[ An outfit that didn't make the cut ]

I settled on black & white stripes with red, which was the vision I had, but had totally missed the mark with the outfit I ordered online.

After my performance outfit was settled, we met up with my parents for dinner at Bastone and had amazing pizza with mushrooms, goat cheese and truffle oil. When we were sufficiently stuffed I dropped Kate off to work at the street fair and then met up with Jenn again to walk over ourselves.

I somehow managed to have a crazy fun night without spending a dollar. I made gin and juice for Jenn and I to take to the street fair, got handed a couple beer tickets and then the beer-pourers ended up being so drunk themselves they stopped noticing if we handed over tickets or not.

We decided, due to the massive crowd, it was the perfect time for a musical moment and breaking out into song. We got our wish when The Silent Years led everyone in a 4 Non Blondes sing-a-long. We hung out with my sister at her post on the outskirts of the fair, bringing her beer and keeping her and the passersby entertained. I managed to drunk text someone and scored a date – with only one spelling error I might add! I saw some old friends and met a few new ones. And at the end of the night, everyone piled into the Loving Touch and The Summer Pledge brought down the house. We were all crammed around the tiny stage, arms in the air, clapping and singing.

Around 1 or 2 Kate and I stumbled home, the streets empty of booths and fair-goers, my feet aching and so ready for sleep.

I guess this is the outfit to wear when I want to get hit on a lot. Poor guys – I show up to dance, not meet people.

The dudes are trying to win the Band of Buds contest…

Two shots for every beer!
Though I drank water all night like a good DD/party animal :)

Love that these dudes love to dance – probably more that J and I do!

You can go vote for Crew D at http://www.bandofbuds.com/crew/crewd
Go for it, they are super fun! And J and I will get drinks for life if they win :)

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Sometimes the power of Double Trouble goes a little overboard. I’m not even quite sure what happened at the bar last night and I only had one drink. We got holla-ed walking through the parking lot, grabbed a beer and tried to stare down the people in the booths so we could sit down. Finally a couple clears out and a dude sits down and says we can sit with him and we think he’s about to leave so we do. WRONG The dude tells us he’s the guy who yelled to us in the parking lot, asks if we’re single and then proceeds to tell us weird, incestual, semi-racist stories about working for a cable company. The entire time Jessica and I are giving each other WTF ???!??!?? looks and trying to figure out how to get rid of him. After the stories reach creep level 500 we both whip out our phones and start texting like mad so someone will save us. The dude finally gets the hint, asks if we want to hang out some time, which I reply ‘…no’ and they finally leave. I don’t think they made it out the door before we burst out laughing trying to figure out how that guy came up with such fantastic verbal diarrhea.

Jessica’s buddy Mike shows up and we have a normal hour or so until I realize the girl who lived next door to me until I was 11 and was super mean to me the last few years was standing about 5 feet away. I’m totally weirded out and of course Jessica starts trying to sneak a picture of her and I’m just hoping she doesn’t recognize me.

2AM rolls around and we’re getting ready to leave when the drunkest dude at the bar parks his ass on a stool across from us and looks like he’s about to tip over every five seconds. He needed a seat belt to stay upright.

Then, of course, he turns around, swinging a coke in one unsteady hand and comes lunging toward me. I’m all ‘NO NO NO NO!! You can’t sit next to me! Go back over there!’

Sloppy drunk guy is having a ball, Jessica is laughing her ass off and taking pictures and I’m burying my face in my hands hoping that coke doesn’t end up on me. Luckily something else grabs his attention and he wobbles away.

Jessica and I make a break for the bathroom and then head over to Sonic. We pull in, order our food and finish with ‘We want The Hatter!’ and the voice in the box said ‘OK! I’ll be right out!’

SEE?! Hatter!
He was sans skates this time and said he was just thinking about us and wondering when we would be back.

We always come back for tots and ice cream – it’s the best way to end the night :)

Wednesday, after a full day of work and a shoulder straining, toe crunching circus class, I had so much energy I grabbed Slayer and went for a run. After that run I had even more energy and couldn’t sit still – there was no way I was staying in, I needed to dance. JDT and Gravy, my partners in crime, were not going out, so it was either stay in or be brave and go to the bar alone. This is something I never do, but the energy overruled and I got my ass ready.

I love this dress (ok it’s only a dress if you have a hot ass and major balls, otherwise I suppose it’s a tunic), it’s super comfy and eye-catching. And my hair – I watched TV for too long so there was no time for a shower. I doused it in dry shampoo and then curled the crap out of it.

Went to the bar, got my dance on and was back home in bed by 1am. Mission accomplished!

Jason Vorhees is ready to party.

I realized I never have photographic evidence of our Wednesday night dance parties, so I made a point to take pictures this week. See that black shirt Jessica is wearing – it’s Miley Cyrus brand. Miley Cyrus, you are not old enough to be wearing clothes like that and neither are your fans!! But Jessica can because she’s a hottie :)

Of course Jessica was half-naked with her hair in rollers when I showed up, so I took some blurry photos in her bathroom while I waited. Shorts + tights + my Bronx goth stripper boots is my favorite summer dance party outfit.

