Deedeedeedeedadada (aka Saturday Night)

So Saturday I woke up leisurely.
Had a quick gym run.
And started to get ready.
Look at us...all dolled up!

I love doing that...putting music on and getting ready for a fun night out with the girls.
We hopped on the subway and then the streetcar to head to another of the CanadaCrew's condos right downtown.
She had this amazing spread all ready.

The birthday girl!

And us girls had drinks and snacks and got excited for a fun night out.
At around 10 we headed to Pravda.

Pic from here.

It's a Russian Vodka Bar.
It had really cool decor.
And we were all in a really great mood ready for a night of dancing and fun.

Pic from their website.

Pic from their website.

Pic from their website.

Pic from their website.

Here's what it looking like more with people in it!

PIc from here.

Had a great time.
Lots of laughs, lots of dancing, lots of chatting up boys.
B was there too.

It's not a complete night out without a foggy/blurry bar shot with some of the girls!

It was super fun dancing around, and flirting and just generally practicing catching someones eye.
I'm actually pretty bad at the whole approach thing.
One of the girls from the CanadaCrew actually got annoyed when this guy and I kept making googly eyes at one another and just waved him over.


I though great here comes this guy in a bar which will just lead to awkward conversation.
Only it wasn't awkward at all.
We had a lot in common (and not just because we were there celebrating birthdays with a group of friends) and I had so much fun chatting with him.
At the end of the night we exchanged numbers...and there may have been a few text messages exchanged today :)
After all I am "playing the field".


After it got late I headed home with Laurel and her fiance to crash on the couch.
Didn't sleep that great because they only have a small air conditioning unit in their room.
So I was very warm.
Woke up Sunday morning to head home because I had two dates lined up.
More about that later.


It was a GREAT Saturday night that seemed to really fly by.
And it was lovely to hang out with the CanadaCrew too.
Slowly but surely I'm making a life and more friends for myself in Toronto.
It's getting better.
And that's all I can hope for!

Weird

The past 24 hours has been weird.
Totally weird.


I heard back from that job offer.
The one involving the sketchy colleague.
I briefly had mentioned it and I'm not sure if it is the right move for me.
And I arranged a meeting for Monday (no harm in checking it out right?...maybe??? I don't know!)


Then today I had a big meeting in my head office.
When I walked into the meeting it was BigWig#1 BigWig#2 and BigWig#3 a rather intimidating bunch.
I really can't get into what they do but suffice to say they are true BIGWIGS.


Anywho how awkward was it when I recognized BigWig#3...
He was the other guy of the "couple" at that dinner from this post.
As in a second colleague and I sat beside and chatted on and on with the person I thought was his wife.
And let me tell you...
It was NOT his wife.


So as we are sitting in this meeting where I'm supposed to be showing off my knowledge...
instead I'm thinking...oh GOSH...he is going to tell MrDentist he saw me today and the other work colleague....I should have dressed better...this is crazy...so weird that I know he has a mistress...this is so weird...I wonder if he even recognizes me (in my Clark Kent glasses nerdy button down and slacks versus straight hair/contacts/cocktaildress/heels from that dinner).


So just as things I think are going ok.
BigWig#2 points out a feature of a tool...and used the comparison of "well using these settings would be like using it on you (BigWig#3) versus her.  She has 4" of fat to go through" (now although NOT appropriate BigWig#2 was referring to a sales rep that had just presented).
BUT THEN BigWig#3 turns to me and says..."no offense Teagan".


I paused.
And swallowed hard.
He just basically called me out and basically stated I was obese.
Then BigWig#2 says "I wasn't referring to Teagan I was referring to the sales person!"
I felt the blood continue to pool in my face.
I was HUMILIATED.
Great he (BigWig#3) thought that reference was to me AND then pointed that out to BigWig#1 and BigWig#2!!!!!!!!


I tried to laugh it off like "wow guess I should get to the gym tonight" haha.
Only I was trying NOT to cry.
All these comments were just SO terribly mean!


So of course the whole day I keep thinking about him over beers with the work colleague and MrDentist..."...yea and then I called Teagan out for being fat!"
And I cringe inside.
Ughhhhhhhhhhh what.a.day!

