good friends don’t come around very often, but you know when you meet one.
i was nervous about making friends when i joined the workforce – i have some amazing friends from college and knew that it can be a lot more difficult to make friends once you’re out of school, especially since we’re all at different stages of life. luckily, i work with some great people who i have really enjoyed getting to know. one of these is ashley, whom i met a few months after moving to dfw. i knew right away that i’d met “one of my kind,” and i was spot-on! she and i think alike – we just get each other in the way true friends do. we got in the habit of chatting in the break room, going to lunch together, and hitting up happy hours when we could. it was nice to have someone to hang with at work functions, but also outside of work since i didn’t [and still don’t] know that many people here. she has since gone to another company, but fortunately she’s still in dallas, and we’ve made it a point to have “date nights” at least once a week.
and they pretty much make my world go ’round.
last saturday, for instance, ashley and i had planned on going to a huge halloween block party that takes place in uptown dallas every year. it’s supposed to be wild and crazy and a whole lot of fun, and i had spent the couple weeks before gathering elements of my costume.
however, as i had mentioned the other day, when saturday night rolled around, it was COLD. somehow, this made getting into a short skirt, a [barely] short-sleeved shirt, and open-toed heels seem like not so much fun after all. not to mention that i was ghostly pale and still had yet to shave my legs that week, which was poor planning on my part, yet not really a surprise considering the way my days have been lately. thankfully ashley wasn’t thrilled to jump into a skimpy costume in that chilly weather either, and we both decided that we were maybe in the mood for something a little more low-key.
so we opted for drinks in west village, sans the halloween attire, except the glasses from my costume that i had been so excited to wear. ash insisted that i sport them anyway, so i did. they were just too fun! we walked over to village burger bar where we sipped on mojitos and martinis and chatted and laughed and flirted with the cute bartender [well, that part was all me] until close.
{silly glasses and a watermelon mojito}
{round two: fresh strawberry martini}
{so what was supposed to be a wild night at the halloween block party turned into a chill night of drinks plus a pair of glasses. i love us.}
this saturday, we decided to do watters creek in allen for a late dinner. it was a great place to walk around and explore the shops and restaurants. we took a peek in anthropologie, just because i can’t ever walk by one without stopping in, and they had their christmas decorations out, which made me a little giddy. i even bought myself a little treat that i’d been eyeing for quite some time – it was on sale! then we went to bonnie ruth’s, a little french cafe, for dinner. we sat outside on the patio, as it was much warmer than it was a week ago, and enjoyed the most perfect “three course meal” – wine, a bowl of soup, and a piece of cake to share. it was divine.
{present to myself from my favorite store}
{bonnie ruth’s}
{pinot grigio}
{french onion gratinee}
{kahlua chocolate cake, to share!}
another awesome night in the books, ashley! i’m so thankful to have this girl in my life!