yellow balloon date ...

oh blind dates. . .

my friend joe set me up on a date with his accounting study buddy. ranted and raved about him for half an hour and told me "this was the one" (a likely story). well he sure sounded majestic! i told my roommates about him and well, they fell in love with him.

rules of the blind date goes as follows: "ok brit, you're meeting him at broulims (rexburg's only grocery store) in the ice cream isle. you will be holding a yellow balloon so he knows its you and he will be holding a flower of his choice. be nice. and good luck!"

my cute roommate auryn came home with THE biggest yellow balloon ever. no doubt that once he walked into the store he'd be able to see that banana colored blimp floating above the isles. so i took it and had them drop me off early. had to make sure i was there before he was, i'd hate to have to walk to him from a long distance with that honkin thing. i stood at the ice cream fridges what seemed forever. then when some girls came by i apologized and stepped aside. "oh no, we weren't wanting ice cream, we are actually just curious as to why you are holding that yellow balloon?"

i grabbed their cart and pulled it toward me and huddled them in, "i have to carry this for this blind date i'm meeting here right at this ice cream section! i have no idea who he is but he's supposed to meet me here with a flower." they all giggled and went and scoped out the isles for mr. handsome. well 2 min later he turned the corner and started walking towards us, red rose in hand. of all the flowers? a red rose, ok mr. casanova.

all the girls started clapping and cheering (yes they did) and i just smiled and said, "heh, i told them about this." he laughed and gave me a hug and took me away. they all waved goodbye yelling, "take care of her," "i have a feeling about this!" "what a catch he is!"

the date was good. i held the rose most of the time, which was something i cant say that i've done before. he was a gentleman. 25. and yes, a good date.

awkward moment of the night: driving in the car he randomly says: "oh yeah, so don't worry, i won't try anything on you tonight. joe told me you were his best friend and that if i even so much layed a finger on you, he'd kill me. so i'll be sure not to touch you."

what a pal!