For years I’ve been saying that I wanted to write a book called “Common Sense… turns out it’s not so common.” (Don’t even think about stealing the title! haha)I’m not sure that my career as a writer is going to take off anytime soon, but I figured it would be an interesting addition to my blog and would fulfill my New Year’s Resolution to do more personal blogging.  Plus my friends and family have been telling me for years I should do this.

The whole idea of the title started back when I was serving and bartending in college. Almost everyday I would encounter someone who would make me stop and go “Really?” or “Did that just happen?” or “I can’t believe they just asked for that. said that, did that”… the list goes on and on.

So I’m going to do my best to start doing one blog post a week on all the crazies and interesting or funny people that I’ve had the pleasure of dealing with in my life. Some will pertain to weddings and photography, and some won’t. Some may make you mad and some may make you laugh, but hopefully either way it will be at least mildly entertaining.

So for my Common Sense lesson I shall turn to the lunch I had yesterday with my friend Katy.  We were chatting and catching up and all the sudden I looked up and saw something that made me forget completely what I was saying and instead say this “I’m sorry I have no idea what i was saying because the Statue of Liberty just walked in.” Yep that’s right… a lady dressed like lady liberty just coming in to pick up some take out.  The only logical thing I could come up with was that she worked for the Liberty Tax place nearby (at least I hope).

Later that night I realized I was out of sweet and low and knew that if I didn’t have any for my coffee in the morning it would be a real situation. So I literally threw on the first things I saw and headed to CVS  just down the road. When I walked in I saw a few people stop and stare at me. I looked down and realized I was wearing sweats, my fuzzy snow boots, a puffy vest with sweatshirt and my winter hat with earflaps and no makeup. I looked like a hot mess. I might as well have been wearing a Statue of Liberty costume because at least I would have matched….

Common Sense lesson #1 – If you don’t want to people stare at you like you’re crazy, don’t dress like a crazy person

Stay tuned for next weeks edition 🙂

What a weekend! I’ve been preparing for this weekend for months now, ordering prints and samples and promos (chapsticks 🙂 and building my wall (which will be in a later post about how I did that). All in all I think it was a successful weekend. I got to meet a lot of great new brides and see some familiar faces. It was great having a space next to the lovely Erin from The Mansion at Oak Hill. I have to also give a special thanks to the ladies of Sophia’s Bridal for grabbing me lunch on Saturday since I was flying solo at the booth it made it hard to leave. Also a thanks to my brother for his help building my wall and tearing everything down, and to my mom for helping me set up on Friday…. phew…

And onto the winners of the engagement sessions that I was giving away at my booth. I chose one winner from each day. Also remember that the first 3 Weddings booked from the show will also receive FREE engagement sessions!

DRUMROLL……… and the winners are:

Samantha and Jon Paul – 10/15/11

Rachel and Michael – Summer 2012

Congratulations!!!! If you are a winner you should have received an email from me.

Thanks to everyone for coming out and remember you can always email me anytime with questions or to set up a consultation – becky@beckybrownphotography.com

A few pics from the booth….