A Coffee Date with Capri Pants

I arranged to meet Capri Pants at a tea house in an old historic building in town on Sunday. I got there early and took a quick lap around the block to pull myself together and get into a good chatty mood.

I walk through the front door ten minutes early. As soon as I enter, I see Capri Pants waving at me with a big smile on her face. She is wearing a black coat with jeans and a pair of white high-heel shoes. She is wearing makeup and lipstick as well as fancy dangly earrings. I feel strange thinking that such an attractive woman went to the trouble of putting on makeup just to see me. I go up to her and she sticks out her hand to shake mine...I blow past that and give her a warm hug (taking the lead). I thought about giving her a kiss on the cheek european-style, but I chicken out.

Her and I go up to the counter and I order a pot of tea for us as we exchange pleasantries. We sit down and get into a conversation. She is a bit shy and reserved, so I had to work a little harder than usual. I got her to open up a bit and did a few flirty things. After a few minutes she takes off her coat. She is wearing a very nice black blouse. She leans in toward me. I must be captivating her.

I tried a push/pull just for the fun of it:

Kaizen: I hate to tell you this...(pause)...but you're making me into a liar.
Capri Pants: What do you mean?
Kaizen: Last week I told you that I've never been to a musical. Well, here I am about to go to one tonight.
Capri Pants: No way! Which one?

(The conversation turns to musicals and such...)

Okay...maybe not the best push/pull, but I'm still learning.

After about an hour or so I get the sense that I'll be running out of things to talk about soon. We are just about out of tea. I pour her a final cup from our now-empty pot. I keep the conversation going a bit longer. I figure I'll leave when she finishes the last of her tea. She must have been reading my mind or something because she wasn't touching her tea.

Finally I decide to end it and I say something like, "Well, I need to be leaving. I have to get ready for the musical tonight." We stand up. She downs the last of her tea in one final gulp.

I walk her to her car. She thanks me for buying the tea. I promise to tell her about the musical. We hug again. She doesn't try the handshake this time. I chicken out again with the kiss.

Overall, I'd say it was a pretty good coffee date. I ended it at the right time while the conversation was still going pretty well. I found out some good interests of hers. I need to get past this whole kissing thing that's holding me up though.

That night, after the musical I went to, I sent her a quick text message: "Hey, it was fun talking with you today. We'll have to do this again sometime. I need to tell you about the musical too..."

Now I need to think of something else to do with her.

Oh, this is Date #2 in my 12 in 12 challenge.