I'm a Premier celebrity stalker...

I left last Wednesday for my trip to Fort Worth, TX for Premier's National rally! I was there 4 HOT days & had a great, but exhausting time!

I have already showed you the picture of the special bracelet I won...but here's the ensemble I won as well. It retails for around $130. And I got it for free. (Well, there's blood, sweat & tears mixed in with that free...) The statue of Andy & Joan they bring into the convention center.

Gerilee makes us all goodie bags & this year they were Barbie bags. Be still my heart...

This was the stage. One of the Horner sons, Tommy, has a production company & they produce all of Premier's rallies. They do a great job. It's all top notch stuff, people. I mean, look at the camera guy & the guy holding his cord for him. Top notch...Me & Debbie...& some pesky photo bombers...

You may remember I told you how Joan passed away in December? They did a wonderful job of weaving her spirit & personality through the whole thing! Normally Joan & her granddaughter, Jessica, reveal the new jewelry. Right before they did the reveal, they played a video of Joan & Jessica from last year. They showed us the jewelry in a really cool, fun way. See those 5 white things on the stage? Those were paper frames & chicks busted through them with the jewelry on. There were lights & techno music & it was soooo high energy!

This was something new this year - Le Boutique Premier. They even had a stage inside with little 'shows' going on to show us jewelry combinations.It was bee-u-tee-ful inside & they had all the new jewelry set up around the edges in different combinations,

You stalkers are never far from my heart. When I saw this sign I immediately thought of you... Everytime I passed it, I smiled...

This is something else I love about Rally. There are some men that come, but they are obviously out numbered. And what happens when you get a bunch of women in one place? Long bathroom lines! Wellll, they 'convert' some of the mens restrooms into womens.

This is after I got to walk across the stage to be recognized for making the "Queens Court" in May.

Premier also has an area they call the "jewelry box" & they have 9000 sets of the new jewelry so we can play in it, wear it, touch it & examine it. You can see how popular this place is!

Rally is tough on the ole tootsies! This was day one & Debbie & myself had rubbed spots on our feet. Sigh... I'm the foot with the pink toenails. She has some funky zebra & cheetah print polish. Hmph...

So Friday night after our meetings, we went into the exhibition center to look at the new jewelry (hoping it wouldn't be so crowded...). As we were walking, I saw a large group gathered around something that wasn't new jewelry. And I knew immediately what it was: Andy....they were all gathered around Andy...

So I got all paparazzi on him & started taking pics...

And this group was really big. Like so big I thought there was NO WAY I'd get up there to get my pic with him.

But, ya'll know me. when I'm on a mission, I'm on a mission. Debbie & Miranda were with me & they kept hanging back. Hmph, amateurs... When I got close to him I said (through gritted teeth) 'You two better get up here if you want in the picture!" See how they listen?...

Celebrity #1-stalked...

When we walked through the boutique, I spotted Penny Lacey. She used to be a jeweler, but she now works at the home office in field marketing. So I marched right up to her & told her how you could really tell that she's made a lot of positive changes & that I thought she did a fabulous job on the bouitque. We chatted for a few more mintues (because we're bff's & all) & then I asked for a pic.

Celebrity # 2 - stalked...

When we were walking around we saw a mannequin with the same set of jewelry I had won. Miranda thought I was mentally unstable for wanting my picture taken beside it. But I knew you would all understand...

Then we saw Tim Horner who is the President & of course, little ole shy me had to walk up to him & chat for a minute & then ask for a pic. I told these girls to stick with me-I'd take them places!

Celebrity #3 - stalked.

While we were waiting for Tim, I saw Jessica. Remember she's the one who helps pick all the new jewelry? I didn't want to run away from waiting on Tim to get a pic with her because, well-that's just rude. So we ran over to her AFTER our pic with Tim. Of course, I chatted her up & then asked for a pic. (Do ya'll see a pattern here?!)

Celebrity #4 - stalked...

The whole gang in front of the statue!