posted by erin on Mar 9
I, Erin, am going to the opera! Oh, yes, I’s gettin’ me some cultural education and class : ) I’ve always wanted to go see one and my dear friend Rachelle, who is coming to visit me in 1 month, 1 week and 2 days (not that I’m counting or anything), emailed me yesterday to ask if I would be interested in going. Well it’s #30 on my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days (of which I’ve accomplished 21, BTW), so YES I would like to do that. I can’t wait.
I need something to wear! What should I wear? What do you wear to the opera? Anyone out there been and know what’s appropriate? It’s on a Saturday evening. I think I need a new dress. Oooh, I get to go shopping! How fun!! Guess I should eat a few less pieces of cheesecake in order to get rid of the muffin-top I seem to have developed in the last couple of weeks, lol. Dresses don’t look particularly flattering when your waist is larger than your hips, sigh. Oh well. Can’t have everything now, can we? But I digress from the point. Do I wear a long dress or a shorter one? Should it be more casual or something a little fancier? Oh the DECISIONS!!
The opera we are going to see is La Traviata…doesn’t that just sound delectable and romantic? It’s a tragic love story, sung in Italian…more heavy sighing. The only thing better would be to see it in Italy.
Okay, now that that’s out of my system I can go sleep for a few hours. I have to admit I’m staying up way too late because I’m completely addicted to checking my email right now to see all the wonderful, fabulous comments from the UBP. You guys are rocking my world right now and I thank you for all your love! I’m having so much fun meeting you all and visiting your lovely blogs. We had company for dinner both last night and tonight and it took everything in me not to say “Please excuse me for a minute while I check my email, I just really REALLY need to see who’s out there right now!” But I refrained, okay maybe I checked once yesterday, but I know Tara understood.
Oh CRAP!! (I actually said a different potty word in my head just now, but it’s a G rated blog) I just realized that we have to “spring forward” with the time change right now. I thought “Oh, wow, I’m only going to bed at 1:00 a.m., not bad!” but in actuality it’s now 2:00 a.m.!!! Oh, man. I’m going to be tired tomorrow. Stupid Daylight Savings! We had company over until 10:30 and then I was just going to check a few blogs and get to bed at a decent hour…oops. Nighty night!
March 9th, 2008 at 7:40 am
I say tea length and go fancy. Not often you get a time and place to get gussied up and take a night on the town.
March 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
hope you enjoy it
and hope youre not too tired tomorrow
March 9th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Sounds like fun! Our roomate when we first got married was and still is an amazing opera singer and he would sing for me and my belly when I was prego with Noah, to this day Noah still loves classical!!
Have a blast!!
March 10th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Maybe an old bridesmaid dress?
KIDDING.
I have no idea. The Opera is about 300 steps removed from me. I’m excited to hear all about it!
March 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Have fun, Erin! You’ll be beautiful no matter what you wear!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I’m going to La Trav too!!! Cool!