This weekend, I was originally planning on going to Randi and Michael’s Hanukkah party on Saturday night and take my Little to the annual bowling party on Sunday afternoon. Then plans changed, and I was going to go down to San Diego to celebrate Hanukkah with my family and leave my car with my dad to sell. Of course, I did none of the above. Instead, my weekend went like this.

Friday
Went to Off Broadway and bought a pair of tall black boots that I’m going to return. I didn’t like them when I got home.

Later that night, I received an email from a Jdate guy I had been corresponding with inviting me to the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concert (which is nothing close to acoustic, FYI) on Saturday night. It should be noted that said Jdate is friends with Nicole, and I met him very briefly almost a year ago when a bunch of us had dinner at the restaurant he works at as a chef. Anyway, I originally told him I was going down to SD but then I spoke to my mom who said, No! Go to the concert with the nice Jewish boy. So, I asked if the invitation was still open, and it was. Yay!

Saturday
Slept in then received a phone call from a man super interested in buying my car. Made plans for him to come look at it Sunday afternoon.

Cleaned my apartment and ran errands then tried to figure out what to wear to the show, taking into consideration that a) it was a first date and b) we were going to be standing for hours while seven bands performed. I opted for the layered look because I thought it would be freezing outside and hot inside the amphitheater, so I decided on a long sleeve t-shirt, a short sleeve t-shirt, a sweater, and jeans and Converse. Of course, the amphitheater was ice cold and even with my three layers, I was still shivering. (Do you guys even care about this? I thought not.)

Since The Chef had VIP tickets given to him by a customer, we went early for the free food and drinks in the VIP area. It was nice, and we chatted for a bit with the customer who graciously gave him the tickets. We missed most of Paramour’s set because we were enjoying the free drinks, so I can’t really comment on them. Angels and Airwaves was well, Angels and Airwaves. They just sound exactly like Blink to me; maybe I’m missing something. Avenged Sevenfold was my least favorite, and also seemed to be a popular time for a bathroom break. Serj Tankian was a trip and a half, but sounded just like System of a Down. Rise Against was good too, but kinda loud (maybe I’m getting old?). Anyway, my favorite band of the night was Bad Religion, as expected. They are great live and never disappoint. The headlining band, Linkin Park, was good, but I’ve never seen them live and I’m not a huge fan so I don’t really have much to compare them to. The Chef really liked them though.

After the show, The Chef drove me home and came upstairs to chat. After a couple of hours, we hugged goodnight and I got one of those half cheek, half lip kisses, and I’m not sure which one he intended to kiss. I think he’s very cool and nice and if he is interested, I wouldn’t mind getting to know him some more. And if he’s not interested, at least it was a fun night.

Sunday
Slept in until 11:00 (!) then ran errands and did laundry, all while waiting for the interested car guy to call me back. I finally called him and he’s no longer interested. Grrr. Frustrated, I then decided to bake cookies and of course, they turned out to be a disappointment (another Dorie recipe!). Now, I’m going to clean up and try to enjoy the rest of my evening!
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In other news, I am now halfway through my goal of wearing my hair naturally curly for two weeks in a row. Yes, that means I wore it curly on my date, which is something I haven’t done in years.