Remind me - thank you notes

[nessness]

I know this has been discussed before, but I don't quite remember what the consensus was. I just received a gift for my shower in three weeks. I should send a thank you note now, right?

[melsamoony]

I didn't open any of my shower gifts until my shower bc most of the gifts had been sent by shower guests from out of town who didn't want to bring the gift when they traveled. I, therefore, wrote thank yous for all the gifts after the shower.

My gma sent a gift but was unable to attend the shower. The day after the shower I sent her an email to let her know I received the gift and was very thankful. I also sent her a picture of the gift set up and let her know a formal thank you would follow. I wanted to ensure she knew I had received the gift bc she had sent it via the registry website and had had some trouble w it.

[nessness]

I'm having my shower in my home state, which is a plane ride away, so bringing the gift to the shower wouldn't make much sense (I assume she shipped me the gift to save me the trouble of putting it in a suitcase).

I could text her now though and send her a formal thank you note later.

[rbp]

I don't think the guest will care either way, but I would prefer to keep up with thank you notes as gifts come, because you will have a flood of them after the shower.

[aqualuv]

I received a few gifts before my shower and I sent out the thank you notes promptly. I also like RBP like to stay ahead of them and write them out as soon as possible.

[MamaMaui24]

Either way, but I'd go ahead and do it now since you'll have a lot more to do in three weeks.

[flamingeaux]

Is it wrapped? If so I'd send her a quick text or something letting her know it was received, but won't be opening it until the baby shower.

[GotWine]

If it were me I would just open it now and get the Thank You out. One less TY to write after the shower and one less gift to put away. ( Although, I kinda loved cleaning and organizing all of those cute little baby things!)

[FastHands]

Let them know it arrived, bare minimum. You can pick your poison as to when to send the note, I think.

[mrspost08]

I sent a thank you the following week after receiving the gift. I was concerned I would forget to send them a thank you.

[awick14]

I would send it now, mainly just to get it done and out of the way before even more gifts come.

[theatre4life]

I had a surprise shower, so when a very large gift showed up, I promptly sent out a thank you. After I realized that we were having a shower, I am glad I did, because I like to stay ahead of them, and it was one less to do after the shower.

[picksthemusic]

Get those thank yous out ASAP. You won't have time or the wherewithall to do it after baby gets here.

[linz]

I would open and send a note now that way you don't forget. Even if you think it's someone who would attend the shower I'd still open it.

[nessness]

Thanks guys! I just remembered that this friend is moving on Sunday, so now I have to decide if I should mail it ASAP and hope she gets it by Saturday or get her new address and wait until she moves.

[rbp]

Jul 23, 2014 10:11:12 GMT -5 nessness said:

Thanks guys! I just remembered that this friend is moving on Sunday, so now I have to decide if I should mail it ASAP and hope she gets it by Saturday or get her new address and wait until she moves.

One of our showers was on June 28, and there were lots of medical fellows there. Guess what--fellowships end on June 30 and lots of people were moving right around then. Argh! I asked them for their new addresses, but if I didn't hear back from them I just sent the TY notes to their old addresses and hoped for the best. The USPS forwards mail, right??

[genet313]

I would write it now, just b/c that's the way I was always raised.  3 weeks isn't a super long time, but I was always told to write thank yous ASAP.  you could also include a note like "so sorry you won't be able to make it to the shower, we'll miss you."  or something.