JANUARY - Andi

I've known Andi since 2004  - her last year in college. I was a sorority sister so we connected instantly. But I had graduated five years earlier and she never lets me forget it :-) We started working together on Apprentice Season 2 and we hung out almost everyday after she moved to LA from MoVal. She is now a Post Production Supervisor and has worked on several popular network shows. As professional as she is at work, she is equally as fun as a 12 year old girl at a Bieber concert. We giggle over boys, love late night snacks and enjoy most every Romantic Comedy - although we disagree on Jennifer Lopez. yuck. She's an amazing loyal friend that would drop everything and drive a hundred miles to pick me up if I were stranded. Her energy makes me smile, her laughter is infectious and her true friendship is a real blessing.

Andi shops more than anyone I know. She also shops faster than anyone I know. She can be in and out of a store in less than 20 minutes and come out with at least 5 super cute outfits. So it was a no brainer that I would go to her first with my idea. I had about 5 gift cards to one of my favorite stores, Banana Republic and she gladly took the stack. A week later I got a call from Andi: "Laura!!! Banana is hard! They don't have anything!! Ugg!! I was in there for like an hour and didn't find anything!" Needless to say BR is not really Andi's style. So I traded the BR cards for one I had to Macy's.

Since Andi was my guinea pig in this experiment, I was still working out the kinks with her. In my head the whole point was to get my friends to shop for me because I was lazy. But I guess I didn't articulate that very well. Andi kept calling me to say..."I have a few hours after work tonight do you want to go shopping with me?" or "Let's spend this Saturday at the shops for you." After many groans and saying "Ugg no. That doesn't sound like fun." We finalized that the point of this project was NOT to get me to like shopping, but to release control of how I look and allow my friends to dress me.

So after a few hours at Macy's, Andi bought me some really nice things. Reminding me several times that they should never be worn together. Umm duh. Just because I hate shopping doesn't mean I strive to appear on the pages of peopleofwalmart.com.

Thank you Andi!!