The Great Baby Shower Fiasco of 2008™ has been settled. My Windsor shower will be on August 10th and my Michigan shower will be August 23rd. I decided to have two showers so that both grandmothers-to-be could plan their own shindigs. That way, no one winds up with hurt feelings. So both locations have been booked and both mothers are happy, so yippee! Now I get to figure out the logistics of registering in two countries. I did that for my wedding and I had people complaining that I didn’t have enough stuff on my registry. Well, that’s because I had to split the registry between two countries! If I had my choice, I wouldn’t have a shower at all, and therefore wouldn’t have to register. I would prefer to buy most of my stuff second hand at Mom to Mom sales, because I’d feel better about recycling perfectly good baby gear instead of filling my house with brand new stuff that the kid will grow out of in a short amount of time. We don’t want more than one kid, so we won’t be saving any of it. I suppose I could sell it myself to help some other mommies out.