We’re attending a holiday party this weekend. Denis started his new job last week, and for some reason they hold their holiday party in February. It’s “semi-formal” – which makes me think of prom gowns and midnight bowling after, but I don’t imagine that’s what it will be like.
I’m nervous, as I haven’t actually gone out for an evening among adults in years. I’m worried that I will be boring, as the only topics of conversation I really have to offer revolve around Carrie, knitting, and the musical.
I’m also worried that I won’t have anything to wear on my feet. I bought a dress last night, just a simple black dress with three-quarters length sleeves. How hard could it be to find a pair of dressy but not strappy black shoes? Apparently, even though my feet are a rather normal size 9 in regular shoes, they are freakishly wide for dress shoes. I mean, I can’t even squeeze half my toes into the shoe. I went to three different stores this evening after rehearsal with nothing to show for it.
Luckily, Zappos is having a free overnight shipping thing going on right now, so I’m going to go order several pairs of black dressy shoes in various widths and keep my fingers crossed that when they arrive on Thursday at least one pair will fit me. I guess I wouldn’t make a good candidate for Cinderella…I don’t imagine glass slippers come in wide widths!