On Monday night, I sat across the aisle from Gloria Steinem at a premiere of Jane Fonda's new movie with Catherine Keener, Peace, Love & Misunderstanding. I sat next to my BlogHer editor-in-chief, Stacy Morrison, who as usual was wearing shoes much more fabulous than mine. The whole thing was at the New York City Museum of Modern Art. 

What makes this even better is that I'm typing this from my normal office in Kansas City while wearing a running skort and a baseball hat.

When Stacy told me about the event, I immediately asked what I was supposed to wear. I worried about it briefly, then decided I would wear one of my Outfits by Goodwill -- a black Jones New York cocktail dress with satin trim and hot-pink, pointy-toed mules. I also wore the necklace my niece made that everyone thinks I paid millions of dollars for, when in actuality I think I slipped her $40.

We had a great time at the premiere and the afterparty, but when I got back to my hotel room, I realized the zipper that was too stuck for Stacy to pull it all the way up when we left was too stuck for me to pull down. AT ALL. And the dress was too well made to tear. I was completely trapped in Jones New York. I tugged and pulled, but considering that it was almost midnight and I was exhausted and I paid $6 for the dress in the first place, I concluded that two wearings -- a friend's wedding and GLORIA STEINEM -- was a fine ROI for $6. Since I was in a frickin' extended-stay hotel with no room service or maid service, there was a butcher knife handy. 

I should've photographed the knife.