Valentine's Day preliminaries

A few weeks ago I got an invitation from a certain Plaid Khaki inviting me to dinner on Valentine's Day:

"So there comes a time every year when the singles of the world are reminded of their singleness. We say Nay, we shall not be depressed. We shall relish the fact that we have nothing us holding us down. What better way to celebrate this fact than to have a dinner party. The men of [our church] would like to cook for you. This isn't going to be some shabby frozen burrito dinner, this is going to be a dinner that the walls of the Georgia house have never seen. Think cotillion but more modern. We would ask that you dress to impress, break out that outfit that you have been dying to wear and leave the tube tops at home. So please come eat and celebrate the fun in being single. There is no need to bring anything just your stunning personalities and maybe a nice anecdote to keep the conversation flowing. Please RSVP and let us know who is going to grace us with their presence. Oh and this is just for the singles so all of those that are dating or married please let them rely on their guys to treat them right.

Hope to see you there"

Who could possibly refuse that? Of course I accepted. I called Jeanie, and she said she had talked with the other girls and they were thinking bridesmaids dresses. Immediately I thought of my dress from my old roommate Rinney's wedding, which I absolutely love, but obviously never get to wear. And then the day before I did a practice run with my hair (as many curls as I could possibly get - you know, an hour's worth), decided on gold high heels, and to go with those my confirmation ring (with my birthstone, which conveniently enough is amethyst), my mom's necklace, and my grandma's bracelet. So fun.