Shaken Or Stirred?

Last Thursday night I played bartender at a fundraiser for United Way.  Serving my signature drink, a blue eyed blonde, I was competing for tips to benefit UW.  My drink consisted of lemonade, vodka and blueberries.  I did sample it a couple of times and it was delicious!  I was definitely out of the box on that.  But I made up for it in my physical activity -- because I made sure I burned over 6000 calories this past week. 

The experience was great.  What a fun night!!  I had so many friends come to cheer me on.  And lots of people telling me how great I look.  People who haven't seen me in months. 

I picked up a little blue dress in a 10 minute window between meetings on Thursday.  I wanted something blue to wear and couldn't find a thing.  Let's face it... my closet is an absolute mess.  A disaster, really.  I'm all over the place in sizes.  I keep weeding where I can.  But, it's torture to get dressed in the morning.

So I wanted something blue to wear to match my signature drink.  I got so lucky.  A lunch meeting got out slightly early and I had a 2 pm meeting at the Capitol to present to a Senate Committee.  I literally ran into a store with 10 minutes (at most) to spare.  I looked ONLY for the color blue.  Honestly, I would have never even tried the dress on if I was looking so specifically for the color.  It was a size smaller than I thought I could wear, and it was short.  But, I figured... what the hell.... let me try.  Amazing thing is... it fit and looked great with my jacket and the tux tie I was planning to wear. And, I finally had something to match the mood of the evening!

Now, I gotta get a new jacket.  Just bought that one, but it's getting way too big.  :)