Meeting Desi Perkins & Katy (Lustrelux)
Yes, you are reading this correctly, omg one of the best days ever. It happened! And it was incredible!
If any of you for some reason don't know who Desi &/or Katy are, they are Youtubers, big Youtubers, they each have over a million subscribers!
During the week Desi had announced that she would be doing a meetup at the Bloomingdale's in Santa Monica in collaboration with Quay Australia and that they would be selling some of her sunglasses at the Bloomingdale's. She said the first 250 people there would get wristbands, the meet up starts at 1.
Of course, idk why but I was like that's so cool, I could definitely make it to this meet up but there's just no way IIIIIIII could ever get a wristband. Plus I don't have a car and like would I go alone? I don't know anyone else who watches them. So I was just like mm we'll see but I probably won't go.
But while I was in Vegas with Josh, that Thursday, I asked my mom if she worked and could take me, I was just like eh screw it, let me ask and see what happens. So she replied and said I don't know if I am but you can ask your dad to take you if I do. Now for whatever reason, after she said that, I was like OMG it's happening, I am gonna go and hopefully I get a wristband!
So the day of, on Saturday, I actually woke up later than expected. We wanted to leave my house at 8:30 so we could eat and then get to Bloomingdale's at 10 when they opened because that's when they were going to start handing out wristbands. But I woke up like at 8:05 and I was like :( ughhhh. I was not phased though, I woke up in almost one of those like frightened wake ups but I wasn't scared I think my self conscious was just like GIRL GET UP AND LETS GO MEET DESI. I woke up, jumped out of bed and did my make up (for the first time ever in like 15 minutes). I got dressed and sure enough we were out the door by about like 8:40.
We hit traffic and needed to pump gas which really sucked because I knew we weren't going to make it anymore at 10 and I figure there would be this LONG line! And I was like mm we'll see but I know it won't be right when doors open. So we finally get to Bloomingdale's and I walk in and I am just flustered and kind of in this "ahhh what's going on" state of mind. I see this line and I'm just like OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IT LET ME STAND IN THIS LINE I CAN'T TALK TO ANYONE NOT GONNA ASK ANY QUESTIONS SO IM JUST GOING TO STAND IN THIS LINE. And I stand in this line maybe for like no more than five minutes when another girl gets behind me and she asks me, is this the line for the wristbands? And I very honestly reply idk I think so I just walked in and got in line. So she walks away and goes to ask a worker and she comes back and she's like omg the wristbands are over there in the corner at that table, the girl handing them out said there's only one left so go get it if you want one, run! So thankful for this girl, I run over and get my wristband and she lets me and the other girl that approached her at the same time as me that those were the last two she had.
By this time my parents come in and ask if I met her and if it's over lol. I kindly replied no we are to come back at 12:30 to get in line. So we went and ate, walked around and got back at 12:30 and I was towards the end of the line but oh well. Desi was a tad late but once she got there the line started slowly moving. Steven kept going around taking pictures and recording and stuff and it was honestly really cool of him. Obviously everyone was screaming and cheering trying to get his attention. I believe the 2nd or 3rd time he came around he finally came farther back and met up where I was standing. I took a picture with him and he was pretty funny. Lol he took a snap and then once he saw it he was like ew gross I look ugly, deleted it and took another haha.
The line kept moving and the girls I was standing with, we started chatting about how we really thought Katy was gonna show up but we had seen on her snap earlier that she was like filming a video or something and we were well into the meet up by now that we just assumed she wasn't coming. But maybe about an hour or so after I first got in line, we were by an entrance and one girl yelled OMG THAT'S KATY! And obviously we think it's a joke because she just kind blurts it out but I look over see Katy and I SWEAR, have never run faster in my life. I sprint to her and I am legit like the first person to come up to her and she giggles and we were like wth Katy you trying to sneak in?! And she was like yeah I was trying lol. Where is Desi? So we point her to where she is, I take like two pictures with her, I go over to Jonye and take like a few pics with him and then a Bloomingdale's worker came over and escorted them to the front with Desi. Also side note, Katy is so tiny, like not in a bad way but she's so petite, I'm like 5'3" and she was definitely like an inch or two shorter haha.
Finally I am like one of the last girls to go up and she hugs me and I scream a little bit yelling OMG it's really you lol and she's like yeahhhhh. I ask for a solo pic with Desi, one with both of them and then a polaroid. By now she was a little exhausted but still so gorgeous so she was like wait what are we doing haha. I reexplained and then we took the pics and said goodbye :(. I then kind of lingered around and got a pic with the girls (Jonye and Steven). And then it was over :(
I didn't get a ton of time with them but they were super sweet and very nice and super cute haha. I need to meet them again soon!!!!! If you get the chance or they are near, don't doubt it, just go and try!!
Love,
Bee