the mother (grandmother to-be) was telling me she spent over $3,900 for the party. What????

Don’t get me wrong, it was a nice party but it was way over done! They rented out a place, had a DJ spin music for 3 hours, completely catered food, high-end prizes (like $100 gift cards) for the games and so forth.

I totally felt that it was NOT personable at all. It was a big old fat party with more partying going on than socializing. Plus, I didn’t care for the alcoholic beverages being served either.

Now that grandchild #2 will be arriving later this year…I’ve already stated that I am not spending more than $500 for a nice baby shower. Daughter is perfectly fine with that.

I think it is absolutely RIDICULOUS to pay almost $4,000 for a baby shower. Did I say RIDICULOUS yet? What is wrong with people? I am sure that is totally acceptable for celebrities but for us common folks, I think it is a total waste of money….Money that could of been put into a savings account or college fund for the new child, not wasted on some fancy party that no one will care about next week.

Your thoughts on all of that? I would love to hear it!