What a weekend.
When Chantale went for her trail-run hairdresser’s appointment on Saturday morning, James and I cut the grass. After she got back, I took a quick shower and the three of us went downtown to Dundee’s. I’ve been wanting to take Chantale there for ages and this was as good a time as any since she wanted to head over to Simon’s. We had a fanastic lunch and I even indulged in a Smirnoff Ice. It was the first time I actually “splurged” by buying a drink (I usually find it a waste of money to spend up to $2 more for a bottle of something easily purchased at a store). That was bizarre for me but I was just in the right mood for it.
Who knew.
After our wonderful meal, we started walking towards Simon’s. As we were on the corner of Crescent, we decided to walk to Winston’s to say hello to Francisco. Initially I was a little reluctant to walk in since James was with us, but, Chantale pulled him in and so I went after them. And was immediately surrounded by a pack of smiling faces. They got me good. I was so nervous I immediately broke out into a sweat. Francisco began talking and presenting me with a number of items I had to wear or carry. Namely, a “This is my Bachelor Party and I’m SCARED” t-shirt with the blair witch face on it, a “Jenny” party-doll, a breast-pacifier, and a breast soda-can cover. And, of course… a ball and chain. And guess what? I had TASKS I had to accomplish. The sooner I did them, the sooner we could leave to go back to Francisco’s place. But first… I had to walk back to Standard Life and get my car out of the garage so Chantale and James could go home. Sheesh.
Needless to say, I was most wonderfully humiliated. But, I managed to accomplish all my tasks. From buying a girl a drink (I bought 2 girls a drink each!) to getting the phone numbers of 3 women (I ended up getting 4 🙂 ), to getting a woman to kiss me, to kissing a woman older than my mother, to getting someone to talk dirty to me (I got a girl and a guy) to getting Francisco’s shoulders rubbed by a woman (I again got a girl and guy) to getting a quote from the Purolator lady on how much it would cost to ship “Jenny” back to China.
All the while, carrying the items “branding” me as a soon-to-be married man. It was quite the adventure, it truly was. And the fact that I managed to achieve all my objectives (with my father-in-law in tow!!!) was quite remarkable 🙂 In fact, everyone was having SUCH a blast, they mainly forgot to take pictures!!! Ha! Less incriminating evidence! 🙂
I have never been “gotten” that good before in my life. Truly, one to remember 🙂