Chapter 30 For Yourself

• While I accepted Alex’s invitation happily at the time, once I get home, my eyes truly open.
• There’s no way any of my current clothes will be good enough for me to wear to this dance. It’s supposed to be black-tie optional, not semi-casual, and just about all my clothes are semi-trash. The outfit I managed to put together for the movie was basically fool’s luck, but that’s entirely too casual for this dinner party.
• I realize, with startling clarity, that there’s no way I can go when I’ll be so severely underdressed.