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December 2, 2005
Dresses are cold
It snowed here yesterday. I have nothing against snow nothing against areasonable amount of snow for a short duration (days and weeks: ok — months: no). For almost every reason I think it is wonderful that the first of December brought a white dusting across town. Except for the fact that I have plans to wear a dress tonight and tomorrow night.
It is not that uncommon for me to wear a dress on the weekend, but it is very rare for me to have somewhere to go where I really should wear one. Dan and I have two company Holiday parties to go to. They should each be really fun. Since Dan and I work in different groups, things like these parties are handled differently. They both have the same base setup though — each employee can bring one guess and everything is free (food, drinks, parking, entertainment...). The party tonight is the one for my group and will be much smaller than the one tomorrow (order of magnitude possibly). They each have completely different events planned.
The invite for tonight specifically mentions attire and a cocktail dress is perfect1. Sure I don't have to wear a dress but I want to look cute and well, everyone else will be wearing one. Dan's org's party lists semiformal as the appropriate attire. There will be a symphony and swing dancing. Not that I am actually planning on dancing, but just in case it won't fell right in pants.
Though I have a few, I still don't wear dresses all that much and truth be told I can't remember the last time I wore one when it was cold. There is snow on the ground but my plan is still to wear a dress. Hmm, I may have to pick a slightly longer one.
1 Unless you are into dressing up in SciFi costumes. That is the other option for tonight — to fit the location, not just because we are all dorks.
Posted by layla at December 2, 2005 7:27 AM