Drew and I got invited by a coworker of mine to attend a charity dinner this past weekend. She is the president of Maharlika, Inc., a non-profit organization that gives scholarships to Philippine youth as well as provides aid to the Philippines during disasters such as the recent typhoon. So once a year they have this big banquet with dinner and dancing and entertainment and a lot of people from my work go to support it. So we went and had a great time! It was really fun to get all dressed up for such a fancy event. Drew met a guy who's fiancee does make up and hair so she did that for me and then I got a cute little outfit pulled together with the help of Burlington Coat Factory!
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Drew made me pose by the woodpile, which he is very
proud of. My favorite is my glittery gold shoes... :) |
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I was so impressed she was able to make my
hair look so cute when it is so short right now! |
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She even put fake eyelashes on me which actually looked nice and didn't feel
weird. The only other time I've worn fake lashes was when I wore huge
ones for a Lady Gaga concert...so not quite the same. |
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This is Beth, the coworker that invited me,
in her fourth outfit of the night! |
After the dinner entertainment the members of Maharlika did two dances together. I've watched Beth practice these dances in triage many times so it was fun to see the finished product. She amazes me with all her moves! She is old enough to be my mother but she was working it out there!
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| Beth dancing. |
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Jodi and I.
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Drew and I wanted to contribute to the charity but we never had a chance to buy raffle tickets so instead we decided to buy our centerpiece. It had a minimum bid on it, and then everyone at your table could bid up for it. I think this was a new idea they had because it seemed like people had put a huge amount of work into making 50 of these centerpieces by hand, and I don't think they were that popular. But we wanted to contribute, so now we have a miniature traditional Philippino house sitting on our table at home!
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We especially like the tiny pig, chicken and tree that are
on our property, and are not at all proportional to the house. :) |
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| Our lights have since burnt out but for awhile there they made a nice night light. |
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| Someone did an amazing job building these little tiny houses though, seriously they are so cute! |
After dinner I had fun dancing but Drew was not that into it. We have talked before about taking some dance classes this winter and before he was all gung ho about it. Now that it's actually here he is denying he ever said he would go to dance lessons with me. But we found something we thought we both could like that doesn't involve any commitment to show up every week, so we are going to try it out. Wish us luck!
