Panic strikes!

[smokingboot]

I've been invited to a friend's baby shower. Of course I'm delighted, but I'm a bit lost...it's going to be a pudding party, so we bring our favourite dessert. I don't know whether we're supposed to cook it or not. If the answer's yes, I'm doomed!

To make matters worse, pud or no pud, a baby shower's where you bring gifts for Mum and Baby right? So what's good? The only baby shower present I can recall is the nappy cake from Sex and the City. Expected baby is a girl. Mama-to-be is sophisticated, bold, successful and strongly opinionated about what her daughter should wear, so I fear with many a mighty palpitation all that pink for girls, blue for boys horror. Won't go near it - which seems to limit me a lot. Anyone have good ideas/know great websites for this kind of thing?

Thanks for any help you can give!

Comments

[dreamfire.livejournal.com]

I do books. even inappropriately aged ones. (the first baby I ever gave a book to got an illustrated version of Death in a Nut since I happen to think it is an important story). nice illustrations and whimsical stories.
It is never too soon to start a library.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

It is never too soon to start a library.

One of the many reasons I have so much time for you.

Debbie - there's a great alternative kids clothes shop in Camden; it's where I got my nephew a Sid Vicious teeshirt from when he was about 6 months old. If you're interested, let me know and I'll dig the details out.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Jfs, thank you I would very much like to know those details. As my nippergift obligations grow, so too does my resentment of that whole blue/pink rubbish thing.

[jfs.livejournal.com]

If you have a look on the map on this page:

http://www.camdenlockmarket.com/explore.php

It's upstairs in the West Yard about where the number 51 is.

Hope it's still there - I haven't been there in a while.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

That is a true and lovely idea...my first book was a massive tome of nursery rhymes. Even now I recall Hickory Dickory Dock as my favourite. I just liked the way it sounds!