The yearly dilemna...

The most dreaded day of the year.... It came in the mail today...the dreaded invitation to the company's holiday party. Most of the employees look forward to this day with anticipation and glee. Dinner, drinks, valet parking, dressing up all on the firm. Yippeee.

Then there are those few of us single people that look upon that invitation in our mail boxes with utter dread and loathing. Then the debate becomes do I:

a. Spend $150-$200 for a dress (yes, it is a formal affair) and go it alone, destined to sit at a table mostly filled with people I don't know and their guests (because, of course, we have assigned seating...)

b. Browbeat some male of questionable acquaintance into accompanying me to the holiday party with promises of free alcohol.

c. Stay at home,spend the $200 on me - Yarn (I've been coveting some yarn from handpaints.com) and shoes (overstock.com has some Dr. Marten Mary Janes) - and endure the "Why weren't you at the Holiday party?" and "We missed you at the Holiday party?" etc. til the break for the Holidays (a whole 10 days off should cure the "why weren't you...")

So, I ask of you, the seven people that read my blog on a regular basis. What should I do?