Surprise

Trying to put together an essay to submit to Skirt magazine. Their December theme is surprise. Having trouble finding a topic. The only thing I can think of is the awful surprise engagement party my SIL threw for me and Hot Husband two weeks before our wedding. We thought it was a regular ol' Sunday dinner at his parents' house, so we bowed out at the last minute. Managed to tick off a roomful of folks I'd never met before. Awful, awful in a million ways.