Thursday, May 30th, 2013 and Thursday, June 27th, 2013
Well it appears that Ball Season is starting again. I kind of felt like Holiday Ball Season had just barely ended and now here we are again.
In May it was the Eccentrics Ball at the British Embassy. I once again was Lola's "Plus One" and it really worked out in our favour. When we arrived to check where are table was, we were surprised to see that we had been seated at Table 1.....and there was a "Sir" at our table. Turns out that Sir was the British Ambassador. So how did we end up at the British Ambassador's table? Well, a nice man named Luke ( I can't remember his title but he works at the Embassy and is usually the MC at these affairs) was checking out the table arrangements and decided there were too many men seated at his table. He then went through the guest list and found that Lola (well Nicola given the company we were in) and I were attending together. Apparently after asking around, we came highly recommended as a couple of very nice young ladies who would be perfect for the head table. I have no idea who recommended us but I won't complain at all.
Hmmm......yes I guess we really are a couple of very nice young ladies. Any head table would be lucky to have us.
Being at the head table certainly has it's perks. We got the best table service, we got extra wine and food and when it came time to pull out an after dinner cigar, I was told to put mine away and save it for another day. Instead I managed to get a custom rolled one (that I assure you is normally well out of my price range). It was pretty fantastic. And as usual the night was a whole lot of fun.
Little more use out of this dress......probably one of the best purchases I've ever made.
Lola and I with our friend Wendy.
The end of June saw the Caledonia Society hosting a ball. Now this is the Scottish society so you can imagine that there were a lot of men in full kilts and such (even though it was really, really warm out, but they do come with their own air conditioning if you know what I mean.)
No head table selection for us this time but I did manage to win a few door prizes and as always it was a really fun night. Unfortunately Lola and I have been unable to track down the photographer who was taking pictures that night so you are stuck with the few selfies I took.
Showing off my new earrings (Swarovski Crystal) and my hair.
My new dress for the occasion. Would you believe I paid $30 for this on Amazon? I was just glad it fit.
We'll get a rest from Ball season for a few months but it'll start back up again in the fall.
Julie
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