What are they talking about?

M: That’s a nice dress you’ re wearing.
W: Thank you. My father gave it to me as a birthday present. He knows red’ s my favorite color.

M: Are you and Sarah going straight to the restaurant from work tonight?
W: Actually, I’ m leaving work early because I need to do some shopping in the market, and after that we’ re going to play tennis at the sports centre before we go to the restaurant.