Dining Out

Friday night in Colorado Springs was a fun night - a formal dining out event!
***Warning: this post will be full of photos for my Mom's benefit! HI MOM!"***

Let's be honest - this is what my Mom is most interested in seeing:)

You may remember from this Post about the fantastic saga of my dress that there had been a lot of challenges in finding, obtaining and altering the gown...and that's only part of the story! Once in Colorado Springs, I had to find a delicate way to de-wrinkle this gown (since it arrived at my doorstep looking like it'd been waded up in a garbage bag!). A good friend & I drove around the vicinity immediately surrounding our hotel but came up short on finding a dry cleaner that I felt comfortable enough with to steam press this dress. Sooo....I ultimately decided that I would take my chances with the hotel iron {scary thought!}...which, surprisingly, worked out well and saved us about $25!

The Fort Riley crew! It was so much fun that we attended this event together!

Fort Leonard Wood & Fort Riley ladies

The CAKES table - one for Group (back/left) and one for each of the Battalions

Our Battalion's cake/logo

Our new Group Commander cuts the Group's cake (yes, with a sword/sabre..)

A great night spent with old friends (my husband)...

...and a great night to meet new friends (for me)

More old friends... :)

My sweetheart & I had a great night - even though I say this every time, THIS was one of my very favorite formals!