Mickie with fans – click to enlarge:

My Experience:

(Expect a rather chatty piece, I’m still excited. I’m sure you can forgive me!)

When I got to The Entertainer, at around 5.30pm, fans were already lining up inside the store. The signing was supposed to start at 5.45 and end around 7, but Mickie arrived at about 7ish, thanks to traffic. I didn’t mind, as I’d made a few friends with people in the line – I guess this is where I give a little shoutout to Tom, Craig, the other Tom that looks like Jassa from Art Attack and everyone else’s names I’ve forgotten because I’m quite bad with names! Either way, they’re awesome, so this is a shoutout to you guys! :) – so I didn’t realise that I’d been waiting around two hours. While we were waiting, TNA publicity photographers took a few photos of fans, who had signs, programs and other merchandise. I had my picture taken a couple of times. When we got to the front, I was excited and started getting snap-happy with my iPod while clutching my drawing pad, hoping Mickie would like my drawing. Doesn’t that sound rather 5-year-old-ish of me?

Mickie and I exchanged “hello”s and I asked her if she could sign an extra card for my friend and she did… Yes, Chloe, I mean for you! I got you a signed card because I’m an awesome Twinny, yep yep. I then shyly showed her my drawing and she said she loved it, calling it “a little Japanimation”. She gave me a hug (I feel special, she didn’t hug anyone else around me, nor did I ask for one ♥). I’m so glad she liked it! I then told her about OSD, as I had the URL written on a piece of paper behind the drawing, and she told me that she recognises the Twitter account! I was beyond flattered and I thanked her.

When it was my friends’ turns to have their pictures/autographs, I played the role of cameraman/paparazzo and decided to bring up a little bit more of a conversation by asking if she’d seen the Smurf toys at the front of the store, but she hadn’t passed the table she was sitting at since she got there, but had her eyes on a big My Little Pony display piece.

Mickie with Trisha – click to enlarge: