First Date
I went on my first first date in a really long time last night. On Tuesday, I made plans with the girl from Saturday night to go out for dinner. I picked her up last night around 7:00 and we made our way over to a local restaurant. The place was pretty crowded, but we totally lucked out and got a great table with a really good view. The atmosphere was great, the weather perfect and the food and service was good, too. The conversation went pretty well, although I found myself reaching once or twice to keep it going. After dinner, I was planning on just taking her back to her place and calling it a night. However, when we got there, she said that her roommate was around and that she didn't want to end the night yet. She suggested that we go somewhere else. I asked if she wanted to get coffee or a real drink and she opted for the latter.
So, we hit up a bar down the street and had another drink and talked for a bit. By this time it was getting late and I was pretty much done for the night. I drove her back to her place, walked her up to the door and proceeded to make out there for a while. She was kissing me all funny and it was kind of breaking up the moment for me so I bailed out after a few more minutes. Told her I would call her and we should get together again and then turned and left.
All in all, I would say that it was pretty good as first dates go. I'll probably give her a call in the next couple of days and set something up for next week.
Excuse me, is this girl taken?
Another productive weekend has come and gone. Saturday night, my sister was in town and wanted to go out. I invited a fairly good size group of people to meet up with us (about 18 showed up by the night's end). The plan was to head down earlier than later to grab some food before partying the night away. My sister and I caught a ride down with one of my friends, who also happened to invite a cute girl (now affectionately known as Redial) who worked in the office next door to him. He told me in advance that he was getting a "boyfriend in another town" vibe from her and she didn't seem receptive to any sort of advances. This sounded like a good challenge to me.
We arrived at the restaurant/bar around 8:30, but were told it was going to be around 30-40 minutes before we would be seated. No problem, we'd just warm up with a couple drinks at the bar. A few beers later and we're finally getting seated at our table. A few more drinks at dinner and I'm starting to warm up a bit. Fortunately, the kitchen was pretty quick that night and it wasn't long before we were back at the bar. It was at this point when I asked my buddy if it was ok if I tried to work on Redial. He gave me the enthusiastic go ahead, because there was some other girl from our group that he wanted to hook up with and Redial was holding him back. With the door wide open, I started to talk to Redial and try to feel her out. I seemed to be getting a pretty decent response, so I concentrated on her for the majority of the night.
On the car ride home, the two of us ended up alone in the back seat and I started making more physical advances. Before long, we were making out. Unfortunately, the car ride home wasn't very long, so things didn't get too hot and heavy. My place was the first stop, and as we were getting out of the car, I invited everyone in for a bit. My friend, in true wingman fashion, said that he was tired, but why didn’t Redial stay and I could take her home later since she lived just around the corner. Sadly, she wasn't up for sticking around, but did give me her number before jumping back in the car.
After waiting the obligatory 2-3 days, I gave her a call last night and set up a date for this Thursday evening. Wish me luck.
