Finally a lil sunshine in the past few days!! Yes the title of this post is for real. I met Ms. Sixteen Candles herself!! Molly Ringwald!! I have a secret desire to meet every famous person I can. I love seeing the real people who I love quote time & time again. Molly Ringwald is one of those people. Her movies in the 80's defined a generation. I may have seen them in the 90's but they still had an impact on me. I wish the guy in the red car would show up on my birthday & kiss me while we're sitting on my dining room table. I always wanted to jam out to music in my library & make my own pink clothes. =)
Today I got to meet one of those Movie legends. She is awesome in person. Her book is called, "Getting the Pretty Back". Its about her loving herself @ her 40 year old self who is not 16 anymore & how she got the pretty back in herself. It's about her as a mother & its a real story...no one else wrote it, just her. She even has her Guide to life in it...how to have a diet without trying...how to be pretty without the make-up & the cameras rolling. I can't wait to read it.
She read parts from her book to us & then took questions. I actually somehow got up the nerve to raise my hand and ask her this,
To which she answered, "Can you see my feet? I have pink socks on.". It was awesome. See she is wearing pink socks!!! =)
She thanked us all for being fans & said she was absolutely amazed that she is still a role model today. The only thing was that she wouldn't pose for pics but there was a lot of people but I did get my booked signed & my cousin snapped a shot of me from behind as she signed the book. I'm smiling. I'm happy. I'm going to learn how to get my pretty back too! =) Here are the rest of the photos. Til Tomorrow...
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I never saw her in a movie, but I missed out on all the good ones! :(
ps: you're hot.
That's so awesome!!! I'm glad you got to meet her!
This is really cool. She seemed like a nice person :-)
She's still hot!
How fun! I can't wait to hear how the book is.
That's awesome! Molly Ringwald is amazing, love her :) I definitely want to check out this book too.
SOOOO JEALOUS!!!
oo fun! glad you had a good day and met a legend
That is awesome!!!!!! What a cute question to ask her too! :)
I love Molly Ringwald! I need to get that book ASAP!
I really haven't met anyone famous or at least famous to me. I know a world series baseball pitcher, but he is just some guy I see once in awhile. I don't follow sports ;).
So fun, darling!
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I think its great to have role models....and her book sounds like it's just what you need :)
This is SO AWESOME!! I love Molly Ringwald and I think she is just as beautiful today as she was in the 80s. So great that you got to meet her.
That is sooo very cool!
by far the coolest thing ever! I'd heard alot about her..as a 80s teen icon..but the first time I ever saw her in a movie was in Not Another Teen Movie..and then I fell in love with The Breakfast Club.
Sooo jealous haha :P x
very cool! i definitely grew up watching her movies and her books sounds interesting too.
looks so much fun! and you're really pretty!
That's so cool! I love her. I definitely need to buy her book!
all i wanna say is that she is still soo pretty :D.. i mean seriously. i would had waited in that queue even if i didn't want that book. hows the book anyways??
How fun! In the '80s I wore a pink shirt in the same shade as the one in your first photo, so I could look more like Molly :-)
I love your blog ! So happy I discovered it :)
omgosh, melanie, that's awesome!! u are so brave to ask her the question!! good job!:D aww, molly still looks beautiful even now! thx for sharing!
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are you serious!!!?? this is SO AWESOME.
OMG I could never stand Molly Ringwald!! she ticked me off in the worst way! but I saw her sing at 'Red White and Bluez' on father's day, she was cool so I forgave her.
How amazing!!!!!!!!! Sixteen Candles is one of my all time favorite movies :-) SO HAPPY FOR YOU :D xoxo
That is so cool! I love her pink socks :)
Awesome!!!! I would have loved to meet her, I really want to read that book!
shut UP! that is amazing!!! i have loved her forever. almost all my favorite movies have her in them :)
and i didn't even know she had a book out! must go look for it soon :)
good for you to have to nerve to ask her something - and what a great question! ha!
Nice! I'm super jealous. Mollie is awesome.
I saw her on The Today show this week discussing her book. She looked awesome.
Cool that you got to meet her like that!
I have a pretty in pink poster on my wall. I love all her movies and watch them endlessly!
OMG, that's awesome. I'll always adore her!
very interesting post i like them its cool
Lucky you for getting to meet her! The pink socks totally put her on my "Cool People" list. ;)
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cool melanie! congrats to you!
You are so lucky! I grew up on a diet of Molly Ringwald/Winona Ryder movies and meeting Molly sounds like it was fantastic!
great i like it molly ringwald
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I dont know who that is. am i lame? but im happy you got to meet her :)
Is it wrong that it thrills me to no end that she is wearing pink socks? Ohmigosh I love it! And I LOVE the fact that you had the chance to meet her - Molly is phenomenal; and now I have the urge to watch "Pretty in Pink." :)
That's SO cool, I love her!
That's awesome! So exciting... like me meeting Giada. Candace Bushnell, writer of Sex & The City is here is South Florida tonight promoting her new book, The Carrie Diaries. Trying to decide if I'm going. Hope you are doing well honey! xoxo
That's so cool and she still looks so young and so fresh. Have a great weekend Melanie! xoxo
Oooh, that is so cool, Melanie!!! I would LOVE to have met Molly!
How cool!!! She is tops! Still looking great too!!
This is too cool. I love it! Good for you. I was such a fan growing up.
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You are one lucky girl!:-))) It looks like you had so much fun and Molly does look very pretty.:-)
So exciting! Makes me want to watch some classic 80s movies :)
You're so lucky, Mel!! I love Molly and like you, saw most of her greatest films in the 90s but they still had a huge impact on me. They are films that define teenagers in general, no matter what generation you're from.
She's so adorable and the book sounds AMAZING. I am definitely going to read it.
Love the pics!
Umm...that's flippin' awesome! And you never lost your pretty.
Sorry I haven't commented in a while. I'm catching up now! Things have been crazy hectic. *mwah*
Very cool! I love her!
That's so awesome!! I saw her talking about her book last week on the Today Show! I'm personally a huge fan of The Breakfast Club and I actually haven't seen 16 Candles. I know, it's just not right. I'll have to rent it :)
How much fun!! She is just gorgeous later in life too, glad you got to meet a star and get her signature!
funny, this place seems to have good events. i should check it out. i grew up on molly ringwald movies, so it would have been fun to see her in person.
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