Saturday, December 29, 2012

What a "Sweet" Day

Today I really got to see how small the world really is. I was visiting my friend in Grand Rapids today and I decided since I was up there, I would make a visit to Stiletto Sweets in down town. Stiletto Sweets is owned by none other than Miss Noddea Moore Skidmore, aka Momma Spirit, the executive director of Miss Spirit of the State.

She had mentioned it a few times during the pageant weekend and now that she hasn't had do plan a bunch of stuff for the pageant, she has been posting away on Facebook. I looked at all of the different flavors that she had.... There were seriously like 40 (well maybe not 40) different kinds of cupcakes that all sounded so wonderful. I decided on the Warm Fuzzy (a chai flavored cupcake with butter cream frosting), and my friend wanted to try the red velvet (a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese butter cream frosting filled with what I could assume was chocolate). We had to trade bites just to get a taste of both. They were both extremely delicious. I would definitely get them again!
This was my Warm Fuzzy! Yumm-Oh!

Anyways, back to the small world. I was expecting to see Noddea when I came in there, but there was another employee instead. Her name was Morgan. We made small talk as she was putting our cupcakes into boxes. Turns out, she is a former Spirit title holder and was at Miss Spirit of the State when I competed. She asked me my talent, and she said that she remembered me. I was really shocked that she did. She also shared that she is the current Miss Hartland and she was giving up her title this year.

As my friend stared at his cupcake (probably drooling), Morgan and I talked a little bit and she shared her advice and referred me to a website where I could look for different dresses and swimsuits. We also talked a little more about how addicting pageants could be!

After I had paid for our cupcakes and we were starting to walk out, a man I recognized walked in. We didn't say, "Hi," but I did figure out how I knew him. He was also involved with Miss Spirit of the State.

This whole experience made me realize how close knit the pageant community is. Morgan was on a first name basis with nearly all of the executive directors and was even working for one!

This is why I am so lucky to be a part of the MAO pageantry community.

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