At one time, a baby shower was a simple get together usually thrown by the expectant grandmother or other women in the community for a pregnant mom, where everyone would bring a simple gift, and sit around and reminisce of old times while the mom opened her presents. If there was food prepared great, if there were games to play great, but these were not expected, and were actually the exception rather than the rule. For some reason, today when we give someone a baby shower, we feel as though it has to be a huge, spectacular event, and so we end up working ourselves to death, and usually blowing our budget as well. When you start planning a baby shower and trying to figure in food, other than the obligatory finger sandwiches, games to play, a theme, parting gifts for your guests, etc., you really do have to stretch your budget to the limit. There are some things that you can do to help save some money so that you can stick to that baby shower budget……. www.eventsofglamour.com/budgetbabyshower.htm