Yesterday, I had the chance to attend the evening portion of the A Book for Every Child charity event.  Before the event, my friends, Debbie and Emily, and I went to dinner at the Olive Garden.  It was so much fun to spend a little bit of time before hand with my friends.  I have to say that I haven’t had a craving for sweets since I started boot camp.  But, once those breadsticks came out, I really wanted one. I knew if I ate one, I’d start and not stop. I abstained and I’m very proud of myself for doing it. ;)

At the charity event, we got to mingle with authors and see some more of our friends from other events we’ve been to.  I made a fool of myself in front of Brandon Mull and I even got to speak a little Spanish with Shannon Hale.  (My friend Brodi will post about how I made a fool of myself because I’m sure she’ll tell it best.  Look for it on her blog tomorrow or in the next week.) The evening was full of comedy both by the authors and Divine Comedy.  There also was an author panel in which the audience got to ask the authors questions about their favorite books, authors, the writing and publishing process, etc.

The auction was a great success.  There were so many things donated by the different authors and local businesses.  Many of them went over their retailed value.  Bree Despain donated her book The Dark Divine as well as an ARC of her new book The Lost Saint.  It went for $101. Ally Condie donated an ARC of her new book Matched, and it went for $80.  I wanted to bid for both of those, but they were already too rich for my blood.  Someone even paid $500 to be killed fictionally. :D I think that’d be cool.

After the event, Debbie, Emily, and I went to Spoon Me to get some frozen yogurt.  (I actually just ate my banana so I didn’t begin eating sugar again.)  We were joined by Tess Hilmo, Bree Despain, and Valynne Maetani.  We had a lot of fun making spooning jokes.  (We were helped out by the different advertising methods in the store–napkins, cups, etc.)