PW in the flesh!!

Let me just say . . . I have never been a huge "famous person" gawker or follower. Thank goodness because I don't know how to act when I see a movie star. . . I didn't have those teeny bop magazines with the posters of Kirk Cameron that you could hang on your wall like my best friend, Karie did. I don't follow the Inside Edition television show or the TMZ (?) blog. However, I have made it known before that I love Pioneer Woman, blogger queen, who just released her first cookbook ever (recently on the NY Times best seller list). She had a book signing tonight at a local bookstore and, for the first time ever, I went to a book signing and, for the first time ever sought out a "famous" down-to-earth-real-life-person-like-me to meet. :)

I convinced Emily to go along with me and get her cookbook signed even though she needed to be making a cake for 80 people. oops. . .

This shirt does nothing for me. And WHY does PW not put more pictures of herself on her blog? Marlboro Man needs to be shooting pictures of her with the kids instead of just behind his horse's ears . . . :) And oh, WOW. Does she have a smokin' huge fancy schmancy camera. I've never seen one like it! (and I won't be making the blog since she didn't take a picture of us . . . )
Here is a glimpse of the people at the signing. They gave out tickets for you to be in certain groups. We were in group ten and each group had twenty five people in it. We know for sure there were at least twenty three groups, so approximately 600 people were there and who knows how many books she signed . . . We had to wait two and a half hours so who knows how long the rest of the people had to wait!!

Ree has her sassy boots on . . .

This girl and her little boy had matching shirts on. They will for sure be on her blog with those!!

Here's me and P-Dub

She looks genuinely interested in who knows whatever I'm blubbering about. Again, shirt (tent)is not attractive. . .

And PW brought along her sister Betsy and good friend, Hyacinth. They each signed their spot in the cookbook where they are featured. And guess what? Hyacinth is just what Ree calls her - that's not her real name!! Julie, maybe? She told me but I can't remember now from the moment. . . I wonder if Ree isn't her real name? Hmmm. . .

Thanks for a fun night, Em!
And if you have been under a rock and still don't know what I'm talking about and who Pioneer Woman is, check her out here!