Second Annual Bachelor Auction

Remember this event from last year? Well, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Capital Region is hosting their Second Annual Bachelor Auction on Saturday, March 31. Once again, the event is being held at Vapor Night Club in Saratoga, NY. Once again, a date with one of  the areas 15 most eligible bachelors will be up for grabs!

Guys for sale - what could be better? Last year, this event raised over $11,000 for the foundation - proving that guys are, in fact, not completely useless.

This year, proceeds benefit the AFSP's Out of the Darkness walk for R.I.T.A - a walk to benefit suicide prevention programs. The walk was started in 2005 by friends and family of Dr. Rita Leighton, who died by suicide in 2004. 

As if bidding on good-looking bachelors to raise money and awareness for a good cause - last year's Hostess, Amanda Talar, will be back this year. 

Tickets are already on sale - visit here to make your purchase. There are a limited amount of VIP tickets, which include a meet-and-greet with the bachelors before the auction. If you're planning to bid - I highly recommend the VIP ticket. 

Follow the event's facebook page for details on the bachelors, as well as entertainment and door prizes for the evening. You can also check out pictures from last year's event. 

Not interested in bidding? Come out, anyway! I'll be there - and no, Trooper is not on the auction block. It's a fun night out for a good cause. Grab your favorite outfit and accessory - and your good friends - and come have some fun for a cause. Hope to see you there! 

Big steps

I sucked it up and went to two events last week to which I would normally have said, "no freakin' way."

The first was a Lock & Key party; men got a key; women got a lock. The point was to use that as ice breaker to meet new people. I gotta tell you - that party was veeerrrry interesting. I have at least six posts that I'll put up over the next couple of weeks.

The second was the First Every Bachelor Auction, to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I swore I was just going to support the cause and have some fun (I did both) - but darn it, this guy was really cute. Then he made his entry on a uni-cycle - SOLD!

Except not really, because some lady (whose shoes did not match her outfit - just sayin') out-bid me by $30. Which doesn't sound like a lot, but I was already $50 over my limit, which I didn't even plan on spending in the first place. Damn uni-cycle.

I had a chance to go up and say something to him at the after party, but I have to say - I suck at that kind of thing. I'll tell you a secret... I worry that the guy just won't think I'm pretty. That's intimidating, but believe it or not, it's not my biggest worry. The thing I worry about most is that I will make the guy uncomfortable. He'll either have to pretend to like me, or find a way to get out of talking to me. That would suck for a nice guy.

I probably need to work on that, but for right now, I'm just going to be proud of myself for having gone to both events, having fun and wearing heels for the entire night.

By the way - as I knew she would, the evening's emcee did wonderful. You rock, Amanda!