Today I worked an Usborne Booth at a Junior League Christmas Event here in town. I had the privilege of working with and learning from one of the top consultants in the company, so she has a pretty sweet set up and a cash register that I had learn how to use since I was making sales the entire day.
After being at the booth for a little while, a very familiar face came up to me and handed me her stack of books. (We had been very busy so I hadn't noticed her before.) I glanced at her, then tried to stare at her without staring, and then tried to look again too much without being gawkish or embarrassing. (is it her? really? should I say something or not? ohhh. . . what's her real name??)
In the meantime while all this was going through my mind, I proceeded to mess up the transaction and had to have some help ringing it back up. Oh yeah, and then after I swiped her card, I didn't give it back to her and she just said . . . "umm. . . I'm just going to take my card back now . . ." Oh. my. goodness. It's a good thing I'm not really a "star-struck-People Magazine-Inside Edition-faithful-follower. WHO KNOWS what I would have done then!
It was Kimberly Williams-Paisley. As in Father of the Bride Kimberly Williams - Brad Paisley's wife. I COULD NOT think of her name . . . that's why I forgot to give her card back, because I was so "nonchalantly" trying to read her name on her receipt to make sure it was her. In my mind I was thinking - should I say something? "Hey, aren't you the Father of the Bride girl because I can't think of your real name right now?" or "Hey, aren't you Brad Paisley's wife? Because I love his new song but I'm such a crazy person I can't think of the name of the song right now?" Ummm. . . yeah. That's why I didn't say anything and proceeded to almost keep her card. Which, now that I think about it would have been a nice deal. (just kidding . . .)
My other brushes with famous people include waiting on Marty Stuart (county singer) on Christmas Eve while I was a waitress at Cracker Barrel. (shocked, are you? :) Naomi Judd stood right behind me in line during college at a movie theater and I was so into my friends I didn't notice until it was too late. I was devastated because I used to LOVE the Judds. That time I swallowed my pride and found her after the movie and talked to her. Oh, and I kept Marty's meal ticket I wrote - Smokehouse Breakfast. :)
Have you ever done embarrassing things when you met someone famous? Please say yes!! :)
brownie crumbed mouth, dirt under the fingernails, grass stained knees . . .
On a "parade" around school. . . 
Here is Miss Anna and his sweet class
Lawton and I had a special "date" to see Eric Carle stories at TPAC. It was a fantastic puppetry performance!! And do you see these pants? At the beginning of fall I was hoping these pants would last at least until Christmas. Nope. He wanted me to measure him last week on our closet door where we measure him every so often. I had just measured him the month before and he had grown over half an inch in less than a month!! No wonder they are getting short . . .
We went to Panera afterwards (his choice) afterwards. After he had slurped down the entire tube of yogurt, I noticed that it was two weeks past the expiration date!! Yikes. I took it to the counter and they kindly "offered" a free cookie to make it all better (which I was at least going to suggest). As we were walking away, they asked, "Is he okay?" I kinda laughed and said we'll see . . . he was fine. It's a good thing it happened to me because I don't get too worked up about this stuff. ha!
He was fine. :)
Yummy!
Do you have any left??
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