Christina decided to take this mint green dress also.  The jacket makes a good finishing piece to both this mint and the pink sundresses.

Grace Having A Busy Morning At Her Shop

Grace's Friend Nancy Has A Fourth Of July Party

 First Date.  Greg doesn't lose any time after he and Grace talked things out over coffee.  He learned she thought he was married and that's why she would go out with him.  He decides to take Grace to Le Jardin for dinner where the atmosphere is attractive and comfortable with elegant food comprised mostly of salads, fresh fish and good wines. Grace decides on the spur of the moment to wear her light blue polka dot dress.  It shows off her delicate coloring and hair beautifully.  Greg wears his usual "uniform" after looking through his closet and not finding anything he is overly fond of wearing for this evening. 

Coffee And Conversation.
 Greg asks Grace if she'll just give him a few minutes of her time.  He asks her to sit down and he'll make coffee for the both of them.  Grace doesn't waste a moment in coming out with what's been on her mind.  "So how did your ole gal like the necklace?"  He responded, "I can tell by the way she wears it so often that she likes it.  As a matter of fact, you kind of look like her a little bit."  Grace answers, "Oh, so then I fit into your type."  Greg says, "Well, you know the song, 'I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad'."  "Huh?," says Grace?  "Well yeah, you share a resemblance,." responds Greg.    Grace says, "So you mean I share a resemblance with your mother and not your wife?"  Greg responds, "Grace, you think I'm married?  I'm not married Grace, wherever did you get that idea from?"  Grace tells him, "When you said  'my ole gal', I thought you meant your wife.  All these weeks I've been thinking that you're married."  Greg tells her, "As a matter of fact, I was married right after college to my college sweetheart, but it was not a match made in heaven and we saw pretty early on that each of us wanted very different things out of life, so we parted after two years.  No acrimony, and we still talk occasionally.  She's remarried and has children by her second husband.  Well I'm sure glad you let me on what you were thinking.  Now that we have that cleared up, will you give me the pleasure of taking you out to dinner?  I've had you on my mind since the time we met."  Grace responds laughing, "Well I've had you on my mind also and was so disappointed when I thought you were married.  I even told my sister about you."   Greg asks, "So what did she say?"  "Well, says Grace, she may not exactly be the right person to ask.   She's been married four times.  She said, 'Men are just desserts, like the book says'."  "Whoa," says Greg, "She sounds a bit sour on marriage.   Hope you don't see things that way."   "No, I still believe in true love lasting a lifetime, even at this age."  Greg asks, "Will you share with me a little about your life, like were you married also, have any children?"  "No," says Grace, "I went with a boy all through elementary and high school, but it didn't work out in the end.  I've dated other men off and on but nothing clicked for me."  Greg says, "Well you're a knockout, so selfishly speaking, I'm glad you're not attached.  But you haven't answered me, will you see me again and can I take you out to dinner?"  Grace laughs, "Yes, I'd like that."

You Were On My Mind.   Greg hasn't been able to get Grace out of his mind.  He has tried calling Grace several times to ask her out for dinner, but she quickly ends the conversation, telling him she is with customers or an order is being delivered or some other excuse.  It is Sunday morning and Grace is just arriving at work when the professor walks in behind her.  He is on his way to a college breakfast and has decided to talk to Grace in person.

Good Ole Gal.  The professor, picking up a necklace, says to Grace, "Think I'll take this necklace for my good ole gal, it's her birthday next week and I think she'll really like this.  She's big on silver."

Grace tries calling her sister in New York City later that evening.  When she can't reach her, she emails her a note, "Remember I told you I got a call from the college here asking if I would try and sell some of the fashions created by the students?  Well the department chairman stopped by the shop today and I just wasn't ready for what I saw.  Here I am wrapping a purchase and in walks the most handsome man I've ever seen.  You know me, never excited about any men I meet, and here is the biggest, sexiest man I could ever imagine.  So we're talking and I'm showing him around the shop, when he spies a piece of jewelry and asks me to wrap it up for his wife.  Oh, I am sooo disappointed.  This just never happens to me."  Grace finally goes to sleep after thinking over and over about this man.  She even dreams that they are kissing passionately when she awakens and says, "Well, best put him out of my mind.  Never dated a married man and never will."