We love David's Bridal!

For those of you who don't know I currently work at Gap as a Sales Associate and on the weekends I am a children's birthday party entertainer. Let me tell you, those jobs do not pay rent so I am in pursuit of another job. I went out on Saturday and gave my cover letter and resume to Hooters, David's Bridal, Porto's, Yummy Cupcakes, and this vintage clothing store on Magnolia. I felt the least confident about Hooters and David's Bridal, for obvious reasons. However those were the two places that were hiring so I filled out applications and I have a job interview with David's Bridal tomorrow!! Wish me luck!

Yesterday one of the most amazing things happened to me! My friend Danielle and I went to one of my favorite restaurants Miceli's and who else was there? Rachel McAdams...





No really, it was her!! She was accompanied by Micheal Sheen, for those of you who aren't familiar with his work, he plays the purely evil Aro in the Twilight series. So once Danielle and I realized she was there we thought of all the different ways we could casually introduce ourselves and ask for a picture. We waited until their party was leaving and we waltzed over and introduced ourselves and asked for a picture. My FAVORITE part of it all was when Danielle was like, "Oh hey Micheal Sheen could you take the picture?" He did so, but not happily. She on the other hand, was a delight! I have so much respect for her and her talents. She's taken on such a wide range of roles, from The Notebook to Mean Girls. I almost cried when she told us, "Good luck with your careers!"

 

Another amazing event in my life was attending the Camp Bravo Magic of a Moment benefit! Camp Bravo has been a huge part of my life for the last five years and this amazing event is a way that we can give back! The benefit raises money for campers that wouldn't be able to attend camp otherwise. In addition to the wonderful cause I got to see all of my camp friends!

 

 The lovely Robyn and Kelsey, who made my experience this year at Bravo!

 

Today my TV obsession has been Cake Boss: The Next Great Baker. It's a dream of mine to one day work at or own a bakery. I love baking and because of that I've developed quite the sweet tooth! Now bringing it back to the actual show, it's fantastic! It's a bunch of talented bakers thrown in a competition to be the next great baker. The only thing that I have a hard time with is when Buddy throws away the "failed" baked goods. When I see delicious food go into the trash can all I can feel is utter shock and a lot of disappointment...

 

 

 

Never throw away perfectly good food...it's just wrong.

 

 

On that note I will now go bake a cake to prove to myself that I am my own next great baker,

Ashley

 

 

 



Fan Girl Moments.

It feels like it's been months since I last posted anything, well that's because it's been about a month since I have. Here's a quick life update, Sophie the kitten is slowly becoming more and more insane. Cute but insane... 

 

Jenny and I moved into our adorable new apartment, which is decorated beautifully for the holidays.

I got the footage for the Kleenex student spec that I did, it's basically the most unattractive thing that I could possibly show you...but here it is.

 

Updates on my L.A. actress life...

Nick Jonas and I are meeting all around Hollywood right now. Jenny and I think it's because my mother keeps telling the universe that I should marry him, that universe it'll bring you what you wish for! Our first encounter was when I went to the Jonas' Hollywood after party with my lovely successful actress friend Meaghan Martin, most of you know her from Camp Rock and others know her from ABC Family's 10 Things I Hate About You. Well she invited me to go to the after party with her last Thursday night after the guys performed at the Pantages. Now something you have to understand is that I was 13 when the Jonas Brothers were big, when I was packing up my clothes to move to L.A. I found a Mrs. Future Jonas shirt. So naturally when Meaghan asked I instantly turned 13 again...

See what I did there...threw some Christmas on that.
 

As I've grown out of my boy band phase I've grown right into my wedding/marriage show obsession. Say Yes to the Dress, My Fair wedding, Four Weddings, and dont' forget Married to Jonas. So instead of 13 year old Ashley who would've been tickled to meet the brothers, we're now dealing with 18 year old Ashley who is simply starstruck meeting Danielle Jonas.

Vera Wang people...Vera Wang custom made her dress! 

*Swoon*

 

So the party was great and the boys were all super nice, not as nice as Danielle though, she's a sweetheart! My second run in with Nick Jonas was last night while I was working as audience on the X Factor. The show is taped and aired live so when we're on commercial break everyone just chills. Well during one of the breaks while we were chillin some girls behind me started screaming, I recognized this scream. This was a die hard boy band fan scream, I heard this kind of scream in 2008 when my sister's and I went to the Jonas Brothers concert in Vegas. Boy was I right, I looked up and there was Nick Jonas, he went up to the judges table to say hi to Demi. I couldn't help but giggle thinking about how we shook hands a week ago. That's the last of my Nick Jonas run ins for now but we'll see, it's a small world we live in.

 

Yes people I was that close to Britney Spears

 

I was even closer to her when she was exiting, she also looked at me and waved. I could have easily stuck out my hand to touch her, that is if I wanted to be escorted out of the building by six different security guards. Before 13 year old Ashley was obsessed with the Jonas brothers, 8 year old Ashley was idolizing this Princess of Pop. Here's a little secret, on the other side of my Audrey Hepburn poster currently hanging in my room is my Britney poster from her concert, which was my first concert ever! Anyone remember this?

 

 

As you can see this blog entry is dedicated to the fan girl that lives in all of us. Before I go, I would like to give my last fan girl shout out to Mindy Kaling. For those of you who don't know her she's currently staring on the Fox hit The Mindy Project, which she also writes! She's written a book as well, "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me," which I have every intention of reading. Tune in on Tuesday for a bit of this...

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed it,

Ashley