To continue this lovely series, let me share another real-life “meet cute” that I experienced recently.
I was on my way into work wearing a florescent orange pleated skirt. It was not my normal work outfit, but I had a swanky happy hour to attend later and needed to look as “trendy young urban professional” as possible. The men in my building stepped aside to let another lady and I enter the elevator in front of them (standard procedure for all Midwestern men, and one of the many reasons I love them so). It wasn't until the elevator started to ascend that I noticed a tall, dark and handsome figure standing in front of me.
Maybe it was the orange skirt, or Rihanna’s voice still blaring in my ears, but I was feeling bold. I continued to stare at the gentleman until he suddenly turned around. Rather than look away, I held my gaze and smiled. He quickly turned to face forward again, but seconds later he glanced back with a smile of his own….*BING* it was my floor. I stepped off, expecting never to see him again and with the odd sensation that I'd just been part of a real-life Crest commercial...
The day goes by as usual. Then around 4 p.m. I get an excited call from my adorable secretary –
“Hello?”
“Bonnie are you wearing an orange skirt today?”
“…Yes I am, why?”
“I thought so, come here you gotta see this”
I walk to the front desk feeling somewhat apprehensive at this point. Apparently, Elevator Man had just stopped by. He told our secretary that I (the girl in the orange skirt) dropped something on the elevator and he needed to return it to me. Turns out the item I “dropped” was a note from him saying:
May I take you to lunch sometime? (phone number) –Guy from the elevator this morning.
So that's my story. I hope it encourages all of you to stay open to every possibility, SMILE and always remember: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L-Fr0MK02k