Happy Holidays! Part I

The Meetup organizer decided to throw a last minute holiday party for the group.

Getting ready for the soiree, I couldn't decide between the warm and easy black slacks, or the tighter fitting dress (apparently one too many Christmas cookies). The dress won.

Driving to the party I was already creating plan B in my mind -- just in case the evening wasn't fun. Then wouldn't you know? I was one of the last to leave!

When I arrived, there was already about 25-30 people there. Before I started to mingle, I decided to get a glass of wine at the bar. As I was waiting for my drink, I ran into someone I had met last time, this funny guy named G. We chatted for a bit and made our way over to the banquet area, where we shared a table with several others.

As the evening progressed and so did the crowd, I decided to get another glass of wine... even though this older gentleman asked me 5 minutes earlier if he could get me something, I had declined. Again at the bar, I ended up next to G. There was a bunch of people waiting to be serviced, but the bartender catered to me first. G looked over wanting to know how I managed to sneak in. ;-)

So walking around I started talking to someone else, when I kept noticing this guy pacing a few feet away. He kept looking over to me. This happened several times before he interjected our conversation and introduced himself as "Andy." I was laughing inside myself because "Andy" managed to kick the other guy out of the conversation. So Andy says he want to get a drink, and he walks us over to the bar. I already had a glass of wine with me (white) and he kept insisting that he get me another, but red, because he thought I needed something darker and more woody. I swear on both of my grandmothers' grave that he said that verbatum! I'm thinking, hope he's not describing himself! It was just too funny.