if i backslide knowing that if i wear the wrong thing , veronica will say i have ruined her night - the way she did that one time when i wore bermuda shorts and sandals to a dress-up dinner - i ca n't stop thinking about what i am going to wear to her dinner party , so much that i do n't even remember it 's friday , and therefore , time to see dr. patel , until mom calls down in the middle of my workout , saying , `` we 're leaving in fifteen minutes .