You know it’s wedding season when the invitations pile up in your mailbox faster than you can return the RSVPs. Who doesn’t love a wedding? OK, I see those hands, but you are clearly in the minority. The challenge is buying gifts for your betrothed friends and relatives—or their kids—that they’ll appreciate but that won’t run up your credit cards or make you look like a total tightwad. Before we get to the gifts, let’s review the etiquette. The Emily Post Institute advises that if you are invited to a bridal shower and cannot attend, only your regrets to the hostess are required. Etiquette does not require you to send a gift. And if you are invited to more than one shower for the same bride, you should not feel obligated to attend more than one shower, even if you are in the wedding party. Not so for an invitation …