Maybe you've never been informed how this works....

Today, I went to a wedding shower for a former co-worker of mine. Other than the fact that I couldn't eat anything because of my current self imposed diet restrictions, it was a good time. That is, up until the later part of the event.

A man...in horribly see thru white pants... was walking around with a giant cardboard box handing out what appeared to be shower favors to the guests. I didn't really pay much attention to him until I realized that he was suddenly standing next to our table with the Mother of the Groom. I looked up and saw that she was helping pass the favors out...and EVERYONE had one....except me and the two other girls (also former co-workers) at my table. "See thru pants" and "MOG", while standing DIRECTLY in front of our table are going over the fact that they have each covered all of the tables...and so they are done. They walked off...like we didn't even exist!

Now, granted....the favor was a crappy little silver candle holder whose base spelled the word "LOVE"....and I really don't need another crappy little knick knack in my house when I really should be getting rid of crap I already own. But the three of us at the table were really kind of insulted. We each spent a huge chunk of cash on a wedding gift only to be insulted by these two schmucks! See...that's how it works people. I give the Bride and Groom an expensive gift, and then the host of the shower is supposed to give me back some crappy Dollar Store item in return. Where is my Dollar Store candle holder? It's still sitting in the card board box of an incredibly poor dresser.