Bridal showers

My husband's cousin is getting married soon and we have been invited to a series of bridal showers in preparation of the happy event (note "shower" is pronounced "chower/chauer" here). We don't really know this tradition in Germany or France apart from American movies, and I find the different variations of it quite interesting:

First, my husband was invited to a "Bar and tool" shower - this was for men only and the gifts were supposed to be either booze or tools / tool kits for the couple's new home.

This week, I will be going to a women's only "Home and bathroom" shower - as the name says, you are expected to get a gift that goes more into the feminine homemaking area.

Finally, we will be going to the official "Entrega de regalos" a couple of days before the wedding. This is for everybody, men and women, friends and family, and is the actual bridal shower where all gifts are handed to the couple, mainly those purchased from the couple's different gift registries across town. The stores even deliver the gifts to the couple's home that day on behalf of the guests (most of whom will be at the shower anyways)!