girls' night out

ingredients for this successful girls' night out:

• 5 fun friends
• 1 birthday surprise
• a complimentary appetizer and free dessert for our birthday girl from our flirty waiter
• 2 chocolate chip cookie sundae desserts and 5 forks
• movie tickets to Hysteria
• 1 large blanket for the freezing movie theater, shared by 3
• 1 karaoke dive
• 4 brave souls belting their hearts out to "Stop in the Name of Love" and "I Want You to Want Me"