But, so long as she was, I figured I had a chance. I want to get dressed up and spend a lot of money. Those are my knees. I'm begging you. She showed up three hours later in a tight little white dress with oversized sequins dangling splendidly from the cloth.
Impending doom can make a couple positively glow.
We were ready to tear up the night in the big city. But, so far as we could tell, Denver wasn't interested in having us. For weeks, city officials warned that cops would be out in full force and there wouldn't be a single parking space to be found downtown. We worried we'd ring in the new year from jail if we so much as sniffed a champagne cork and tried to get behind the wheel. We tried calling cab companies, but their lines were busy.