My First Date

This isn't the kind of date you're thinking of...this was my first date with the girls over at girlfriendcircles.
If you missed my earlier blog, I joined this site to make new friends in my new city.
So the way it works, when you sign up, you have to attend a general meet up to show that you are credible, before they let you have access to the other events planned by members. This first meet up can have a maximum of 6 people. The one I was planning attend had 4 girls RSVP including myself. One girl did not have a photo posted so I was convinced she might be an ax murderer.
The wine bar where there event was taking place was around the corner from my job so of course at 7pm, I was the first person to show up. I asked the waitress for a table for 4. She showed me to a great table and put down 4 menus, I instantly realized if no one showed I was going to look like the biggest loser in the history of losers.
So what's a girl to do? I called one of my real life friends to talk about my anxiety.
And as I was on the phone, in walks a girl looking just as lost as me. I hang up and find out her name is Yolanda and she was there for girlfriendcircle too.
We start talking and she says she went to the last meet up and no one else showed. She said she just ordered dinner and enjoyed an evening by herself, which is really the worst that could happen if no one shows!
2 hours later, Yolanda and I are still talking, still drinking wine and we were the only girls to show up. While it would've been great to meet the other 2 girls I can say I had a great time meeting someone new and having someone to talk to.
Yolanda also recently moved to the area to live with her fiance and she doesn't know many people in the city.She found out about girlfriendcircles in Essence magazine, she was actually the one with no picture posted on her profile and it turns out she is not an ax murder but instead works in human resources.
She invited me to her birthday party next month so I think we are off to a great start.
I came home from our date feeling excited about friendships and new people.
I signed up for another meet up in a few weeks and I also joined some groups on the meetup.com website.
I was skeptical about this adventure but so far I'm happy with my choice to join girlfriendcircles.
I encourage all of you to put yourself out there if you want to make some new friends.