What to wear to meet Tim Gunn?!?!?!?!

That's right people, I'm going to MEET Tim Gunn tonight!!!!!
Ok, well maybe I won't get to meet him as much as see him, but still!!!

A couple of weekends ago we were walking through Dillard's (kind of like Macy's) to get a wedding shower gift and Spencer pointed and said "Look!" At first I thought he was referencing the bedding on one of the display beds and I was surprised that he liked that particular color combination. But then he pointed to a sign that had a picture of my beloved Tim Gunn and I saw that he was making a guest appearance in a couple of weeks. EXCITEMENT!!!!! So I immediately called and got reservations for me and my lovely friend Katherine. And to my delight, our other lovely friend Kim(who is soon to be my neighbor) is also going to come!!! Yay!!!!

So I realize that there's a good chance that I'll just be seeing some sort of fashion show and they'll give a nod to Tim Gunn, but if I actually get to meet him I'll be so stoked. I am never star struck, but I definitely think this could be the case with him. But what will I say? That I adore him? Not sure he'll get that... probably will think I'm stalkerish. Or do I just ask for a makeover?

Which leads me to my next question. What do I wear?!?!?!?!?!?! I have absolutely no idea. I can't decide if I want to go cute and trendy as to show that I have half an idea about fashion, or do I go kind of frumpy so that he'll have pity on me and decide to give me a makeover? And I'll probably need some sort of sob story as to why I deserve one. Is moving to a new state right after getting married good enough? Yeah, I highly doubt that. Especially since I love Austin and being married is awesome, so I really don't have any complaints. *SIGH* I guess I'll have to come up with something else. I could just tell him that I've "let myself go" since getting married. That's a bit of a stretch, but I don't dress up as much anymore. Partly because I don't have to for work (Austin is even more casual than Seattle), but also because of how hot it gets here. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I'll try to take my camera and hopefully I'll be able to get a picture with the man himself. Oh goodness I'm excited!!!!!

Tim Gunn: Dictionary

One Word Meme (thanks Bridget!)

Yourself: hopeful
Your husband: brilliant
Your hair: curly
Your Mother: inspiring
Your Father: steadfast
Your Favorite Item: diamond
Your dream last night: forgettable
Your Favorite Drink: cosmo
Your Dream Car: lexusrx
Your Dream Home: colonial
The Room You Are In: living
Your fear: mediocrity
Where you Want to be in Ten Years? Mother
Who you hung out with last night: Spencer
What You’re Not: goaloriented
Muffins: applecinnamon
One of Your Wish List Items: house
Time: 1:46
The Last Thing You Did: im'd
What You Are Wearing: longhornsweatshirt
Your favorite weather: autumn
Your Favorite Book: Captivating
Last thing you ate: carrot
Your Life: amazing
Your mood: fatigued
Your Best Friends: gift
What are you thinking about right now: visitors
Your car: civic
What are you doing at the moment: resting
Your summer: HOT
Relationship status: blessing
What is on your tv: commercials
What is the weather like: windy
When is the last time you laughed: everyday

Totally enjoyed it...

We don't usually go to opening-day movies, but it's been awhile since there's actually been anything we've wanted to see. So off to the Alamo Drafthouse we went. For you non-Austinites, the Alamo is this awesome theater that serves dinner, drinks, etc... it's so much fun. Granted, it's not the best food you've ever had, but it's nice having dinner and a movie all in one place (wow... does that make me sound old?)

Anyway, the movie was great and I highly recommend it. Very entertaining and it even made me excited for football season.

I know, I know... pick your chin up off the table. It's shocking, but true. Now if only I can get Spencer to get excited about shopping...

Happy April Fool's Day

This morning I received the following email from my wonderful father-in-law addressed to my lovely mother-in-law:

Jan,

I’ve been interviewing for the past few weeks with a new start-up company that I have not discussed with you. I have found another job opportunity in Phoenix with the following company http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html (a subsidiary of Google). I received a call with an offer, and I thought I should tell you that I accepted on the phone. I wanted to give you a little advance notice. I plan on giving my two weeks notice before I leave work today. This opportunity was just too exciting to pass up!

Love U,

Ron Whelan

And since I'm one of the most gullible people ever, I totally fell for it. I lept out of bed (yes people, I lept) and grabbed the phone all freaked-out to call Spencer to see if he had read the email yet. After a couple panicked minutes (I couldn't imagine that Jan would take this news well) of re-reading the email over and over again, I realized I had been fooled. He totally and completely got me. Well done Ron!

So I went on the site and filled out the "application" to see if I would be eligible to live and work on Mars. Here were the results of my test:

Well, you're distressingly normal and could conceivably adjust to life as a deep space pioneer, though we recommend instead that you leave the Mars missions to the serious whack jobs who scored over 130 and instead finish year 3 of law school, tuck your toddler into bed, design Web 2.0 applications, run for Congress or do whatever other normal, healthy, middle-of-the-road thing you're currently doing with your normal, healthy, middle-of-the-road life. If you're determined to give Virgle a try, though, you can submit your video here.

I guess Mars life isn't for me... although I don't think I needed the application to tell me that. The first instance of me having to try to survive would probably result in my death. I think I will stick to my safe, middle-of-the-road life. HA!