Taking the Day Off from Housewife Life....

Today I attended my first event as a member of the...are you ready for this because it's a long one....Tokyo Union Church Women's Society (or TUCWS). I decided to join this group because honestly there are few groups in Tokyo for foreign people that aren't shockingly expensive. For instance...always debating to join the Tokyo American Club...but at a $36,000 entrance fee and then monthly fee of $420...it just doesn't seem worth it.

There were two parts to the event. First was class registration where I signed up for two courses: (1)Making obi covered photo frames and (2) Traditional Japanese Wrapping. If you are reading this from outside of Japan, I will explain later what these are when I actually take the courses.
Pictures are always better than words anyway in these situations.


The second part was a ballet performance by the Austrian Ballet Company Tokyo. It was really hard to catch these spindly ballerinas as they twirled around the stage, but here are the best shots that I could get....with the help of a friend might I add

Love these sparkly outfits...though you can't tell from the pictures

Anyway, we will see how the next year goes as a member of this group. To be honest, they were quite disorganized and not as welcoming as I had imagined they would be, but hey I have to at least give it a try to know if it is worth it or not.