I received a mysterious email today from Manic Mom. It said "Go. To. My. Blog...That is all :)" Being the obedient girl that I am, I hopped right over, to see that not only had I won a signed copy of Jen Lancaster's new book, PRETTY IN PLAID, but Manic (who is so BFF with Jen that she's listed on the book's acknowledgment page) filmed the drawing to post on YouTube:
Jen is EXCEEDINGLY gracious and displays a real knack for rolling with the punches in this video, especially in the place where Manic said, "You know Trish Ryan..." and Jen goes along and said, "Oh sure! I know Trish Ryan!"
Here's the truth: Manic introduced Jen and I last year at a book conference. I was one of approximately 1,000 adoring fans, but because I'm a friend of Manic (FOM) I went with her to the front of the line and got to meet Jen personally...for approximately 22 seconds...before we moved out of the way of her hoards of other adoring fans.
But if she ever comes to Ithaca for an event, I'll be her local Manic Mom :)
THANK YOU Jen, THANK YOU Manic...I can't wait until my book arrives! In the meantime, I'm heading to the mall to find a pink sweater to toss over my favorite yellow t-shirt...LOVE THAT!
2 comments:
OK, DUH! You forgot that because of YOU and YOUR PULL at Chicago's Printers Row, we GOT INTO THE PANEL with Jen Lancaster. If it weren't for you, I would have been sitting in the hallway bawling! Give yourself the credit girlfriend! And Jen TOTALLY knew you (unless she was thinking of Swish Trish!? But Jen always calls Swish Trish Lindsay! LOL.
BTW, my word verification:
HOTESS! As in, YOU ARE A HOTESS!
Yea you! Congrats! I like that pink sweater with the yellow shirt thing she's got going on too--very summery!
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