Finally, One Who Cleaned Up for Me...

...and might keep up with me too.

Over the weekend I had a mini-date with someone new I met online, Educated Pilot (EP). And he seemed really cool! He's in grad school doing a dual degree and had some funny connections/similarities to me...also grew up in a United Methodist church and competed in Anchorsplash (shout out to the DG girls!). He was really high energy and had a nice smile. We had a lovely conversation for a few hours over coffee and tea. And of course, what's the first thing I tell my sister when I get home?

"OMG! The one time I make little to no effort to clean up for the date...he shows up and looks great!"

Back story: here's what some other guys showed up wearing for a first date...
Guy #1: Black long sleeve Cowboys t-shirt, khaki shorts, short white athletic socks + black lace-up Sketcher-like shoes (grimace). Now the shirt and shorts didn't really bother me all that much because we were just meeting at sports bar to watch football. But come on ladies, the fashionista in all of us knows that -- unless you're Michael Jackson -- white socks and black shoes are a big no-no.
Guy #2: Patriots sweatshirt, jeans, black crosstrainers, backward black "fancy" baseball hat. This guy even admitted to not trying to dress up. This time -- slightly less acceptable because we were actually going out to dinner AND watching football.

There was actually a 3rd guy too, but he dressed just fine. His major strike was that he was a lot shorter than me and I felt like Ursula the Sea Witch from Little Mermaid sitting next to him.

EP showed up looking rather hipster -- jeans, button down, with the trendy casual blue blazer. I can handle that.