i could be out dancing right now...

...but we had nowhere near enough wine in us :)

i met a few girlfriends in town for "confessions of a shopaholic" tonight. we were all supposed to meet in the lobby of the theatre @ 6:30...but instead, ended up having margaritas beforehand...a pre-party of sorts. the movie was cute...thanks to isla fisher :) anyways...after the show, me and rach went to get our cars (we were duped into paying $9 for valet @ the movies!)...and then decided we needed a drink. did i mention that i caught the virus beckett had? fun stuff...i have been cooped in the house for 2 days getting us well. the wine was a must. wine and conversation btwn friends...what could go wrong? 

"barry" is what went wrong.

i will call him barry.  about 2 minutes after we get our glass of wine @ smith & wollensky's, he walks up.   barry is an older gentleman...he asks us if we want a drink.  "ummmm, no.  as you can see, the waiter just brought this one."  "well", he says, "i mean after you drink that one".  we just laugh.  he makes conversation...divorced, millionaire, etc....he owns car washes...we are trying not to engage him...thinking the more we talk, the longer he will hang.  he asks us what we do and we tell him we are moms...barry seems confused.  "then why aren't you wearing wedding rings?", he asks.  of course we both are...and we show him.   he says "i thought those were just some kind of fashion statement."  

what?  

barry asks us if we are HAPPILY married (yes) and then asks if we want to go dancing (no).  we do tell him that we like dancing, we just don't have it in us tonight.  we filled him in on the black swan (barry likes to stay near the galleria for dancing) and how rachel broke the dj booth there one night.  by this time, we are finished with our wine...he desperately wants to buy us another glass but we tell him we have to leave...he gives both of us his business card w/ his cell number to call when we are up for dancing...or a free car wash.  he leaves the table...but not before planting a kiss on both of our heads.  did i mention he was foreign??  

so, i didn't get to talk w/ rach for more than 5 minutes thanks to barry...but i will be taking him up on that free car wash :)