A blog...in pictures.
Several of you have asked how my trip to Arizona went a few weeks ago, to which I have to reply...
THERE WERE LIBRARIANS/TEACHERS IN GALLAHGER ACADEMY T-SHIRTS!!!!!
How could it have been anything but awesome?
I got to talk to hundreds of middle school students!
(Note how the arrival of this picture closely preceded my re-enrollment in diet church. I mean Weight Watchers.)
And sign what felt like thousands of books!
And see probably the greatest school bulletin boards...
... in the history of school bulletin boards!
(I highly recommend clicking on this one to make it really big because the little details in it are AMAZING!)
So how could it have been anything but wonderful?
A lot of you have also been asking how my cabinet exorcism went.
Well...it wasn't actually the exorcism itself. There were no hammers or crowbars or crucifixes or anything. But we did look over the situation and there is hope!
Of course, I was warned, that my cabinets will never be the wonderful cabinets of which I've always dreamed, but they may be able to--with a few alterations--become functioning members of kitchen society.
We'll get new doors.
And lose the terrible, awful brace thing...
that makes it impossible for me to remove my dinner plates without first turning them at a thirty degree angle.
And we might even be able to add some awesome features!
Like two of these!
And maybe even something like this!
And if all goes well, I might have soon have something like this!
Oooh. Look at me--I'm all a flutter!
I don't know if it's the cabinets or this...
That's right--CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY is at Wal-Mart.
WAL-MART--the holy grail of retail!
People are going to go in looking for laundry detergent and tortilla chips and they're going to see it. And maybe buy it.
Now I know some of you might not think this is a big deal because maybe you've got a bookstore right across the street, but where I come from...you've got nothing across the street except cows and maybe some big round bales of hay. In fact the only place that sells books in about a five county radius of where I used to live is Wal-Mart.
So...yay!
My book is at Wal-Mart (and right next to my friend Lauren Myracle's awesome books! Double yay!)
That's it.
I need to go lie down.
--Ally
THERE WERE LIBRARIANS/TEACHERS IN GALLAHGER ACADEMY T-SHIRTS!!!!!
How could it have been anything but awesome?
I got to talk to hundreds of middle school students!
(Note how the arrival of this picture closely preceded my re-enrollment in diet church. I mean Weight Watchers.)
And sign what felt like thousands of books!
And see probably the greatest school bulletin boards...
... in the history of school bulletin boards!
(I highly recommend clicking on this one to make it really big because the little details in it are AMAZING!)So how could it have been anything but wonderful?
A lot of you have also been asking how my cabinet exorcism went.
Well...it wasn't actually the exorcism itself. There were no hammers or crowbars or crucifixes or anything. But we did look over the situation and there is hope!
Of course, I was warned, that my cabinets will never be the wonderful cabinets of which I've always dreamed, but they may be able to--with a few alterations--become functioning members of kitchen society.
We'll get new doors.
And lose the terrible, awful brace thing...
that makes it impossible for me to remove my dinner plates without first turning them at a thirty degree angle.And we might even be able to add some awesome features!
Like two of these!
And maybe even something like this!
And if all goes well, I might have soon have something like this!
Oooh. Look at me--I'm all a flutter!
I don't know if it's the cabinets or this...
That's right--CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY is at Wal-Mart.
WAL-MART--the holy grail of retail!
People are going to go in looking for laundry detergent and tortilla chips and they're going to see it. And maybe buy it.
Now I know some of you might not think this is a big deal because maybe you've got a bookstore right across the street, but where I come from...you've got nothing across the street except cows and maybe some big round bales of hay. In fact the only place that sells books in about a five county radius of where I used to live is Wal-Mart.
So...yay!
My book is at Wal-Mart (and right next to my friend Lauren Myracle's awesome books! Double yay!)
That's it.
I need to go lie down.
--Ally
posted by Ally Carter at Thursday, March 13, 2008
39 Comments:
Congratulations on your book being at Wal-mart! When I was growing up, Wal-mart was the only place within roughly 60 miles of us that sold books. Very exciting.
Is this the first comment?! Yey! Ohh! When are you going bact to AZ, because my mom did not let me. I was so mad then. *sniffle sniffle* She said it was to far. We're in Glendale for crying out loud, but oh well past is past. I think I just need to wait for your next arrival. Those are some awesome pictures! How much is your book in Wal-Mart? Almost $15?! I can't see clearly but woah! Lauren Myracle is awesome too. I love her ttyl books. Good luck with GG3!
Carmela
Wow Allie, don't over excite yourself. Ha.
It's great that you might be able to get your cabinets to, y'know, be cabinets that actually work.
Oh, and I have a question. Is it only in Arizona that things like Roseville buttons and Gallagher Girl T-Shirts are available? Because I SO want some. SO much.
Keep on writing.
