I've Got an Important Date Coming Up - What To Wear?

So what is my important date? My ninth wedding anniversary? The birthday of my beloved child? Nopity nope – in 32 days, The Twilight Saga: New Moon opens, and I don’t know what to wear.

This is an extremely pressing issue. I’m 34 – will everyone be able to tell? Is it going to be me, Lost Rose, and our third Twitarded comrade, StresserMomWhoDoesn’tWantToBeCalledThatBecauseSheThinksShe’sCalm, surrounded by shrieking 12-year-olds? If I wear my skinny jeans and my Chucks, will I look like I’m trying too hard? Should I wear a hoodie? I’ve been wearing hoodies (we just called them sweatshirts) and Chucks since before these Twi-twerps were born, but I’m kinda bogarting their movie. Sure, it’s my movie too, but it’s not the same: I can’t watch it and dream of Taylor Lautner taking me to prom. OK, I could, but that would be disturbing and weird. [Lost Rose, put a lid on it; I love to drool over his shirtless pics, but I wouldn’t want to make out with him in the back of a rental limo. Not worth the prison sentence. Although by prom season, he will be legal…Hmmm…]

After we clear the hurdle of the fear of looking like a total impostor, we are faced with practicality. Lost Rose has advance-purchased our tickets, so the only line we have to worry about is the one to get into the actual movie theater. But it will be November, and even in San Diego at night in November, it does get cold. OK, fine - moderately cool. We’ll be sitting on concrete, eating some fabulous take-out grease for dinner – so I’m thinking jeans and a hoodie make sense. Plus some sneakers so we can sprint to the best seats, throwing little girls out of our way as we dash.

I’m not alone in my dilemma – among others, the Twitards have covered it. Their approach is more combat-related which I can appreciate, but with Lost Rose and Stresser Mom on my side, I have no fear of some pre-teen gang of Rob Pattinson fans.

But I want to look cute, too. It’s important. It’s a milestone. I’m super-excited!