The Non-Bridal Shower

I was just in the kitchen making dinner. I took out 4 cloves of fresh garlic and began to chop them when I realized my knives suck. They aren't sharp and aren't worth having them sharpened...they're pretty cheap and they're 3 years old. I would love to buy better knives, but alas, I am rather poor and have more pressing expenses, like canine anxiety meds.

Then I think of my friend Peggy. She's getting married in late February and will have a bridal shower soon. People will buy her things. I will end up spending the money I could have used for knives on something for her kitchen.

I don't begrudge any bride a bridal shower...I think it's great. However, as a confirmed spinster/cat lady I wish I could have a shower too. Just because I am not getting married doesn't mean I don't need a new Foreman grill or a water filter for my faucet or Pyrex.

I propose (bad choice of a word) that we rethink the whole shower thing and extend the party to cat ladies who hit...let's say 35 (how convenient, as I will turn 35 this May.) I implore you, if you have a single female friend who has been brave enough to face the world alone for 35 years, please throw her a shower. She needs to cook too and has every need of the same quality items that her married counterparts registered for.

Hmmm...register. Where to register? Bed, Bath & Beyond, Target, Canal's and Fantasy Gifts, I think.