Dress #21

On Thursday (7/12), I went out to dinner with my uncle and his wife at Morton's Steakhouse.  They flew in for the wedding and had just arrived earlier that day.  I wanted to spend some one on one time with them before the wedding because I knew the day of would be hectic and we'd be rushing all around.  They were staying in Downtown LA and Morton's was nearby.  I know how much my uncle loves steak so I figured it'd be a nice place to have dinner.  Joe and I decided to dress a bit on the nicer side but nothing too fancy.  We met them at their hotel and drove them down the street to the restaurant.  None of us had ever been there.  It was on the pricier side but it sure was a delicious meal!  Defintietly worth it for a special occasion.  Everything was delicious!  I had a pepper crusted steak, Joe had a sirloin, my uncle had veal and my aunt had lamb.  I think the veal was actually my favorite.  We had sides of potatoes au gratin and asparagus to share.  It was very filling and very good.

I wore my black dress with the rhinestone pin.  Two years ago when I was searching for a semi-formal black dress to wear to my company Christmas party, I found this one and another (Dress #6) at Ross.  This was the one I wanted to wear to the Christmas party because it's more conservative than the other one.  It actually has a kind of wrap design to it where the front has a layer of fabric that hangs longer than the skirt.  I didn't really like having a longer piece in the front so I actually ended up using the silver pin to pin up the wrapped piece that drapes to be the same length as the skirt.  I like it better that way.  I didn't end up wearing this dress to the Christmas party after I bought it because I got sick and couldn't go.  I did however, end up wearing it to the company Christmas party the following year.  So it's served its purpose.  The Christmas party was really fun.  I wish I could have stayed longer but I had to leave before dinner was served because I was asked to do a Lyra performance at my pole studio for their Holiday show.  They wanted me to open the show.  It was my first actual hoop performance and I didn't really have much time to rehearse anything so I just did a simple/basic beginner routine but everyone seemed to like it.  Afterward, my friends and I went to Santa Monica for an Ugly Christmas Sweater bar crawl.  We ended up at Barney's Beanery until close. We had a lot of fun and we met a guy dressed up like Buddy the Elf from the Will Ferrell movie, Elf.  He stayed in character all night which was really funny.

I got the dress at Ross for $14.  It's made by Enfocus Studio.  Size 6.  95% polyester.  5% spandex.   Made in Indonesia.  I wore it with my black pair of Alexa heels by M. Patrick.