Getting ready aka unhermitting

Y'all so I haven't heard a peep out of MrDentist (I know no one is actually surprized).
So I straightened up my place and I'm about to get started getting ready.
Taking my time, sipping a cocktail and listening to Taylor and my's mix tape.

Something low key and kind of silly on the table for tonight.
I'm going to Dave & Buster's with Laurel and her fiance (from this night months ago!) and their friends.
We've got drinks and glow in the dark mini golf on the agenda.

Maybe not as "cool" as the Thompson hotel or bottle service at the hottest club or even a fancy shmancy dinner.
But these are good people.
And I think I need to take a step back from the shallow world of mistresses/talking big/showing off.
Even if I kind of like to visit that world sometimes.

At least I'm getting out of the house.
And I'm not hermitting it up.
Which has happened in the past.
So I'm proud of myself for taking this step.
Just thought I would let y'all know.

I'm back...and a lot has changed...but I'm only going to give you the first part...Friday

Have you read Tay's latest blog update of her trip to the TDot.
I seriously just asked her if I could cut and paste it because I have too much other stuff to catch y'all up on.
I might just do that...

Anywho
SO last I left you I had gone on a Thursday night date with MrMarble.
That confirmed it was going absolutely nowhere (read here if you missed it).

Then Friday I had this epic date planned with MrDentist.
After a week long of phone calls and getting to know you conversations including a very late night one.
I was super nervous.

The whole week felt so surreal.
I had a ton of stuff to do at work so the week had this weird slow/fast thing going on.
I was definitely ready for a party on Friday.

I even had my hair blown out again because I was a straight up bundle of nerves y'all.
I wore a black cocktail dress and my fur.
I didn't take a pic (oops).

Then I drove downtown and checked into the Thompson.
The beautiful glorious Thompson Hotel.

Love.  And with room features like this...

And I found this note on my bed.

A reference to my favourite flower (peonies) and some hotel chocolates.

I went up one floor to his room to meet another couple for dinner.
Where the drama was already starting.
I don't think I'm going to go into details of the drama.
Let's say the other couple turned out to be a colleague and his mistress.
Yup.
Seriously this apparently happens in real life.

We went to dinner at Scaramouche.
A fabulous old world restaurant.
Often touted as one of the most romantic restaurants in the city.

How gorgeous is this view of the whole city.  AND these were the types of clientele all around.

I was excited.
We ordered cocktails to start...and it was all a downhill shenanigan (is that even a word?)after that.
It was almost like we were a group of porn stars in church.
I don't mean how I was dressed though it was debatable from some of the others.
It was embarrassing actually.
Which is probably why I didn't suggest pictures.
I manage to only snap these two below this night.

My first Oysters ever!  I actually liked them but I have to do at least 1-2 chews. 

Delicious amuse-bouche!

There was this weird tension.
Mistress and MrDentist seemed to be getting into the biggest tiff's of all.
She was being so very rude and disrespectful to him and he was losing his patience.

My colleague just seemed to cower and not stand up and do the right thing.
It made things very awkward.
There was also a weird thing when the bill came and MrDentist ended up picking up the tab for all 7 of us.  Yes this thing went from 4 to 7 people.
Did I mention the reason we were all out was for the Mistress's birthday.
So you can see how this night was going.

Also the Mistress never touched her food.
I thought maybe she wasn't feeling well.
Or maybe she has some kind of eating disorder.
However her trips to the bathroom were very frequent (more about this later).

MrDentist and I did have a sense of chemistry going on though.
And we were able to connect a little bit.
He said I had a beautiful smile (I think that is a great compliment from a dentist)
and he also said "wow you look incredible" when he first saw me. 
(I must have been beaming and I was thinking...blow out worth.EVERY.penny).

Then the argument/disrespect/shenanigans elevated to a whole other level.
And MrDentist walked out.
And I walked out after him.
If only to try and be the peacekeeper in this whole situation.
I didn't understand why we couldn't just all get along.

The original four of us then headed back to the hotel and up to MrDentist's room.
Where we proceeded to have more drinks.
The mistress wanted to go home to change out of her gown.
So even though there was some clear tension the four of us all agreed to go.

