A Boutique Cafe shout-out on MomDot’s “America’s Next Top Blogger”
April 18th, 2009
For the past week I have been one of the competitors on Season 1 of MomDot’s “America’s Next Top Blogger.” Leave it to Trisha over at MomDot to come up with an online (virtual) reality show! I must admit, I am not a reality show junkie like some. I’ve enjoyed a few seasons of The Apprentice, caught a few American Idol tryouts (and maybe one finale) and watched a handful of America’s Next Top Model while getting in my treadmill workout. But I’ve always wanted to give reality a try (my life is far from reality—LOL) and so I threw my hat in the ring!
How does this all tie in to Boutique Cafe? Well, it only ties in loosely but it is entertaining and will give you a small glimpse into my offline life. In a recent veto competition the challenge was to video ourselves putting on the following list of items and have the fastest time doing so:
- 6 shirts
- 6 pairs of socks
- 1 pair of shoes/heels
- 1 skirt
- 2 jackets/coats
- At least 3 accessories (hat, scarf, gloves, etc)
The Boutique Cafe shout-out happens at the very end of my donning those six shirts—my blinged-out Boutique Cafe black tee is the very last, and I totally planned it that way of course! I only did one trial run—after two run-throughs I had worked up enough sweat for another shower! Madison was my videographer, George and Livi were wardrobe and Robert Schneider (“Boom Boom” from Robbert Bobbert & The Bubble Machine) provided the fun background music. (I think my husband had more fun watching me take off the clothing though he did crack a smile watching me put everything on while my two youngest offered their “help” and ran around me in circles!
Here’s my video, and though I didn’t win (just couldn’t beat that Dore—she had me by about 20 seconds) I had a really great time!
To watch all five videos (the winning one is Dore, fourth one down), click here. Nothing like watching five women getting dressed from start to finish! Since this challenge I’ve won one Head of Household (HOH) challenge and a veto challenge. Three more bloggers are up for elimination and one is safe (Tara and Gena, you so owe me!)
We have a break from all the “fun” this weekend but the competition will resume on Monday. It should get pretty interesting as the final few battle it out. You might want to follow along at MomDot. No, you can’t phone in your votes but you can click! (And yes, alliances are being made…and I’m sure a few will be broken!)—Emily
