I've outed myself here as a Recovering Introvert, so regular readers will recognize the above thought process as my usual social interaction mindset when meeting new people. I'm almost entirely thrilled at the prospect of doing so & do generally enjoy myself once I'm out, but oh, that 1% . . . it's already back on the Pretty HQ couch, eager to dive into my "Real Housewives" archive a new book or blog or some other solitary, safe pursuit.
So tonight I salute, um, myself, for not only going to a happy hour full of new and cute and fun ladies, but actually organizing it myself. Not to brag or anything - oh, nevermind, why wouldn't I, I'm tremendous and full of merlot - but I'm kinda proud of it. And relieved to find a group of women also looking for friends and things to do here. Not precisely a novel concept, I realize, but one I tend to forget during this number:
Excited excited excited, scared scared, excited excited excited, scared scared.
PS - Pets, how long can I milk this "new girl in town" act? I'm coming up on one year, so maybe one more? Two more? Help a newbie out here . . .
11 comments:
Sounds fun! How did you organize it??
How much fun! Its always scary to put yourself out there - especially when you are "in charge" of making sure all goes off w/o a hitch! But I'm sure it will be (or was?) fan-tab-u-lous! I only wish I could still myself an official citizen of your town so that I could attend :)
Good for you!
I hate organizing things even with people I DO know. I hate that feeling of being responsible if the whole thing goes to shit.
Good for you! I totally know what you are going through - it's hard to made friends in a new city, but it's especially nice to know that women you were with feel the same way!
I'm glad your happy hour went well!! Way to take the initiative and organize it- I'm sure the other ladies present were glad you did!
YAY. Sounds exciting!! I hope we can meet in Dallas sometime soon for a gathering!
'I'm tremendous and full of merlot' - I would copyright that because it would look great on t-shirts or as a blog title. Or even variants such as 'I would be tremendous if I had some merlot' or ' you are tremendous if you give me some merlot', 'you look tremendous after some merlot' etc.
Well done, Lovely!
I'm still draining the "New to Town" thing and it has been a year and a half.
In my estimation, until people stop prefacing sentences about local venues with, "Have you been to (insert theatre name, restaurant, bar, etc) yet?" - then we're all safe in New Girl Didn't Go to High School with any of You People Bliss.
Happy Weekend!
Good for you Miss Pretty! And on maximizing the value of the "new to town" situation, we think there's easily a good year left. After all, it did take some amount of time to "get your feet under you," didn't it? (We always did love the "get my feet..." line, it just covered so many, many things.
Congrats on the party!
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I say milk it dear, for all it's worth. I love a girl who makes a plan and being new in town is the perfect excuse to get the gals together! How'd it go?
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