Rule #1. Always wear cute underwear and shave your legs.

Rule #1. Always wear cute underwear and shave your legs, even when you're going out for a "girl's night." You never know who will be there.

In the spirit of October, this is a horror story, never to be repeated outside of this realm.

Last Friday, in the cold rain that is a D.C. October night, I dragged myself out of the house to meet up with two of my Besties at Bar Louie. A few cocktails later we were laughing our way to Rocketbar across the street - a notorious dive bar, but fun nonetheless with endless Ski-Ball and Pool. Impulsively, as I have begun to do habitually when in Chinatown, I sent B a text.

Ten Minutes later, B walks through the doors. He's completely a gentleman, and even buys a round of drinks for my girls. As I knew would happen, the girls headed out, and Ben and I lingered over drinks and flirtatious conversation. A wee bit tipsy is how I ended.

With no questions asked we made our way back to his apartment, which is a block away, swanky DC style. The internal debate I had been having all evening was over my choice to go home with him. This debate was over the one tiny fact that it was a cold night, I covered up in jeans, had unshaven legs and was wearing not the cutest underwear ever.

And Ladies, I did something then that no woman should ever, ever do. On the premise of having to pee due to the tipsiness, I entered B's bathroom. The idea was to desperately pray he used a traditional razor, and borrow it. What would have happened if he used an electric blade? I shiver at the thought. So I silently dry shaved, cleaned the blade, replaced it in the cupboard, and moved on with our night.

To this day, I think he has no idea.