Julie
08-21-2005, 12:44 PM
With the encouragement of you girls here I decided to give my formal dress, which I have owned over a year but never out, it's first public appearance. I figured I could sneak into Escapades, get some pics and be gone before the crowd rolled in. I knew if Keith or Ken (the usual bartenders) saw me they'd have some comments and that would be fun. But I just didn't want to be hanging out at Escapades, which is a blue jeans and t-shirt bar, dressed in a formal gown.
So, when I walked in around 11PM there was no one there but a new bartender. Instead of someone who knew me getting a kick out of my attire I had someone who never met me treating me like I was serious. So I told him the story and he said Keith would be in around 1AM. Well, there was no way I was hanging around til then dressed like that. We talked a while and then two guys, who I also never met, walked in. Wearing that dress in Escapades is just like having a neon sign above my head with an arrow pointing down at me.
The guys both looked at me kinda like I was a side show attraction. Yeah, I told them the story too.
I was getting impatient about anyone I knew coming in so I asked the guys to pose with me and the new bartender to take the picture. Then I retreated to the safety of my home.
https://home.comcast.net/~julimarie/images/8-05/formal_debut2.jpg
So now the dress has been seen on me by three whole people. It's now back in the closet, safely stowed under a plastic bag. Maybe some day there will be an event I can wear it to where I won't feel overdressed.
Oh, and the t-shirts those guys are wearing? They are FORMAL t-shirts they rented for the occasion. :rolleyes:
So, when I walked in around 11PM there was no one there but a new bartender. Instead of someone who knew me getting a kick out of my attire I had someone who never met me treating me like I was serious. So I told him the story and he said Keith would be in around 1AM. Well, there was no way I was hanging around til then dressed like that. We talked a while and then two guys, who I also never met, walked in. Wearing that dress in Escapades is just like having a neon sign above my head with an arrow pointing down at me.
The guys both looked at me kinda like I was a side show attraction. Yeah, I told them the story too.
I was getting impatient about anyone I knew coming in so I asked the guys to pose with me and the new bartender to take the picture. Then I retreated to the safety of my home.
https://home.comcast.net/~julimarie/images/8-05/formal_debut2.jpg
So now the dress has been seen on me by three whole people. It's now back in the closet, safely stowed under a plastic bag. Maybe some day there will be an event I can wear it to where I won't feel overdressed.
Oh, and the t-shirts those guys are wearing? They are FORMAL t-shirts they rented for the occasion. :rolleyes: