We rolled into town too late to hit any of my early evening parties, I was road weary friends, we all were. in case you don't know the ALL include my sparkle spider sister Valerie, Heather the etiquette queen and the glittery shining Luna, all good friends, now more dear than ever. We were wiped out. I passed on a few parties, freshened up and grabbed my conference pass and hit the expo floor. Whoa. So much to see, like the Pine-Sol woman, Kudos men in Hard Hats and Dove Ice Cream bars (HELLO!!) in a freezer to eat whenever. No I actually managed to AVOID the Dove bars because I knew the next night I was sailing off on the Dove yacht so I let the other 3,600 women mob them. What a BLAST the Expo floor was, so much to do and try and see. I had to leave just to process it all.
We headed to the People's Party so Valerie could NOT go fan girl on the Bloggess, but first we stopped at the bar and grabbed an IPA because it was international IPA day, you MUST follow the rules, right? Sufficiently propped up on a beer we headed off the find this Bloggess and the parties. We found food before the Bloggess and realized we hadn't eaten in HOURS so we noshed and drank and got comfy at the party. The food was decent, not perfect, not bad though. We finally headed off to meet the Bloggess in her custom made bathroom, don't ask, she suffers from social anxiety. Picture secured, no fan girl needed, we discovered the bathroom was a great place to hang out, so we did.
We hit the Queer-o-sphere party next, for a drag show that never showed up, or else we left too early. We did meet the totally cool Barb of Tecca and they had dim sum, so all was not lost.
Friday everyone I came with headed to Hash House a Go-Go for breakfast, I had a lunch with Toca Boca to attend so I hung back and hit the expo floor for a bit and tried to assimilate what I was seeing into some sort real world context. Lunch was fun. I met the hilarious Laura of Semper Fi Mama, who upon hearing my name got excited and as she says "yeah we're dorks like that". Loved her, loved the toys for iPad that they make and the lunch was pretty dang great too. I had to get ready to speak so I went to freshen up.
The hour and 15 minutes spent talking food with Mrs. Q, Diana and Elaine went by so fast! I only HOPE I made some sort of sense, I have trouble finishing sentences and I'm terribly shy. I remember advising folks who felt like they didn't have enough time to change anything in their world to "kill there TV" to make time. When asked how I got my kids to eat veggies I said "I gave my kids knives" Then it was over. I heard so many great people stand up and speak, I'll have to go find transcripts to remember them all.
After that I had a great fitting at the Lee Jeans booth in the Expo Hall, the Curvy Fashionista said my behind looked good in the jeans I was trying on. WOOT! Actually all the Lee Jeans I tried on fit amazingly well and looked great, I couldn't choose the best pair so I left that up to the ladies working the booth.
And then I headed over to the Yankee Candle booth for a tour of their new scents. Oh Holy Yum I love candles, shhhh that's my little secret. I LOVE THEM. Oops it's out now. They have Pumpkin Buttercream which I want to eat with a spoon. they also have a great gift collection of votive candles which I would love to get or give, it's called a Few of My Favorite Things. Every single candle smells divine, I want one now. I love to give these kinds of gifts too because the recipient doesn't have to dust it for years, it gets used up and then it's gone. Perfect!
I'm going to end now because dang I'm tired, school just started and I need sleep. I PROMISE the Dove yacht is coming next, The Stonyfield party, The SoftCup party and the TextEd Class with Jane Lynch are all coming up SOON. And you'll see sparkle spider living it up in the sun.
Peace and Love--
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