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It is the first Wednesday night of October and we have a small
group of ladies going to dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory on the Willamette River,
this is also one of the places we have been going for a while. We have been
doing Wednesday night dinners for more then 10 years now and a lot of the ones
we used to go to have closed. Who
Song and Larrys
is probably the longest as I think we first went here was in December
of 2009
and Old Spaghetti Factory was a year or two later
so our group has a good history with them. I did call last night and made
reservations for 5 as we have a smaller group this week, normally when we come
here we get 10 to 15 ladies, just like at Who Songs & Larrys. These two
places seem to get the best turnout of course so does Outback Steak House. I
got home early today s I had plenty of time to get ready. Julie texted me as I
was getting ready and couldn’t make it tonight which was sad as I really look
forward to seeing her and enjoy our riding together. I took my time getting
ready and did a red lip and purple eye shadow and tonight I wore my grey silver
dress which is a little heavier as we are into fall and of course nylons and
heels. I left about 6:15 and was a quiet ride, I really missed visiting with
Julie.
I
got to Old
Spaghetti Factory
about 6:40 and parked and I had gotten an E-mail from Poppy she wouldn’t be able to make it so we
would have a really small group tonight. I was just getting out of the car and
I saw Gina so we walked in together. They were not at all busy unlike last time
we cam here. I checked in and updated our reservation to 3 and Gina and I sat
down to wait. It was only a few minutes later and Kris showed ho so we were all
here and we were shown back to our table. our waiter came and took our drink
order and he was awesome. We talked for a few minutes and looked at the menu
but I knew what I would have when I picked Old Spaghetti Factory. We all ordered and yes I
got the Chicken Parmesan which is awesome.
Now
we sat and talked and being a really small group it was a great way to really
get to know each other. I have know Gina for almost 10 years and we even got
together a few times years ago with Stefia for lunch but tonight we had a
really good chance to talk and share things about ourselves. I know years ago
when we would go out we really didn’t share anything personal and by that I
mean things about our male side such as where we worked, lived, family or
anything about our male side for fear others would find out who we really were.
When I first started going out and we would leave Embers at 2am in the morning
I would walk by myself to my car as I was afraid if they saw my car they might
figure out who I was from my license plate. Now days the girls in the group I
will share just about anything with them, for those who have not met the male
side of me I actually have a picture that I will show them, yes out of all the hundreds of Susan pictures I do
have 1 picture of my male side on my phone. I bet if I had all the pictures I
have taken of Susan over the years it would be over 10,000. Back between 2008
& 2011 we all had digital cameras and every time we went out we would take
20 to 40 pictures between selfies and pictures with other girls. Nowadays it is
about 10 whenever I go out as I usually take a few extras so I make sure I get
some good ones to post. I do hear from people reading my blog that I always
look so good in my pictures and I will give you my tip on how to get great
pictures. Take a lot and only post the good ones.
Our food came and it was awesome as always. We had a nice dinner and great conversation and as we got seated early and the fact they were not busy our food came quickly. It was about 7:50 when we finished eating and ordered the ice cream we got with dinner so it would probably be an early night. Well we ate our ice cream and then just sat and talked, which was really nice. It was really enjoyable and before we knew it, it was almost 9pm, wow the night went by fast. We paid our bills and I gave our waiter a little extra and he really was good and he was fine with us just sitting there and talking and even took a few pictures of the group for me Gina, Me and Kris.
We
all walked out together and went our separate ways. The drive home was quiet
and only took about 20 minutes so I had a little time before I had to wash my
makeup away and go back to my male self. Now I am looking forward to the
weekend and hopefully a little Susan time on Saturday and Sunday.
Thanks
for reading my blog and sharing this part of
my life with me.
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