While George normally wouldn't cancel serious meetings or get togethers with family, he felt like if it had come down to it, he would have picked Ally over the others and made up some excuse to rearange plans with them. Thankfully, it hadn't come down to that, but he wouldn't have really cared so much. At least his family would have been thrilled to know he was going on a date, but he wasn't sure he was ready to breach that topic with his mom at least quite yet. He wanted to see how things went first.
He did smile at her smack to his arm, and nodded at what she said about work. When they were seated, he watched her shawl get whisked away and smiled in amusement at the level of service, he'd actually never eaten here before, but he'd heard it was good, so he hoped they lived up to that. He didn't think she'd be looking at prices, it really wasn't a big deal, he could splurge on her happily.
"Well, the naughtier line has been doing well, and some of the basics. Seems we get at least one order daily from Hogwarts for Skyving Snack Boxes, and the Peruvian Darkness Powder is always a hot sell. Other than that, most things are doing well. I've got to get a break from work long enough to make some new things, I've got a few things in the wings, but nothing finished yet."