First of all, thank you to the wonderful staff at Agape Eco Nail Salon for giving out free sugar scrub and cocoa butter for the holidays. You guys never fail to amaze me.

My car has been in the shop all day, which put a wrench in my evening plans. I am getting a lot of work done on the blog and on my sets for the two shows I'm in next week, so I can't really complain.

In lieu of a creepy screenshot tonight, I'm going to chronicle the story of a date from a few weeks ago. This will be the first of the Teaching Moments blog posts.

My date and I ended up at a fairly nice restaurant, and he was adamant that he wanted to get drunk because it had been "a hell of a week". Somewhere into his first drink (and my only drink), he started ragging on himself and fishing for compliments. Disclaimer: I refuse to give into this tactic when I'm on a date. I'm sorry. I like a guy with a little confidence.

Homeboy was not happy with this, and at one point he told me to go to hell. My response was "I'm already there", so he flipped me off. This wasn't just a quick finger-up; he was waving his middle finger in my face for a little while. In the middle of a crowded restaurant. While horrified patrons stared at us.

Here's the thing: he told me earlier that he felt like I prematurely friend-zoned him. This is honestly more than likely true. He's a nice enough guy, but I hadn't really been feeling it, even before this incident. In his defense, he apologized, paid the entire check and waited with me for my Uber.

This guy might end up being a good friend. Once I stopped looking at the evening as a date and considered it dinner with a friend, I actually enjoyed myself. If nothing else, I got a humorous blog post out of the night. I hope that this is the last time he tells a girl to go to hell and gives her the bird.

Now for some happier news: Eddie and I are taking the blog on the road in February! We are headed to Portland early February to check out some touristy stuff. If you read this, live in the area, and would like to hang out, hit me up at nicole@thebeentheredonethatproject.com.

Erin and I will be watching A Christmas Prince on Netflix at some point tomorrow and attempting to discuss it on the blog. My plan is to post on the blog, Twitter, and Facebook when we go live. The conversation will take place in the "Comments" section at the bottom of the blog post. We don't have a time yet, but it's probably going to be early morning/late afternoon. I apologize for the vagueness there, but we're having scheduling issues. If you happen to see that we're on and would like to join in the discussion, feel free!

Time for me to attempt to sleep. I hope that you all have a lovely evening.