Shower gifts before shower

Why carry them twice ? Lol we opened prior too and immediately sent the thanks you. My FH's favorite aunt sent it to the house and still came bc that was easier for her. I had never met her before my shower bc she lives 6 hours away. She got my thank you before coming to the shower and it honestly made for a very nice a sweet moment for us meeting.

I opened everything I received IMMEDIATELY, and sent a thank you note right away. I did not bring the gifts to my shower, but I made an announcement, after I finished opening the gifts that were there, of all the gifts I had received in the mail and who they were from. "I also want to recognize Great Aunt Sue, who couldn't be here, but sent me a lovely gift of _____________."

Okay cool! Thank you ladies. I just want to make sure I don't offend anyone or look greedy! I can't wait to open them! They are sitting in the trunk calling my name!! Can't wait to get home!

Glad I read this one. Otherwise when the time came, I'd be asking

I'm opening as I get them. But also I'm getting confused as to what is shower and wedding gifts. One friend after my shower said she sent the wedding gift, so I knew that one. But the other 2 shiwers, the invites went out after wedding invites.

There's no need. Open it (and any other gifts that arrive early) and send a thank you note ASAP.

I did have one situation where a shower guest accidentally shipped her gift to us instead of her house. We opened it immediately, along with a couple other early shower gifts from guests who weren't going to make it to the shower. When she realized the gift had been delivered, but not to her, she asked me if I had received it. When I said yes and thanked her for it, she told me she'd like to arrange a drop off before the shower so she could wrap it. I honored her request in that situation, but that was an out of the ordinary circumstance. She asked me to do that.