He leans into the hairpetting with the contented smile still on his face, and replies, "Sure. See you then."

And off he goes.

He needs to go shopping, too, it's not like he owns anything quite fancy enough for the party, but that's easy enough to fix. Shopping. For something that is dark purple. It's uneventful and gains him some new clothes.

Then it's time to pick Annie up, which he goes to do. Knock, knock.