GAVIN CONCERT :)

July 7th 2009




With bffs Annie and Louise in tow we went to the Spirit Bank Center here in Tulsa and saw Green River Ordinance, Collective Soul, and Gavin Degraw! Annie being a member of Gavin's fan club got up super early the morning they went on sale and scored us 3 VIP packages, which included first row tix to the concert, a meet & greet with Gavin, poster, tshirt, laminate, and sticker. The morning of the concert we made tank tops that said "Gavin DeGraw We Belong Together." We got transfer paper specifically for dark material and assumed the background would iron on clear... to our surprise UM NO! It ironed on WHITE! WTH! They turned out sooo crazy looking cause there's like this bright white oval on our tanks with pink writing on them. We decided to wear them anyway and Gavin appreciated us making them so it was all worth it. We also made Gavin a tshirt and Annie wrote a message to him telling him that his music had brought us together as friends and asked him to play WBT since it's our song.





We got to the Spirit Bank Center super early cause it was all rainy and stuff. After what seemed like forever of waiting we finally got our VIP passes and we bought ourselves sexy concert ts. At a little after 6:30pm Gavin's crew member came out to gather the 12 VIP people to follow him into a back hallway. At first we got put in this supppper long line of meet & greets and we were like WTH! Annie asked some crew guy how it worked with the meet & greets being there was so many people... and the guy was all he'll probably just say hi and such and won't be signing anything. We were super bummed after that but then the guy in charge separated us VIP peeps into a separate room and told us we'd have extra time with Gavin... :P
We got the rest of our VIP goodies in the room and got super excited waiting on Gavin. Annie then looked out the door and started jumping up and down squeeling "GAVIN'S OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Then PAL of course all started getting super excited and all fangirl squeely. After Gavin met with the long line of regular meet & greets he came in the room and the whole room went totally silent. He said, "Hello!" and everyone was finally like *gasp* "Hello!" After that he went around the room introducing himself to everyone and was all "Hold Me" *melts* After the introductions he then went around and signed our posters and took pics with us. Annie totally wrapped her arms around him and the older women were all "she's tackling him" ROFL Then L took her pic with him then when it was my turn I said, "Can I tackle you too?!" He was like, "what?!" ROFL I can't believe the only thing I said to him besides my name was "CAN I TACKLE YOU TOO?! He was super sweet and nice and totally gorgeous in person! Annie and Louise kept making fun of me cause I was blushing so much. *insert WLM eyepoke here* After we took a group shot with all the 12 VIPS we headed to the car to put all our VIP goodies inside so they wouldn't get sqooshed in the concert. We got back to catch a couple of songs by Green River Ordinance and watched A trip up the step to get to our seats. ooo to have a had a pic of that... ROFL After Green River, L and I went to get drinks and popcorn while we waited on Collective Soul. Since we were there for Gavin I wasn't all that familiar with Collective Soul. The lead singer kept looking at us like "why aren't you singing along" and I'm like ahhh I don't know any of your songs :(



The only complaint about the concert was the security people. They wouldn't let the first row stand next to the gate thing at the stage and made us stand on this awful incline right next to our seats and if you stood over the yellow line you got yelled at and kicked out. It was sooooo uncomfortable and it freaked me out thinking I was gonna get yelled at any minute for accidentally stepping on the stupid line.
After Collective Soul, Gavin came out and we all stood up and the stupid security guy totally yelled at us and was all "SIT DOWN" we were like WTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gavin was amazing as always and so entertaining!!! He played all our fave songs! I fell in love with the song "Lover Be Strong" that night :P Sadly he didn't sing WBT but he was amazing! It was an amazing experience since Gavin had brought us together as friends and then we got to meet him and see his show together! It was a once in a lifetime experience! We all had so much fun dancing and singing along!





After the concert we ran into Green River Ordinance and had our pics taken with them.



After the concert we were totally on a high and didn't go to bed till like 4:30am. Early the next morning we got up and immediately added our pics with Gavin on FB and Myspace to make everyone jealous!
It's still unbelievable that we got to meet him!!! And will always be one of the best nights of my life because it meant sooo much that we got to meet him together! He's such an amazingly talented artist!!!! WE BELONG TOGETHER BABY! *giggles*

22 BDAY

Annie reminded me that I still had yet to blog about my bday so here I am. :)

At least what I can remember... LOL
In what like 4 years?! it was the first time annie hadn't eyepoked me at midnight... *eyepoke* there! that makes up for it. ROFL

I got up, found out (after my dad came in to wish me a happy birthday) that my mom thought my birthday was the following day. ROFL She hurriedly ransacked her bedroom to find my bday present and gave it to me (unwrapped) LOL! I got a black tank top with jewels on it and a maroon old navy t shirt. My dad gave me an ankle bracelet with a heart charm. I then opened L's and A's presents that had been sitting in the same place since July 1st taunting me. I got the cutest shirt from L (which I wore that day) along with matching bracelets! A also sent a bracelet and the cutest keychain ever, along with a cell phone charm!! plus they got me the most gorgeous gift ever early *melts* ;) Mr. Gavin Degraw himself OMG! Thanks guys!!!



Then we got ready to go to Susi's to drop off the kids. On the way we stopped at Sonic to pick up lunch for everyone... the girl brings 7 drinks to the car and says "I hate to tell you this but we ran out of drink holders." (I have 2 cup holders available in the car) I was like "what!?" So allll the way to Susi's we had to balance all these drinks... let's just say it was short of disaster. After dropping the kids off we headed to Gardner's used books. http://www.gardnersbooks.com

I had the Beauty and the Beast moment when Belle opens her eyes in the Beast's library. My first words were "I could live here."



We started off looking at the best sellers and before long we had drifted apart... After about 30 minutes and about one shelf later... lol I realized I had lost my mom. I searched... but still couldn't find her. I figured it was best to stay put (like boy scouts teach you) and about 10 minutes later she walks up with an armful of books and says "where have you been?!" I was like well... actually I don't know... We were there for about 2 hours and only made it though about 5 shelves of books. My mom said that when the basket was full we would have to go... so 36 books later we left. We then stopped at the expresso bar and got iced coffees and headed back to Susi's. On the way home we stopped off for chinese food to take home. Mom and I then watched the "Thin Man" and I fell asleep. At around 5pm we decided to go outside and sit under the umbrella and go through all the books. We drank sant' gria and smirnoff :P




My mom then gave me a bathrobe with eeyore on it :) and I had got a matching green, hat, scarf, and purse the day before.
Yay!! so that was my 22nd bday!! Thanks to everyone who sent best wishes!!!

*I realized yesterday that it was the first time in 5 years that I had forgot to watch the bday episode of Gilmore Girls on my birthday! :(