I’m stilling smiling about the lovely, well written thank you note that we recently received from the young man that a dear friend of ours will be marrying in a few short weeks. Gracious thanks for a wedding shower gift that we had not given… as a matter of fact I still have the shower gift in my car, as I was unable to attend at the last moment. Needless to say, I informed the bride’s mom about how impressed I was that the groom had written the note, how well written and genuine it was and, of course, the fact that some poor soul was out there missing a thank you note!

We had a great laugh about it, then days later I heard that they were still in a quandry about who had sent the gift. I suggested that they call the store to see if they kept records on such things. Thank goodness for the power of the computer… sure enough, the store was esaily able to track down the gift giver and a proper note was dispatched to right person!

Mishaps occur. If you receive the ‘wrong’ thank you note or receive none at all, keep your humor. If the present was shipped, delivered by the store or left at the store to be picked up by the shower hosts and you are uncertain about whether it was received or not, it is perfectly ‘ok’ to call and make certain of it’s safe delivery. I always tell the couple (or their parents) that I’m not interested in a thank you note, just want to make sure it made it to them safely.

More about thank you notes tomorrow!