Weird, Right?

There's a woman in my department who's getting married in a few weeks.  Our administrative assistant arranged a surprise bridal shower for her, to take place today over lunch.

There's another woman in the department who is only in the office 3 days a week (she's a consultant, but she's been working here for like 7 years so she's pretty much one of us).  She was invited to the shower, but she was scheduled to be out today.

The consultant had apparently already planned to spend her day off downtown, taking her kids on a local trolley tour.  So since she was going to be right here, she brought her kids to the shower.  Her 12-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son.  She brought them to the office to attend a bridal shower for someone who didn't even know she was getting a shower.  There are a few people in the office who know the kids, but the bride's not among them.

That's weird, right?  The bride and the consultant aren't close; they are just both part of the same 40-person department.  Can you imagine being thrown a shower and having two strange kids brought in - at the office?  Can you imagine ever thinking it would be okay to bring your kids to a work lunch thing?

This probably bugs me more than it should.  Probably because the consultant also happens to be my chatty cube-mate who talks all the damn time, and I cherish the days she's out of the office.  But it's also just plain weird.