Recognition Dinner

Saturday was the College of Business Recognition Dinner. It is a huge event where all the students who got awards or scholarships in the college, get recognized. Sometimes the donors are there and you get an opportunity to meet them. Jon got a couple of scholarships this year, so he had to go. It ended up being a great evening.

When Jon and I lived in Edmond, one of our favorite things to do was to get dressed up and go out to dinner. Often, we would get ready in separate rooms and then Jon would "pick me up" at a certain time. We would go out to dinner and then maybe do something else like go to a play, concert, etc.

Since moving to Laramie, that has been something that we miss doing. First of all, people in Wyoming don't really "dress up." Secondly, the only nice restaurant in town, The Cavalryman, is about 50-60 dollars per person...and that's not including drinks or anything. It's delicious, don't get me wrong, and well worth the money, but we just can't justify it very often (mostly just when the parents or grandparents are in town). Thirdly, you could go to this restaurant in jeans and t-shirts (as we did once after a football game) and not be out of place. So it isn't really even a "dress up" atmosphere. We have tried other things but rather unsuccessfully...if we go to Denver, Ft. Collins, or Cheyenne, we usually have other things to do, and do NOT want to be "dressed up" the whole time.

So it was quite exciting to get to go to this dinner. The "dress code" was business professional...meaning suits. So Jon got to wear his suit and wore a dress...we both got to get spiffied up and had a lot of fun. We stayed for at least two hours. It was so fun to get to see Jon interact with his peers. I also got to meet a lot of people that Jon is friends with but have not met. I was so proud of him...being all professional and stuff. He was just so darn cute!!

Afterwards, we decided that we didn't really want to go home because we were dressed up and it was eight o'clock. So we decided to go to a restaurant that some of our friends had mentioned. The place is famous in town for their desserts, so we split one and had a glass of wine. It was the perfect end to a fun evening. It also made me look forward to being in a slightly larger city so we can do that more often. It was really nice to be able to just enjoy each other's company!!