February 10th, 2009
Bloggers.
There are a lot of us out there.
Sometimes we go to conferences so we can become better bloggers. I attended BlissDom09 last weekend and my brain is still reeling.
I was totally nervous to go even though I attended BlissDom08. ( My Bliss-tini was seriously the only picture I took last year)
If you know me in real life you know that I am not shy at all, but it was hard to step out of my safe little bubble and into a room FULL of virtual friends. However, I only live 30 minutes from where the conference was held so it would have been even harder for me to stay home. So I stuffed my giant purse with necessities, grabbed my bloggy business cards and got into my minivan.
When I arrived at the hip and unique Hotel Preston in Nashville my hands were super sweaty but I was excited to get inside.
Last year’s BlissDom was sort of a test run, so it was smaller and more intimate. I think there were about 75 people there and the whole conference was held in the Pink Slip bar inside the hotel. But this time was a different story. I am not sure how many people were there this year, but I think it was somewhere between 250 and 300.
Luckily my friend Rachel was checking people in and I recognized her right away. They had her in the right place because she was an awesome welcoming committee!
She handed me a Crocs lanyard with my name badge and an adorable Lands End bag full of really great swag.
In case you were wondering they were just a couple of the companies that made BlissDom possible. Just want to say a BIG thank you to Alli, Barbara, all the speakers, and the sponsors for an amazing conference.
And another one was Little Debbie….seriously ya’ll I ate quite a few snacks from them….but it’s ok because they are only 100 calories each! I guess that doesn’t matter if you eat 6 at a time. And I wonder why I have 2 chins in all of my pictures.
My brain is totally fried from all of the bloggy info I absorbed. So bullet points seem like a good direction to go
While I was at the conference I :
-took many many notes
-talked some people’s ears off ( sorry if that was you)
-met some new friends
-ate too many Little Debbie snacks
-sat at a table with Jen Lancaster…plus I got to hear her speak and she is hilarious!
-listened to Chris Mann sing…and he made me laugh out loud too
-went to 2 cocktail parties and had more Bliss-tini’s
-considered leaving the 2nd cocktail party early and driving home because I had a moment of insecurity where I didn’t see anyone I knew and I kind of panicked
-ended up staying and going to an after party thing where me and a group of grown women did our best VonTrapp family impression and sang a song we wrote to the tune of doe a deer a female deer. (Yeah we did.)
And that was pretty much it. I came away with A TON of really great information to use to improve Mrs.007.com.
But for me the best part was getting to hang out live and in person with these women that I read every day. I didn’t take as many pics as I wanted to. But I did manage to get a few. Although I seriously considered pulling a reverse Mrs.Fussypants and pasting Britney Spears’ head on my body because of my double chin.
Oh well…it’s me and even though I am in serious need of a diet I will share them with ya’ll.
Because obviously I am all too willing to humiliate myself for a good blog post. Your welcome.
Me and the lovely and talented Beth
Beth is the one who designed my beautiful blog and you can go here if you want to have a bloggy makeover too!
Me and Colleen…she is a buddy from BlissDom08 and I had such fun with her this time…she is so funny
Megan…she is brilliant ya’ll… and so sweet
Moriah is another BlissDom 08 friend…really enjoyed her company
Mrs.CPA and Mrs.007
Mrs.CPA made my business cards and they turned out sooo awesome!
me and Jessica who is just beautiful!
Wow if you stuck with me this long you deserve a prize! Well guess what? I have an extra Lands End bag to give away!
Leave me a comment on this post telling me something you would like to see changed or something you would like to read on my blog and you will be entered.
You can earn an extra entry too!
Tweet about the giveaway and leave me a seperate comment telling me you did!
I will announce a winner on Friday and I will email you if you win. Good LUCK and thank you for letting me tell you all about BlissDom09!
