Friday night at a vineyard!

On Friday, I was invited out to dinner by a handsome man at a lovely castle with its own vineyard (actually, it was my husband’s office that organized a Christmas party for the employees and their spouses and it wasn’t a castle at all, it was an old barn but my version sounds more romantic and exciting). I was informed that the dress code was ”casual”. I get nervous when an invite says ”casual”, what is casual for me may not be casual for someone else. Men seem to have a more relaxed idea about the meaning of ”casual”, they think jeans – perhaps even shorts, a short-sleeved shirt or polo shirt. This is what I wear on cleaning day or when I wash my car. Yes, I wash my car these days, it comes with the ”living in a Western society” unless I’m willing to pay a handsome sum to get someone else to wash it for me. When it comes to parties, there are no such thing as ”casual” clothes. A party should not be a casual, it should be special. Luckily for me, my handsome date somewhat share my opinion and never wears jeans or shorts to a party. For the dinner at the vineyard, I chose an off-white asymmetrical dress that I have never had the opportunity to wear before as I’ve felt it was showing too much legs, with Middle-Eastern standards that is. After several busy weeks it was absolutely lovely to get my make-up bag and flat-iron out of the drawer and spend half an hour getting ready in front of the bathroom mirror. 

I was very pleased with the evening apart from when we just arrived and had to park in a large green field, possibly a pasture. My Ralph Lauren heels sank down into the ground and I had to walk on my tippy toes for 30 meters or so until I was on terra firma again. It seems as women all over the world share the same opinion when it comes to ”casual” dressing for a party, just as men all over the world share the same opinion in this matter. If it was up to me to decide, all men should dress in uniforms. Pilots, military men, marines, firemen, policemen; they are so handsome in their uniforms. Heck, even Luke Skywalker looks rather dashing and manly in his uniform and he’s not exactly eye-candy without the white suit and his laser sword. 

It’s Saturday evening and I have to end this blog here as I have other things to do like watching a movie and drinking something. I just want to finish by telling that Hugh Jackman has a holiday home about 20 minutes drive from my everyday home and he’s frequently seen around town. He doesn’t need a uniform, he’s handsome even when he has that wolverine-outfit in X-men. 

Casually dressed ladies

Casually dressed men (neither of them married to me, obviously)