An evening out

1 ticket for 39 Steps: US$52

Taxi fare to and from the HK Academy of Performing Arts: US$5.15

Approximately half a tube of the darkest, reddest, vampiest lipstick I own: US$5

Slinky dress: US $40

Dressing up 'cause I felt like it, getting ogled while leaving my apartment building, laughing out loud a dozen times in two hours, and feeling in general like an international woman of mystery: Priceless