Last Weekend (The Unabridged Version)

If you didn't catch the posts J left on the last post, here's the recap:

You "forgot" to mention that we went swing dancing. And it was fun.

Now that I've put it out there instead of you putting it out there, you can forget about the whole lynching ceremony you thought would insue.

And don't forget that I helped you find some kick ass deals on sweaters and button downs for work at the Jones store.

See, you should never tell me that you purposely deleted parts of your weekend due, in part, to worries that people would disapprove. It just makes me determined to share more.

I had to laugh because the main reason I didn't post a lot of the details of J and I hanging out during the weekend was she's been getting a lot more flak from people than I have. It seems that it is okay for me to hang out with her, but she can't hang out with me. Whenever she does, she gets a lot of slack from her friends and family. She's having a difficult time convincing people that we hang out because we like each other's company still. We've been best friends for three years. It's a little hard to just turn your back on an entire friendship just because the relationship part stopped. Yes, J and I hung out this weekend. I had a terrific time too. I didn't post anything about it because I felt like I would be getting her in trouble. But since she gave me her permission, I'll give you a better summary of the fun stuff I did this weekend.

J and I found out that Harrah's was having a swing dance on Sunday for a few hours in the afternoon and we decided to go. We danced a few songs and had a few drinks. It was amazing how out of practice we are both getting. We've resolved to go dancing more often so we are up to snuff with the rest of the dancers out there.

One humorous thing that happened while we were there was that I noticed someone familiar - we'll call her JM. It turns out that the girl that sits in the cube across from me (and is actually training me in my new Geektopia rotation) was out there cutting a rug. I was impressed. She seems very quiet and withdrawn in the office, but put her on the dance floor and boy did that change! As we were leaving, I went to pay our tab at the bar. JM noticed I was there at that point and I said hi. Through some small chat she introduced me to her friend Hillary. J had mentioned that she had hired a Hillary to teach the Valentine's Dance at work. Not thinking of it, I asked if they were thinking about going. They both gave me a weird "stalker" look and said that they would be there - they were teaching it. Small world, eh?

After we hit the casino we went out to the Jones Store and found a ton of clothes on sale. I bought three sweaters ranging from $52-$68 a piece for roughly $15 each. I also found $40 dollar fitted shirts IN MY SIZE on sale for $20 a piece. I think I spent around a hundred dollars there, but it was really worth it. I can never find shirts in my size. It just doesn't happen. Small necks and long arms are hard to shop for - thus why many geeks have shirts that end around thier forearms or collars that hang loosely off thier necks. But not anymore! I'm a stylin' geek. And I owe that entirely to J. She knows how much I hate spending money on myself and made me buy them anyway. She even helped me pick out colors that I could wear with stuff already in my wardrobe. I remember the times when the only clothes in my closet were black t-shirts and loose-fitting carpenter pants. It's almost like I went on to TLC's "What Not to Wear."

So there's the weekend in a nutshell. I had an awesome time. Thank you J for telling me to post about it. :-)