Trick or Treat

I bought my Halloween costume at the beginning of October.  I honestly wanted to borrow somebody’s child and go trick or treating, but I soon discovered that they were trick or treating on Sunday, not Saturday as I reasoned in my mind made more sense.  So where to go and what to do?  I received tons of flyers for parties that were being thrown by event planners that are popular in the city.   I knew that the crowd at these parties would be grown & sophisticated Charlotte young urban professionals.  I would fit in perfectly, but they didn’t quite pique my interest.  I wanted to be more laid back and relaxed.  So a friend and I, who had been planning on hanging out for quite a while but our travel schedules never allowed us to, decided that Halloween was the night.  We found a completely random down home party, thru a friend of a friend, who said the same party the year before was off the chain!  So we head off, not knowing a soul at the party, or so we thought J   Did I mention I was random? 

First of all, our crew of 4 turned into a duo thru random & last minute events.  This party only leaves me with a list of Questions:  Where do you stand at a party where you don’t know anyone?  At the bar?  Go to the dance floor? 

Where do pics taken of you by people you don’t know end up? 

What do you do when your costume gets more attention than you expected?  Stand against the wall like a flower?  Or say to hell with it, you don’t know these people and play your confidence up? 

 What do you say to a guy who finally has enough liquid courage to ask you for your phone number when you are really not interested? 

How do you manage dance requests?  Does it go in order of approach?  And how many songs do you give each guy?  Do you have to look at the guy you are dancing with? 

What do you do when the last person you thought you would see is right in front of your face?  Have you invaded their territory?  Are you a stalker? 

What age is it when dancing changes?  Why do people in their 20’s dance all up on each other while people in their 40’s do a box 2 step?  Why don’t women in their 40’s dance by themselves and have to have a male partner?  Why does it take the 40 crowd dj forever to warm up? 

When will the perculator get old?  Does anyone know how to do the perculator? 

Why do I try to be nice to people who could care less? 

Why can’t I look away? 

Why do I smile all the time?  And why does that smile tell all the crazy people to come talk to me?

How do you make friends at a party?  What if you meet someone interesting and want to learn more about them, how do you approach?  Would they think you were weird?   Do you say, hey, it was good talking to you, not trying to hit on you or anything but really want to expand my network of associates and friends, how can we keep in touch?  

Do you have your church dress on or a costume? 

Are you dressed as Nikki Minaj?  Have you worn that on a regular night? 

Coming soon..........Do you have isotoners on?