Day 23: Part 3/8...Worst Date EVER!!!

First stop was the mall.  Seeing it was close to Christmas we thought we would walk around and get some Christmas shopping done.  I did find a few items and later in the story, this would prove to be a very big blessing in disguise.  The whole time I was at the mall, I just kept praying that I wouldn't run into anyone I knew.  How do you explain this stranger.  And having someone ask you if they are a 'special friend' is always awkward beyond words!!

We then decided to go grab a cup of coffee at my favourite hang out spot...Esquires.  This is when the story start getting good...

Up to the counter we went....He had never been to a Esquires before so he was looking over the menu. I knew I wanted my Chai Tea Latte.  The lady working there asked me what I would want.  I placed my order.  I figured we would just go dutch on it.  I didn't want to assume that he was going to pay for it.  No sooner had I got my order place The Dude tacks his order on as well.  Okay...I wait a minute...he doesn't even go for his wallet  (Strike TWO!!...now boys, if you are trying to impress a girl pay for their coffee, especially on your first meeting! Or go dutch...but don't expect her to pay for yours as well...especially if she did't ask to meet!).  I paid for the coffees.  And we proceed to go take a seat and talk more.  Seeing we hardly knew each other, we seemed to have lots to talk about.

We finished our coffee and off to Alliance Church for a little "Bethlehem Live."