My feet slowed down of their own accord, and I couldn't help it, I was just staring. Sabrina ( I feel like I can call her that, since I have met her) started to grin and said, speaking to the person on her phone, "Mom...can I call you back?" -- cause she knew where this was going.
I said (sounding like a total idiot, I'm sure), "Are you Sabrina Soto?", just to be absolutely positive it was her. She kind of laughed, and said that she was, and then we actually had a conversation! She told me that she was coming back from filming an episode of something (HGTV'd? I'm honestly not sure because I was really kind of star struck) down in Fayetteville.
I finally remembered to introduce myself, and she asked where we were coming from, and then I told her how much I love "Get it Sold", her old show, and how I was so sad that it wasn't on any more. She told me that she's going to start another show soon called "High/Low", I think, and she said it was going to be even better than "Get it Sold."
Then I told her how great all her tips were, and that I used them all when we were selling our house. I even printed out her checklist, and that because of all her staging helps we were able to sell our house in under a month. (All true!)
She actually seemed touched, and said how happy she was to hear that. The kids were getting antsy, and I didn't want to take up too much of her time, so I just told her how nice it was to meet her, and then said goodbye.
After we walked away I actually had a hard time getting my breathing back to normal, and I was seriously star struck, but you know, the overwhelming thing about it all was that she was so nice. She didn't have to stop her conversation, she could have just ignored me, or she could have just said hi, gladhanding the fans, and then gotten back to whatever she was doing, but instead, she took the time to really talk with me. She always seemed so nice and funny on her shows, and it's wonderful to know that that's exactly how she is in regular life.
She was wearing this way cute green and navy diagonal stripe dress with ballet flats, with that gorgeous hair, so she even looked like you would think she should! :o)
It's funny, if you had asked me before this happened who I would have wanted to meet from HGTV, which I watch all the time, I totally would have chosen Sabrina Soto. She's been my hero for years, not only because I love her organization, and I love how she decorates, but I also love how she helps the people on her shows realize the kind of house that they could have.
