The Facebook post read “Who’s going to the wedding reception tonight by Atlanta Wedding magazine?” The same Atlanta Magazine I assisted Ken Schneiderman on in this post? What?! How cool would that be? I sat back in my chair and imagined what it would be like to be invited to something like that. To mix and mingle with Atlanta’s top wedding professionals. Better yet, to actually fit in with them. So I decided to jokingly reply to the post. I had to joke… because that’s what I do when I really want to do something but wasn’t invited.
Katrina responded and to my surprise, she invited me to come! She had to make some phone calls and do some wheeling and dealing, but she got me in…Mission Impossible style! Not really, at least I don’t think (Katrina?).
I was so excited I didn’t know what to do with myself. You know when you don’t know whether to sit or stand and then you sit and realize you don’t want to sit so you stand up and really you just want to jump up and down and scream and immediately go? That kind of excited.
As I walked into the event, I suddenly felt like a small girl in a very big, way fancier than me world. Katrina immediately came up to me and brought me to a table where her and a couple other girls were sitting. One being Michelle White, who I met several months back. We got up to mingle and I felt out of place. I would meet someone and what I found was that people mostly just wanted to make small talk, pass around their card and move on. Wow. How was I going to remember anyone? Or better yet…how would they ever remember me? So I got my small plate of fancy hors d’oeuvres and sat back down at my table, content to just stay there, eat, and then leave.
I started talking to a girl sitting next to me at the table. She is an event planner and we suprisingly had a lot of common questions and experiences in the industry. Before I knew it, I was having a great time talking with her and getting to know her. This is how I would remember people. This is how they would remember me. We spent the remainder of the evening talking with different industry peers. I think I only really talked to handful of people that night but when I left I felt fulfilled. Like I really seized an opportunity to get to know someone. People I hope to meet and see again soon.
Here’s a picture of me and the bomb diggity Katrina. I stole it from her post here.
After a quick wardrobe change… 
I especially love the light in this one. 
