Camera-Ready In A Tree Skirt

Good evening, dear friends.  It has been a whirlwind of yuletide excitement for the past couple of days.

Allow me to start from the very beginning.  My buddy, Dude, has an old college friend who is a producer at NBC.  She sent a copy of the infamous tree skirt/scape posts to her.  If you haven't read any of the posts on Dude's scapes you can find them here, here, and here.

In a matter of a few days, we were contacted by a lovely producer from the Meredith Vieira Show.  She informed us that the show was interested in doing a segment highlighting the versatility of the almighty tree skirt. The producer told us that they would be taping the show on December 19th.  She offered us VIP tickets and  asked that we come in our finest tree skirts.  

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO US!!!!

So, Thursday afternoon, I hopped in my car and drove three hours to Connecticut to do a pre-show warm-up and wardrobe styling at Dude's house.  Note to self:  I really must talk to Meredith about getting me a private jet for my next appearance.

I arrived at Dude's just in time for a glass of wine and some serious scape styling.  I brought 3 tree skirts with me - 2 from my beloved Homegoods and one that I ordered online from Restoration Hardware.  Due to Dude's long standing career in the fashion industry, I had full confidence in her ability to make our tree skirts into the must-have accessory of the season.  Never mind the season -- how about the whole year!

Here is the behind-the-scenes coverage of our evening of wine and scapes.

I told Dude that the pompoms made me reminiscent of my cheerleading days.  She gently reminded me that I was never a cheerleader.  That's the thing about old friends... they remember everything.

Dude - very comfortable in her scape.

This is where I tell Dude that I can't believe we are actually going through with this...

BTW... when and if you watch the show on Tuesday, Dec. 23rd, Meredith chose this little number to wear (see above).  It looked better on her than it does on me.

Dude showing off...

This is what I learned from Thursday night.  Just because a woman of 5'8" can carry off a tree skirt does not mean that a woman of 5'2'' with a less-than-willowy frame will have the same high fashion impact.  
Note to self:  in my next life, I want to come back with long legs.  I don't even care if my arms are short, my feet are big, or I have ears like Prince Charles.  Just give me the long legs.  It's that simple.

I do admit, we did have few disagreements over our attire.  I'm not saying how she got there, but Dude and her stupid long legs ended up in the tree.  

After a few hours of  pulling, tucking, styling, and tying, we decided on our scapes of the day for our television debut.  We then went out to celebrate our hard work and met up with some of Dude's friends who are a wonderful group of ladies. 

We got home early so we would get a good night sleep and wake up in time to catch the 6:36AM train to stardom NYC. 

If I haven't bored you to death, tune in tomorrow for more about Dude and me with our new bff, Meredith.

As they say in the business...

Ciao Baby!