Watch Out Hollywood, Here I Come!

I am sure most of you did not know that as a child I was an aspiring actress. You are probably wondering right now how you did not already know this. Well, I was very humble, and…..my career was very short lived. After going home this weekend and visiting Houston, I thought I might bring my old head shots back to LA and try out this whole ‘acting’ thing again.

I think this headshot will still work, don’t you? I might just comment on the back that I no longer own my GAP suspenders and had braces. I think if I stuck with my talent Hilary Duff would have had some serious competition.

If you are wondering where you would have seen me during my thriving days, well it was not very main stream. I was in an ad for a company called Venture (they no longer exist but were essentially another Target) holding a thing of Gak with my fake family. That was my biggest role (well, and maybe my only role). Now I am much more knowledgeable and am living in the city where dreams come true. Next stop Hollywood baby!

The diary of a shop attendant: LA style

For those of you that do not know me well, I love jewelry and have worked at the most wonderful, amazing, fabulous store, Chardé, in Houston. I have been ever so fortunate to find the Santa Monica equivalent of Chardé and somehow convinced them to hire me. So far it looks like that is all a UT Finance degree will get me. The store is nestled between a celeb bustling restaurant and a cute boutique on a beautiful street near the beach (duh!). I have been working there for 2 weeks now, and have already had a plethora of celebrity sightings. Ok, well actually only three, but those were in two days, so that is really like six.

Celebrity sighting #1: Kyra Sedgwick

The dashing (and skinny) Kyra came into the shop last Saturday. The store was fairly busy and I was helping several people at once. Kyra was just walking around the store looking at all the baubles. Finally I had time to help her, and we instantly became best friends. She bought a Turkish evil eye necklace, which I recently purchased from Chardé, and two gold cuff bracelets. When I was showing her one piece, she says, “Oh, you’re good.” Should I send my boss a link to my blog? (probably not). I must admit though, after she left the store I had to ask a co-worker who she was. I knew she was famous, but I could not place her. Whoops.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Ms. Sedgwick, maybe this rings a bell:

Her husband is Kevin Bacon. So basically I am Kevin Bacon’s best friend. That’s right. Really that makes like seven sightings now. Yes! :)

Celebrity sighting #2 & #3: Arnold Swartzenager and Maria Shriver

Now this was a real true sighting because I recognized them! And no, the secret service following them around was not how I figured it out. Maria was maybe not the sweetest person in the whole world. She walked into the store, grabbed a purse off the wall and said loudly in my direction, “Mam, what is this?” I walked up to her and responded, “It’s a bag?” Maria said, “Yes, but what kind of bag? It has a rectangular shape?” "U’mmm really….,” I’m thinking, however instead kindly repled, “It’s a tote bag.” In the mean time Arnold is talking very loudly to who I presume is his nephew. A few Asian tourists walk in off the street and pretend to be looking at some purses and awkwardly stare at the Govenator. Maria sadly did not purchase the $165 tote bag. I guess she was looking for a beach bag, or perhaps even a bucket purse? Who knows. That sighting definitely made the day go by faster, but I was very disappointed in Ms. Shriver’s tude. Maybe she had a rough morning. I will give her that.

To clear up any confusion, here is a picture of a tote bag, in my professional shop attendant opinion.

Stay tuned for more celeb sightings from a shop attendant.

xoxo mel