They say free advice is worth every penny, still I just had to get my two cents in then and there--she'd been sitting in my mind like a plug nickel all day and I had to tell her even if she didn't consider my opinion worth a dime. As I gazed at her from across the room, longingly, her eyes glittering like shiny new quarters, I tossed a fifty-cent piece into the air, catching it easily, not really paying attention, heads or tails it did not matter. I was nervous and feeling useless as a three-dollar bill. Five would get you ten she'd just say no again, I thought, no interest, but I'd made up my mind. Withdrawing a reserve of courage I did not own, I took a deep breath and, bold as a c-note, walked straight over to her, flashed her my best thousand dollar smile and said, "Baby, you look like a million bucks." I knew it was a billion to one shot, maybe a trillion. But, she'd already taken my heart to the bank; and I'd sold my soul just to get this far. I had nothing left to lose and all the world to gain. Sometimes you simply have to try: "So, um, what do you say? Can I buy you dinner this evening?"