Saturday, March 21, 2009

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Last Friday was my friend Amanda's 30th b-day. Her hubby is deployed, so she's doing the single-parent-thing with their FOUR kids! Yikes! Understandably, she was feeling kind of blue on her b-day, so a bunch of us decided to take her out for dinner, then for drinks and slots at the Club on base. It's been soooooo long since I've had a Girls' Night Out! We had a really great time!
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We headed to Gratzie Gardens in Hamura for dinner. I didn't get any pictures, I was starving! By the time our food arrived, I was too busy stuffing my pie hole to take pictures. But it was totally YUM! I got the cheese fondue appetizer, the spaghetti carbonara and garlic breadsticks.
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After din-din we headed back to the base to the Enlisted Club for a few drinks and to play the slot machines. I'm not a big slots player, gambling makes my stomache hurt! Risking all that money for just the slightest chance of winning? I played $1.00 on the penny machine.
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We had a great time and I think we took Amanda's mind off missing her hubs for a little while. >
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I can't remember the last time I actually sat a bar!

The legal drinking age in Japan, both on and off base, is 20.

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We toasted Amanda's b-day with a shot called WTF (Most of you probably know what that stands for!) it was soooooo good! We were very responsible, you can see our desginated driver joining the toast.

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We had 3 more shots before the night was over!
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My slot machine. I didn't win a single penny!
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1 comment:

Lulu said...

It was nice that you took you friend out for her birthday especially at a time like this while her hubs is away.

I am sure she is very grateful!!!