Guess Who I Met + a Giveaway

I can't believe I am just getting around to posting this, but

guess who graced Dallas with her presence last Thursday?

Yes, that's right. I met the very lovely & talented Bakerella!

Yet another reason why I love living in the big city.

Bakerella is currently on tour for her recently published Cake Pops Book. And out

of all the cities she could have visited, she came to Dallas! Not sure how it is decided

where she goes for her book signings, but whoever put Dallas down for the tour,

I thank you!

Anyway, as soon as I found out she was coming, I put on our family

calender BAKERELLA, so Josh could stay home with Noah.

And of course, I also gave him verbal warning not to make any plans that day.

I was not about to take a toddler to the book signing with me. I can't

even imagine. In fact, I don't want to imagine what that would be like. Ha.

And guess what? Maybe a week before the signing, I found out

Josh had signed up to work a shift that he could not cancel. What?!

To make a long story short, we "miscommunicated"... somehow.

And, he got in big trouble.

So, it looked like I was, in fact, taking Mr. Noah with me to the book

signing... until my sweet friend, Laura, found out he was going with me.

She graciously offered to watch Noah while I went to Dallas that morning,

which meant, she had t-w-o toddlers to keep up with. Bless her heart.

So, anyway, it all worked out.

I drove to Dallas {with my wonderful friend Mr. Garmin leading the way}...

only making three wrong turns before I finally found Williams-Sonoma.

Must have been the nerves, because I never get lost with the GPS.

I was like, "What is wrong with me... is it that hard to follow "turn right?"

But I made it,

and I was number 12 in line!!

I went into Williams-Sonoma to buy my books...

one for me

one for Laura

and one for you!

Bakeralla gave a short demonstration, answered

a bunch of our questions, and then signed all of our books.

It was so fun having the chance to meet Bakerella after following

her blog for so long. She was so sweet and had such a bubbly personality.

I recently made my first batch of cake pops, and they

were delicious and so easy to make.

The book is filled with easy step-by-step instructions for how

to recreate Bakerella's amazing cake pops right from your own kitchen. The book

gives lots of tips on decorating, dipping, coloring and melting the chocolate, and

ideas for presentation. It really is a fun book to have; I can't wait to use it again!

So, I have an extra signed book lying around the house

waiting to be used. Who wants it?

Enter for a chance to win this book

and unleash your inner Bakerella!

1. Leave me a comment. Simple as that.

For extra entries:

2. Become a follower of my blog through Google Friend Connect

on the right side of my blog {it's an easy click of a couple of buttons,

and yes, anyone can do it.} Leave a comment telling me you are a new

follower. If you are already a follower, just comment letting me know.

3. Tweet and/or Facebook this:

Win Bakerella's signed Cake Pops Book from The Bonjour's!

http://goo.gl/CYwYt

Come back and comment letting me know you linked this giveaway.

4. Click here and tell me which Cake Pop is your favorite?

So, you have four chances to win.

Please leave a separate comment for each entry. Thank you!

Random.org will select a winner at 10 p.m. (CST)
Thursday, Nov. 18th, 2010.

Good luck to all!