I try to go to game night every night our hosts invite us in to their home. Sadly, I found out something about two of our regulars that I almost wish I didn't know.
But first....
A few days ago, I registered for an in-person shopping visit to Universal Standard. Having been there for sample sales, I was prepared for almost anything. Would the place be organized mayhem, such as it is when they hold a sample sale? Or, would the place look like a normal store, with a little bit of everything to try on. Today, things were much better than expected, as I was greeted with a glass of Proseco, and then the stylist asked me what I was looking for (mostly dresses).
When I go to Universal Standard's sample sales, I wear a unitard, over which I wear a shirtdress as a duster. This way, I can take off the top layer and be able to try on clothes without other women seeing that I am wearing falsies. I could have avoided the headaches of doing so today, as I had a dressing room all to myself. Given this unexpected luxury, I stripped off the unitard, and got dressed in several of the outfits selected for me. (I wish I could have taken pictures of me in each outfit.)
The first of these outfits was a white shirt with linen pants with a stretch waistband in aqua.. If the shirt were a little longer, I might have bought this outfit. But, if my "tucking" comes undone, I don't want my pants to give away what genitalia I possess. (I still may consider it in the future, but not right now.) Next was a Polo shirtdress in "Botanic" (think of a rich forest green). It looked and felt good on me. But I didn't feel like dropping $138 for this dress right now. After this came two items that wouldn't work on me, and I didn't bother trying on. And then came the button-up shirt dresses I had problems with. Although the stylist (read: saleslady) said most of what she selected looked good on me, I felt that 2 of the 3 shirtdresses ranged from "not worth buying" (due to bad button design) to "acceptable as a gift" (I'd wear it if I got one as a gift, but wouldn't buy it) to "I'd buy it if I had extra money to spend". The last of these dresses had the right length for me to wear as a dress alone, and could be worn with leggings, or worn as a duster. What surprised me was that a jumpsuit looked nice on me. I'd still want to wear a shirt of jacket as a topper. But I'm thinking of going for it. Sadly, I had to leave without buying anything. So, I returned home to rest a little before going back out to game night.
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Game night was nothing special - even though I didn't get the chance to play anything. There were only 6 people there (including myself), as 2 of the other regulars didn't show up. I found out over a chat that went on at the game table, that one regular didn't like another regular because she learns new games slowly. (This fellow is a hard core gamer who likes being the center of attention, and he doesn't get along that well with people who aren't as aggressive as he is in game play.) Although I don't have problems with him, I now wonder what he says about me behind my back. But that's another story.
I started to have a good time when the hostess and her son came back from his weekly Chess tournament. Today, he got beat by someone more skilled than he is. But he is learning quickly. First, I chatted with the hostess for a while about things in general. Then, I chatted with the son about chess. I told him that I used to be decent as a kid, but I'm a terrible player 50 years later. It'll be fun to relearn the game from him.
While at game night, Vicki sent me a message. She'd like to go to the Flax Designs warehouse sale, where they are cleaning out inventory in what they call a "Barn Sale". Although it will take over 3 hours (each way) to get there and back, the sale prices can't be beat. So I said Yes to Vicki and offered the chance to have RQS come with us. (RQS said no, so we'll shift our weekend plans by a day or so that weekend.)
It looks like I'll be doing even more shopping soon!
