6:52 pm
Greetings from the corner of a fancy awards dinner! When I was invited to the event last week, I was excited. What a great opportunity to meet people, I thought. Of course, I forgot how bad I am at schmoozing.
I also appear to be one of four women not wearing stilettos. The fact that I am decked out in neon green wellies is probably not making me a more enticing person to network with, either. But it is slushy and cold, dammit! What else should I wear?
Ok, off to my table, where hopefully my host will not be embarrassed by me. At least I left my bear hat and backpack at the coat check...
Update from home: Once I joined my table, all was well. No one seemed at all disturbed at what I thought passed for "festive attire," as the invitation specified. Lots of cool reproductive rights and social justice types to chat with, plus the woman I sat next to graduated from my high school in 1987. Everyone rocked! I am very glad that I attended, and thankful to my host for thinking of me.
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i hate being judged by my apparel.
ReplyDeletehope the food is good & sanctioned by south beach.
The food was excellently South Beach - tomato and mozzarella with olive oil for starters, and salmon with polenta and eggplant. I managed to ignore the molten chocolate cake dessert, which was partly made easier by the fact that half of my table received cakes that looked like they were stepped on. I also managed to ignore the mini pastries and chocolate covered strawberries. I gave in and ate the three raspberries covered in powdered sugar.
ReplyDeleteYou know I would totally sit with you.
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