Night on the Town

Recently, a group of friends and I went out for a night on the town. We were celebrating our friend Keri’s birthday. This was to be a formal affair; prom dresses and suits were a requirement. The ladies spent the better part of the week trying on each other’s dresses so that they could find that perfect one for the evening. They even spent hours on their hair so that it was just right. The guys had other plans. We wanted this to be a memorable night so we took the word “suit” very loosely. Two weeks before the event we headed out to the local Goodwill and bought our “outfits” for the evening. Pat found his right away; it was a three piece corduroy suit and shoes to match (well they weren’t corduroy…that would just have been odd). My outfit took a little longer to put together. I ended up with a pair of powder blue pants and a sort of grey jacket that is almost impossible to explain with words. My shirt was a silky yellow and my tie was purple and about a foot-and-a-half too short. We topped it all off by giving ourselves comb-overs. Personally I thought we looked good, and apparently the girls did too because they couldn’t stop laughing. The twelve of us dined at Bahama Breeze and then traveled to Brio’s Tuscan Grille in Frontenac for desert. The best part of the night: I spent a grand total of $35 on clothes, dinner, and desert…what a bargain!