Only when we got down to the hotel lobby bar we ran into two of the Mistress's friend (let's call them the Playmate (seriously she is) and her friend).
Then all of a sudden the Mistress wasn't so keen to go home and change.
MrDentist was just getting more and more annoyed.
My colleague was beyond drunk and tried to put the moves on me in the hall to the bathroom.  It made me incredibly uncomfortable.
I had to pull out some cat reflex ninja skills to escape into the ladies room.
Where I found the three girls in the same bathroom stall.

The mistress was "sick" and they were "holding her hair" which I now know was actually code for they were all snorting blow up their noses in the bathroom...classy.
I bolted.
Stormed past my colleague.
Found MrDentist and suggested we go have drinks in the rooftop bar.
And we did.
Also passed by Cuba Gooding Jr on the way up (I LOVE this hotel).

We (seriously unintentionally) ignored any messages from anyone else.
We ended up talking until the bar closed.
Then we headed back to his room.
And we sat and talked and listened to music and drank wine until 5:30am.
Then I finally said I had to go down to my room.

So he walked me.
We kissed... twice.
And it was perfect.
Then I invited him in for a drink.
And we totally fell asleep clothes on cuddling.
And y'all I was in heaven.
It was simply perfect.
To be continued...with Saturday and Sunday update posts.

Pics from here here here here here

Business or Pleasure?

So I know I di not mention in detail about being confused about work.
Being confused in the sense that at my work Christmas party (read here) 
I was given some "advice".
Of who to be in the "know" with or at least who I should try and spend time with to advance my career.  One thing to mention my work is a total old school boys club.

So a few days prior I get this text message from a colleauge something along the lines of...
'a bunch of the boys are going out Tuesday night if you are interested'
So I suck it up and say "great I'm in".

Tuesday arrived and in the morning my colleague messaged me saying that a couple of the guys were sick and cancelled but we could still grab dinner and discuss business.
I hesitated for a second because in my gut I was worried.
So he made reservations for us at Harbour60, an incredible steakhouse in Toronto.
It was gorgeous and in an incredible heritage building right downtown.
He is definitely someone who is "connected" as was evident that whole night.

The food was wonderful.
Here is a sample of the steak...perfectly done.

From there we went to the Thompson Hotel.

We grabbed a drink in the super trendy lobby bar and then waited for others to get there to get into the upstairs bar.

You need a special card to gain access.
Seriously.
It is a gorgeous super duper trendy hotel.
And this bar reminded me of Ghost Bar in Dallas.
Actually the hotel seems very similar to the W in Dallas.
Hotel with residences also.
If you're a resident, hotel guest or a "lounge member" you get access.
Super trendy, incredible view of the city and people who are very very well connected.

We even saw a Canadian celebrity there.
No not Justin Bieber but Kevin O'Leary from Dragon's Den...if you live in the US you may know the show as Shark Tank.

Of course I was way too nervous to actually try and introduce myself to him and say I'm a fan.
So I just geeked out and was very giddy.
And y'all here's a confession.
I LOVE places like this.
I love the exclusivity, the excitement, the entertainment of it all!
Maybe when it actually comes down to it I'm a snob.
I like that everyone is dressed up and it seems like a scene right off of GossipGirl.
The dresses and shoes and purses alone at the bar are a fashion show in itself!
And I love it.
A lot of people may think it is pretentious...but you guys it is so SO fun.
Partly because it seriously took me back to some SERIOUSLY amazing memories with Taylor at GhostBar dancing to DJ AM shouting lyrics while dancing our butts off on the dance floor.
Taylor in her bright pink dress me in one of blue.
I'm getting sidetracked reminiscing ...anywho....

Now I'm sort of just tap dancing around what I want to say.
There are some people that run in crowds.
They seem connected to all the cool places and have a lot of money to burn.
And I'm baffled why, on a Tuesday they want to be out until 2am with vapid shallow women instead of at home with their wife and children.
And that's all I'm going to say because it isn't my story to tell.
I did actually have a great time.
I loved experiencing that area of Toronto.
And nothing inappropriate was ever directed at me whatsoever but there were underlying things going on between others that put a little knot in my stomach.
I'm way over thinking it I know.
But that is how I ended up getting home at 2:30am on Wednesday and have been burnt out the entire rest of this week.




Pics from here here here here here