I
was going to leave by 6:15pm so I started getting ready by 5:00PM. “Plenty of
time to get ready” I thought. The moment
I started blow-drying my hair, I realized that I was in trouble. It was 90 degrees outside, and I had no A/C
in the house. The heat from the blow-dryer made my bathroom feel like a sauna. I decided to continue in hopes it would get
better. But it didn’t…. By the time I finished
blow-drying my hair, I needed to shower again.
Hairspray and all, I jumped in the shower and took a very cold shower
this time. I also turned the A/C back on and started all over again at 5:45PM… Definitely
was not going to be ready by 6:15PM. Because
of the heat, I had to change my outfit.
I was planning on a long dress, instead went with the short one.
Finally,
we made it to the restaurant by 7:10PM. Our reservation was for 8:00PM.
However, we wanted to hit the bar for some drinks and appetizers before dinner.
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| The night was young! (and so were we ;) |
Here
are the first orders: Cucumber Gimlet and Black Orchid… and yes I broke my diet
that night… :)
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| There was an actual orchid in this drink. Very cute! |
Then
we order the Colossal Shrimp Cocktail:
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| Holy Smokes! |
As
a tradition, the three of us try to go out every year for each of our birthdays;
however, this year we didn’t have time to go for each of our birthdays, so we
did one big celebration, instead.
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| Dinner was amazing!! |
Our server
noticed the gift Viks was holding and asked if it was her birthday. We told him
that we were celebrating the three of our birthdays, and after dinner he came
out with this plate:
After
dinner, we hit the bar again for another round of drinks. I was singing along to all the Elton John’s
songs the piano man was paying… unfortunately for you, no pictures or videos were
taken of me at that time :)
By
11:00PM we went outside to wait for our ride. Our driver (my brother) got lost on the way to
pick us up, and since there wasn’t much to do, we decided to take pictures…
lots of pictures. There is nothing
funnier than goofy pictures taken the night that you go out drinking with
friends.
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| Sometimes I prefer to see things in black and white :) |
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| Lady Viktoria and her Cookie |
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| From the front ------- From the back |
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| The shoes are my Bday present from Viks. ----- Jim was really tickling me ;) |
It was a fun
night. As always, when the three of us go out, the world needs to watch out!
Life is
good!
Ro-
