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Dressing for Dinner
Sep. 22nd, 2007 10:57 pmToday we went to the library, Half Price Books, and Barnes and Noble and got some books about the Caribbean and Mexico, plus some other books.
I've kind of been making fun of Robin because the poor thing is going to have to wear long pants for dinners on the cruise, not to mention a suit on the formal nights. Then I read this in a review of the same ship we will be on:
"There were quite a few men onboard with tuxes. By no means 50%, but many more than some people would want you to believe. I only saw shorts in the dining room once. Everyone seemed to dress appropriately, and 75% or more of the women wore cocktail dresses most nights."
And finally it hit me that I also am going to have to change out of my shorts for dinner. I don't mind having to wear uncomfortable shoes two of the nights, but sneakers are not exactly going to be an option the other nights either. I get spoiled in Austin which is extremely fabulously casual. D told me that this is where we pretend we are the types to dress for dinner.
Meanwhile, as I type this I am the most dressed up I've been all week: I've got a short-sleeved white knit shirt, a whooshy navy skirt with white polka-dots, black tights, and black keds. Also, a short necklace of small pearls and tiny garnet and onyx beads with garnet earrings, and my hair in a ponytail with a half-gauzy, half shiny navy scrunchy. No make-up. And a shiny navy jacket for when I get chilled. Is that going to be good enough?
I've kind of been making fun of Robin because the poor thing is going to have to wear long pants for dinners on the cruise, not to mention a suit on the formal nights. Then I read this in a review of the same ship we will be on:
"There were quite a few men onboard with tuxes. By no means 50%, but many more than some people would want you to believe. I only saw shorts in the dining room once. Everyone seemed to dress appropriately, and 75% or more of the women wore cocktail dresses most nights."
And finally it hit me that I also am going to have to change out of my shorts for dinner. I don't mind having to wear uncomfortable shoes two of the nights, but sneakers are not exactly going to be an option the other nights either. I get spoiled in Austin which is extremely fabulously casual. D told me that this is where we pretend we are the types to dress for dinner.
Meanwhile, as I type this I am the most dressed up I've been all week: I've got a short-sleeved white knit shirt, a whooshy navy skirt with white polka-dots, black tights, and black keds. Also, a short necklace of small pearls and tiny garnet and onyx beads with garnet earrings, and my hair in a ponytail with a half-gauzy, half shiny navy scrunchy. No make-up. And a shiny navy jacket for when I get chilled. Is that going to be good enough?