Tonight I ventured out to Skokie, Illinois with La, Aunt M and Kate to attend a book signing. The book was a cookbook written by one of my favorite bloggers, Ree of The Pioneer Woman. She's all that and a bag of chips, if you know what I mean.
This was one of those events that I would not have dreamed about attending when I was in college. But now? This is the stuff I LIVE FOR.
Here's a picture of La picking her wedgie in the foreground, with Ree's (hot) husband and two adorable sons in the background.
Hey. It's the best I could do.
I know. We were BEHIND her. It was the only spot where we weren't feeling over-crowded by overbearing, suburban, home-schooling mothers. (Not that they're bad. They're just ... um ... different?) And. Do you see that crowd??!! The line wrapped all the way up the staircase and around the upper-level banister. Apparently they started handing out spots in line at 9:00 this morning. By the time we strolled in at 7:15 p.m., we ended up with numbers 228, 229, and 230.
After hearing Ree speak, we figured we had a little time to kill, so we sauntered over to Maggiano's for some din-din and a few glasses of wine. We took our time. We mingled. We chatted. We sauntered back to Barnes & Noble around 8:45. And when we walked in, guess what? THE LINE HAD NOT MOVED ONE BIT. It was still 227 people long, no doubt.
So, we gave up. We went home. Defeated. I didn't get to meet Ree Drummond. I didn't get her stinkin' signature either. I didn't get to tell her in person that her dimples make my heart sing.
I am so completely bummed.
3 comments:
I'm sorry you missed out on meeting The Pioneer Woman. If it helps you can come over here, stand around for a while, and I'll sign my Thanksgiving menu for you :-)
Sounds fantastic! That would totally make up for last night's bust.
Did you see Kiffon's blog post about this? So similar....must be a mom thing:)
I can't wait to use her cookbook that you bought for me!
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