"Nope, not warm enough for swimming," she said."I didn't think it would be. The weather has been unusually warm for April, but it is still April in Mi...higan. We'll probably have at least one more snow before spring." Chicago was just as bad," Sam said. "I had been thinking about hitchhiking south before next winter. I thought I was going to freeze my ass off this past winter."I was glad she hadn't frozen her ass off and I was glad she hadn't hitchhiked south.We took another hike in the. Her mother then released her and headed back toward the old man at the counter. When she reached him, he smiled and nodded. Sara thought she heard her mother say thank you to the shopkeeper and then suddenly a ball of white light enveloped the woman and she was gone.Sara awoke to find herself standing in the middle of her bedroom, clutching a small pillow to her chest, as if it were the doll she'd been holding in the dream, and her mother's words still crystal clear in her mind. "It's time to. K., now the make-up!" Make-up?" I sputtered. "Make-up? You have to be k**ding!" Nope, I'm not k**ding." She was emphatic, "Remember, you said you'd have to trust me. Make-up will make a big difference."She sat me down on a chair in front of her vanity and began to apply a number of things to pretty me up. She put on a liquid foundation of some sort, then a little color, then eyebrow pencil, then eye liner, then lipstick. She reached into the box and pulled out a card with some earrings and then. ..and even covering the cost of booze...wine & dining’ etc. Goes a long, long way greatly improving his chances of hooking up. It really is no different than a single guy who spends money on the ladies when regular dating....this is all just a carryover of that. Better still, if a guy is single and has his own place to entertain, he should state that in his initial email. This will for sure tweak the interest with at least the couples who see that not having to pay for hotel costs, etc..