J and I pre-sweaty dance party.

Yes, DT, I like this one better so I posted both haha

And then it was time to D.A.N.C.E!!

Just make your arm movements bigger so they fill the whole dance floor!

At one point in the night I was told that I’m Batman (the hot Christian Bale Batman of course) because I have my shit together…just like Batman.

And I also ended up with a date for Friday night ;)

At 2am we made a Sonic run…

and stuffed our faces with grilled cheese and the best pickles ever!

Look who our carhop was – The Hatter! He was adorable and said we were his best customers that night and yes, he was wearing a giant Mad Hatter style hat and could not skate at all!

Another best night ever – it’s that Double Trouble magic I tell ya!

Ria, Jenni, Mandy and I get a half painful, half relaxing head-to-toe stretch at yoga and then meet SuperGirl at my house for a late dinner and drinks. We crack open one of the eight bottles of wine and I serve Greek pasta salad and homemade pita (which got a thumbs up from everyone). We drink and talk until it’s dark and the mosquitoes come out and then I light citronella candles so we can drink and talk some more.

Ria brings out angel food cake and fruit and we eat while demonstrating tipsy yoga poses. Jenn and her roomies stop by and chat for a bit and then take Slayer for a walk. He was having a great night, getting fed under the table by a bunch of ladies AND getting a late night walk. Though by 11 he was climbing on to my lap, sleepy and ready to snuggle.

We only make it through two bottles before it’s late and everyone is ready to leave, so I tell them they have to come back soon and help me finish the other six bottles. It is the perfect night I imagined when I built my deck and bought that table.

Because I’m making a point to accept all invitations to go out, Mandy and I change out of our yoga clothes and into more appropriate bar-wear and head into town to meet her bf for a drink. Dunner is just getting off work and we hang out until the bar closes and then call it a night, which would be why I’m writing this at 11am instead of at aerial…hanging from a trapeze would be a bad idea right now.

My plan was to take a photo every hour today, but I only made it to noon before my camera battery died. Oh well, I’ll do it another day.

Rockin’ fur boots today – I’m sure the fashion police are gonna arrest me any minute now!

A couple days ago I went on a date with the aforementioned cute face. We met at the bar for a drink. He’s a professor/comic book nerd, with glasses and a supermodel smile. He was fun and we’re going to hang out again. Yay :)

Last night I whipped up a batch of brownies and tossed them in the oven as I got ready to go out. I drove a couple blocks to the bar for a friend’s birthday – can’t wait until it’s nice enough to ride my bike again. Made the rounds, had a beer and was home in bed with the pup and a brownie by midnight.

My dad is coming over tomorrow and we’re going to test drive cars. I’m so excited!!

Went downtown for a friend’s birthday party last night with Triple Threat. Angie stopped at a gas station on the way for gum and plastic Valentine’s roses – she’s adorable. I knew it would be a good night when there were tequila shots before we even walked into the bar.

I got to hang out with a bunch of people I haven’t seen in a while. Frank White played an acoustic set. I didn’t drop a dollar, but drank all night. We took over the dudes bathroom and then some kid tried to hit on me by asking if I was a student. I met a guy whose grandparents live across the street and he remembered me from the Wired Frog days, which was at least eight years ago. We loaded the jukebox with Rancid and The Swellers and took video of ourselves singing along. All in all a successful night!!

P.S. I’m guest blogging over at Ria’s site while she’s on vacation – check it out!

I haven’t been to Luna in probably two months, so it was great to get down to Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Kanye. It was also a little bittersweet because the last time I was there was with Aaron, but Jessica did a good job of keeping me smiling and dancing.

We don’t look terribly excited to go out, but I assure you we were!

We’re looking a little more excited in this one. There were too many people dancing around us to take a decent picture. And we spent a good part of the night wiggling away from handsy guys.

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My throat was a little scratchy last night and this morning it was a lot scratchy. I decided to skip the holiday work lunch, but came to work anyway. I’d rather be in my cozy corner with a cup of ginger tea than making small talk in some swanky steak house. Though the tea and granola bar I’m trying to eat are making me feel a little barfy, so I may not last long.

And I just dumped a cup of tea on my keyboard…guess I should have stayed home.

Amazing dance party again last night! I’m so happy that all my friends not only like to dance, but have amazing moves. We created some sort of soul train and there was a Dirty Dancing moment where one of the dudes lept off the stage into another dudes arms. But there’s no evidence because we’re always too busy dancing to ever take pictures.

And now for the most important part…
My tank and leggings are from Forever 21, boots from Bakers, bracelet from ASOS
Lindsey’s (left) leggings are from American Apparel, boots by Jessica Simpson
Jessica’s jeans from Charlotte Russe – she customized them herself! Tank from Anthropologie and boots from Incognito