Did you see that old white dude in the purple pimp suit?

Warm weather always tends to bring out the drinker in me. I love sitting outside, drinking cocktails, and chatting it up. Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day, so I decided that it would be an excellent idea to go to JD’s new place and experience all that Roscoe Village has to offer. We left work at 4:27pm…we arrived at her place at 6:06pm- damn I’m glad that my commute is never longer than 35 minutes on a bad day. I was fearful that I would have had to pee in a bottle. Luckily, I was able to hold it (I have this issue where I pee every hour- no joke).

I was excited to see JD’s place, it is very spacious and cute. I’m very excited for her to have a place of her own. After the tour, out came a bottle of wine and some chips and salsa. Two shots and five Malibu diets later, I was feeling pretty happy. Not to mention that I had the most excellent meal…the shrimps were huge! We started walking back to JD’s place, and decided it was still too early to go home- so we stopped at a little café for another drink.

Have I mentioned that I am sort of a light weight…yes, it’s sadly very true. I was feeling buzzed after the wine at her place. But, I’m a trooper (aka love drinking) so I continued on. We had such a good time…talking, laughing, harassing the poor man sitting at the bar, and texting- yes drunken texting is always a joy! I must have sent 20 texts in a 30 min time period. It’s always so fun to check your phone the next day to see what wonderful little messages you managed to send. Thankfully, only a small % of mine were embarrassing…something to do with a magic wand? Yea…just use your imagination with that one.

When the bar was closing, and we were the only ones left, we headed our way back to JD’s. I had only had 1 drink in about 1.5 hour span, so I was feeling good to drive home. Probably not the best idea- but at the time it made perfect sense. To my surprise, there was stop and go traffic at 1am…only in Chicago!

Moral of the story:

· Always pack a bag with me- I’d be better off staying the night.
· Drunken texts are tons of fun, but are not always the smartest things we say!
· Don’t compare real people to cartoons…apparently its offensive.
· Make sure to get directions home before the drinking starts…and I need a GPS.
· Make friends with your waitress, it’s the best way you get freebies.
· It’s normal and acceptable to restaurant browse.
· McDonald’s can cure all after a night of drinking…