{"id":18177,"date":"2020-02-20T08:23:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T14:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=18177"},"modified":"2020-02-20T08:25:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T14:25:32","slug":"a-big-shindig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/a-big-shindig\/","title":{"rendered":"a big shindig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On saturday February 8th, we went to the Ballet Gala fundraiser. I think the funnest part was getting ready, as usually seems to be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I looked for a 20\u2019s headdress and found that I had this tiara&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f27.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f27.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f27-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and also this one. <br>I wonder why I have 2 tiaras, and I wonder when I thought I\u2019d ever get to wear them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f28.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f28.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f28-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly I need to find fancier occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or I just need to wear them when going to the grocery store&#8230;my friend Christine always said that you could wear  anything from a ballgown to  a bathing suit to the grocery store when we lived in LA, because well, it was LA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and then there are these rhinestones that I\u2019ve acquired&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f29.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f29.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f29-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;where did I get them? I know where some of them came from but why do I have such a treasure trove?<br> <br>need to wear them to the grocery store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and then there\u2019s this, a beautiful watch that was grandmother\u2019s. Maybe I can get it fixed.  Meanwhile, I was happy to wear it to the fundraiser and it was 6:20 all night long!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f30.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f30.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f30-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how I looked on Saturday before going to Amy\u2019s to get my fancy hairdo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f31.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f31.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f31-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ta da! Kevin in a tux! Amy took a bunch to pictures of us.  I don\u2019t think you can quite see just how fancy my hairdo was. It involved lots of curling and teasing and spraying with hairspray and more teasing and more hairspray and then more hairspray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f32.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f32.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f32-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And here\u2019s all of us who went together&#8230; Kevin, me, Randy, mom and Amy v.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f33.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f33.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f33-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Julie and Glenn also sat with us us at the event, which was much more crowded than it looks here.  And lots of women were in 20\u2019s outfits which surprised me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f34.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f34.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f34-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I heard a woman say, \u201cthis is the third 20s thing  I\u2019ve been to this year.  And then I realized, or more likely somebody told me, that\u2019s because it is now 2020!<br>They had special cocktails, sidecars.  I can\u2019t remember what was in it but it was delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f35.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f35.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f35-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinner was also delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f36.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f36.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f36-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dessert&#8230;well, no chocolate.  I had a good pineapple upside down cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f37.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f37.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f37-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was also angel food cake. *sigh.* perfectly fine desserts, but like I said, no chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f38.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f38.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f38-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good time was had by all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally&#8230;home again in my jammies! It was nice to brush all of that hairspray and everything out of my hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f39.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f39.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f39-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m writing this while I am in Saint Petersburg Florida, it is in the 70s and I\u2019m about to go for a run. Everybody needs to go someplace warm in the winter time! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ok then,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. traveling Hughes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On saturday February 8th, we went to the Ballet Gala fundraiser. 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