Mardi Gras Ball

I guess we are officially Mobilians. Last night we went to our first Mardi Gras ball, the Pierrettes. I didn't realize how huge Mardi Gras was down here until last night. We had to get to the ball between 8 and 8:45, so we left the house at 7:30 thinking that would give us plenty of time to drive over, park and get inside the civic center. Boy were we wrong! Turns out there were 2 parades last night and when there are parades streets close and people act crazy. Downtown was an absolute mad house! After many u-turns we somehow managed to find the civic center's parking lot and made it on time. Once we got inside we sat in the balcony and watched skits for an hour. Next came food, drinks and dancing. A lady from work invited us so we met up with her and another girl from work in her food room. She gave us cups and beads - how fun!

Here's us after the ball.

All of the guys wear tails and all the ladies, except members, wear formal dresses (thank you Christina, for letting me borrow your dress!). The members are in "costume", which basically means they wear a mask and a costume for the skit. The entire evening was so much fun and we hope to make this a tradition for many years to come.