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The best shower gift ever

posted 4 years ago in Gifts and Registries
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    Blushing bee
    Nopinkertons    February 2008   New York

    Way back in December at my bridal shower, I was given a Wedding Day Survival Kit.  I thought it was cute, but didn't think much of it, until a few weeks before the wedding, when I was making a veil.  Tulle is the most static-y stuff on earth, and it was clinging to everything, and I thought I'd better get some Static Guard.  Then it occurred to me there might be some in the Kit, so I looked: and there was.  I decided I would definitely bring it on my wedding day.

    Boy am I glad I did!  We used so many thing from it we started to refer to it as "The Magic Box."  We started with the fold-up scissors, then progressed to the straw (for drinking without disturbing your makeup), the needle and thread, the Advil, the double-stick tape, the dental floss, the safety pins. 

    But the moment at which I truly realized the genius of the Magic Box is when I got a nasty paper cut on my finger about a half hour before the wedding and didn't know what to do--I was bleeding, and I was afraid of staining my dress, but I didn't want to put on a Band-Aid (though there were some in the Magic Box) because it would be ugly.  My hair stylist said, "What you need is some Super Glue." 

    And to think that when I saw the Super Glue in the Magic Box I had thought, "What in the world would I need Super Glue for???"

    Yes, you can make this kind of kit yourself, but I would never in a million years have thought of Super Glue.

    http://www.target.com/Wedding-Day-Survival-Kit/dp/B0009K7A2W

     
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    Angel    July 15, 2005   Snohomish County, Washington State

    Thanks for sharing!

    Coordinators swear by theirs. I've seen tackle boxes, crafting boxes, rolling luggage. These are some serious emergency kits.

     
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    Niki    05/31/2008  

    That is the first gift listed on myregistry.com.  I hope I get it!

     
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    bearbride      

    The original formula of super glue was made for human skin.  The regular super glue is not for skin, but now the old kind is known as Liquid Bandaid.  And you should always clean the wound before putting on the liquid bandaid stuff, or else you could get a nasty infection.

     
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    bonniebelle101    March 15, 2008   Charlotte, NC

    I put one of these together for a friend whose wedding I coordinated a couple of weeks ago. I went off a list I found in an article on theknot. It was PRICELESS! And if you do nothing else (or ask your MOH to do nothing else) I'd say put one together, or buy one premade. It was amazing... people kept coming up to me and saying, "Do you have a ____?" And I was able to say, "It's in the bag!" It helped deflect so much last minute stress that I absolutely recommend having one. Most of the stuff you can get in the travel size isle of Target or Walmart if you're putting your own together.

    OH! And super glue would come in really handy if someone's high heal were to break off!!! (Goodness forbid!!!)

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