All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go

I got a phone call yesterday from the volunteer office at the hospital inviting me to the hospital's annual NICU fundraiser gala this Friday. It was a little surprising to me that I would be invited because its $150 a plate and who is going to spend that on little old...or in this case, really young me? The volunteer office apparently purchases 2 tables and then invites the staff and then a few of their VIP volunteers. Never in a million years did I imagine that they would pick me for one of the spots so of course I could not turn them down. I quickly went to my closet to find a dress appropriate to wear to an extremely formal event and then quickly realized that nothing I had would do. So I rushed over to Nordstroms, told the girl what I needed, she put me in a fitting room and brought me about 25 different dresses to try on. I picked a black cocktail length dress with a lace bodice and called it good. I will have pictures and an recap of the evening on Saturday. I can't wait to put on that dress again.