{"id":49,"date":"2019-11-14T02:01:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T02:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2019-11-16T10:10:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T10:10:43","slug":"but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/but\/49\/","title":{"rendered":"BUT&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was to be the most exciting evening of my life.<br>A gala dinner and night in a five star hotel in London all expenses paid, a reward for all my hard work.<br>Time spent in the spa at the hotel, then the full beauty treatments. Hair, nails all perfect. My outfit the most expensive I&#8217;d ever bought.<br>Walking into the ballroom I noticed people smiling, as I went past feeling good. A waitress sidled up to me, &#8221;Madame you have your dress tucked in your underwear.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><br>Mortified doesn&#8217;t cover it, adjusting my dress as I slide into my seat. Thankfully, the people on my table were really nice and I settled down to enjoy my evening.<br>The only minor mishap was when my hair piece got caught in a lady&#8217;s bracelet, thankfully I was able to extricate it without too much damage, apology accepted.<br>The meal was exquisite, the dancing commenced, enjoying watching the fun. An elderly gentleman approached asking me to take a turn on the dance floor. Why not, can&#8217;t get into any trouble there. My mistake. He started swinging me round, unfortunately his hand slipped, ending up with me flying across the floor, legs akimbo like a bowling ball looking for skittles, people jumping out of the way as I slid passed by. All I could think was thank goodness I had my big knickers on to hide my modesty.<br>People crowded round to assist me back to my seat. Shakily I sat down vowing to not get up again. The rest of the evening is a blank aided by several bottles of wine from the said gentleman.<br>Waking the following morning there I was fully clothed, mouth like sandpaper and makeup smeared across my face and pillow. A shower, painkillers, and several bottles of water later I felt able to face the world .<br>Walking into the dining room for breakfast, people turned and gave me a round of applause. Red faced I forced myself to sit at a table tucked in the corner, everyone smiling in my direction.<br>On the train home I am still wondering why or perhaps I&#8217;m better off not knowing. It was the most exciting evening BUT&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was to be the most exciting evening of my life.A gala dinner and night in a five star hotel in London all expenses paid, a reward for all my hard work.Time spent in the spa at the hotel, then the full beauty treatments. Hair, nails all perfect. 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