Oprah!

If you haven't guessed by the title, this is all about Oprah!

Oprah came to Vancouver last week!!  I was thrilled!  My hubby bought tickets for me for Christmas so I took a good girlfriend with me.  Oprah is sooo comfortable talking to 16,000 people!  She said for her it's like wearing her robe and slippers...that comfortable.  Wowza.  Anyway, her inspirational talk was about how to find a common thread in your life to finding your passion.  I actually got notes from this talk and will share them with you at the end of this post ;)

But first...a trip down memory lane when I went to the Oprah show.  Yup, I went to the Oprah show.

Now that the Oprah show is over, I can tell you {because before the show was off the air, I might be in big trouble or something...not really}.  I made up a book club to get tickets to the show!  

When Oprah announced she was leaving, I checked her website daily to see if tickets would ever become available.  Then one Friday evening there were last minute cancellation seats available for anyone who had a book club and read the book Eat Pray Love.  No, I did not have a book club.  And no, I did not read Eat Pray Love.  But I needed to see Oprah!  She's been my mentor forever!!  So I quickly filled out the online form and named a couple of friends as my book club members and how the book has changed our lives.  Oops.  Shhhh.

{yes I'm a nut, that's me making an 'O' symbol while waiting 

to get into the show}

So on Tuesday the following week I got a phone call from Chicago!  
Would I be interested in coming to see the Oprah show next Wednesday?  Yes!  
Would I like to bring a friend? Yes!
Did I have arrangements to leave my son mid-week and travel clear across the country and would my friend be able to do the same??  {uumm}

I said absolutely to the caller.  

{The 'O' Store}

So one week later we were flying to Chicago for two nights and I was furiously reading Eat Pray Love on the plane, in the cabs, everywhere.  Turns out we really didn't need to read the book or have a book club so that put my mind at ease.  It's a fabulous book though and we even got to see a showing of the movie the night before the show!  {You know how Oprah would say on her show that everyone in the audience has seen that particular movie they were discussing?  Well she sends all her guests to the movie theatre the night before for a free movie screening!}

{Here's I am sitting in Oprah's original studio chair!}

So I can cross that one off my bucket list!  I saw Oprah and Julie Roberts and Elizabeth Gilbert on the Oprah show.  Of course I couldn't bring my camera in the studio :(

{yep, bought just a few souvenirs}

And might I add that I LOVED Chicago too.  It's super windy there just like they say.  Notice my hair in every photo???

We shopped the Magnificent Mile and ate deep dish pizza.  YUM.  

So yes, my love for Oprah runs deep.  Her talk was amazing, she is amazing.  Enough already, I know.  Oprah Notes - Vancouver talk 2013

Oprah - Extended Notes

It was the first time I left my son!  That was tough.  Look how much I was missed!!!