-Em
OMG! thats awsome ally! yeah im pretty sure that i saw GG2 @ wal-mart the other day and i was like YAY!! that was so funny when u said " WAL-MART! the holy-grail of retail!! " and your right, people all over will see it when they pass by the books to go look for pet food or CDs ect. and they will probbly buy it, because if the cover dosent draw them in, there is somthing wrong with them if the title doesnt! : ) im so happy 4 u! and congrats on the soon-to-be revovations!
-gallaghergirl95
That's awesome! Wow so much to say haha. I love your blog, it's become something I read everytime I get on the computer! Congrats on your book being in Wal-Mart, that must be so exciting. =)
I L-O-V-E that case display. And yes. I just spelled out love.
Having your book at Wal-mart is, like, a new level of retail-ness. because I don't think anyone in the grand ol' US of A has never been to Wal-Mart. so yeah. :)
yay!
hey...
I love my picture of you and my grandpa in AZ lol I hope that your cabinets get better! I was just in FL and I saw CMH at Wal-Mart in like that SAME formation lol I pretty much peed in my pants lol it was awesome JUST LIKE U! k bye
very very cool pictures! that display case was really awesome. it looks like you had a lot of fun!!
i'm glad your cabinets are finally *hopefully* being deevilified. and they really do look horribly evil in those pictures....i wouldn't want to tilt my plates to get them in. nope.
congratulations for your awesome retail success!! it's like mcdonalds and starbucks. if there's one in your town, it can't be in nowheresville. now that your book is in walmart...it's like...awesome...or some equally better phrase that has yet to enter my mind...
Briana
Congrads Ally!
<3 Renee
awesome! love the pictures!!!
omg i am LOVING (yes-actual lovage) that display case!!! its soooooo awesome....wish my school did kool stuff like that!
WOW! NICE JOB! that's awesome... btw.. i totally love zach! hurry up with the book plz!!!!!!
Come to my school so we can make a bulletin board 40 times better than that one! (though i have to admit that was pretty intense).
Go GG tee shirts!!!
They're selling it at Wal-mart?!?! Now That is cool!
-Kat
ps. I want one of those Galagher Girl shirts.... maybe you could sell them... *hint hint*
Yes, I have seen your books at walmart, but I didn't know it was such a big deal, but now I do, so...Congratulations!!!!!
And I'd like to say that those bulletin boards were awesome! If I didn't know you were going to be at my school/library and I was walking by that case casually and I saw that beautiful display I'd probably pass out!! I would walk by and just fall. Flat on my back.
I can't wait for GG3!!! -Kim
P.S. You look totally pretty in your pictures! You've got great hair! (good luck with diet church, though I don't see why you need it!)
I need one of those GG t-shirts. They were amazingly amazing! you really should sell them on your site or something they would be a huge hit.
Crossing my fingers for the cabinet's to be de-evilfied. The ones you choose were so georgous. They are perfect.
Your book is sold at Wal-Mart! That is so cool, even though in my town there is no Wal-Mart. When I go and visit my grandma next time I will totally look for it!
NOR
-p.s.- you so do not need to go on wieght watchers. you look fine, no amazing, no perfect!
CONGRATS, ALLY!!
That's so cool...I mean, your book is next to all of the other great CHick-Lit novels (because--DUH--it's probably THE best)
yay!!!!!!! I wish my school could invite you!!!!!!!! and do the board thing...which, by the way, was so cool.
I have TTYL but havent read it yet...though...I'll start it as soon as i finish THE GOLDEN COMPASS.
Alex
Yay for the possibility of functioning cabinets! Also yay for your book being at Wal-mart!
Congratss! i mean...it's Wally-World!! lol. the World of Walls...man i am so weird...anywayss
that display is freakin ama-za-zingg! lovin it! i soo wish i had a GG tee! that would be the sweet life right there!
andd congrats on the whole de-evilled cabinteryy. no one should have possessed cabinets that cant freakin hold anything! lol.
love ya...
yay! I didn't like the "supposed to be" Gallaher shirt cuz it did not look like the real one except for that.....everything's awesome....i wish you'd como 2 my middle school though in CAL san jose:)
wow, you DO look different than your book picture! And GUESS WHAT? We just had a Scholastic Book Fair Fundraiser thing at my school yesterday, and they sell all these cool books for kids in middle school, and I saw your books 1+2 and convinced someone to by the first one! Now I'll know they'll be hooked and get the second one. And, now that I'm really into spys, I bought THE SQUAD 1+2 and I also bought THE SPECIALISTS at the book fair, another book about spies... who are coincidentally 16!
Anyway, I'm totally hooked on spies, so I'm totally waiting for the 3rd!!!!!
the book at wal-mart thing reminds me that the other week at my school we had a book fair, and I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have TO Kill You was there. I almost screamed but then i remembered i was in the library.
Good luck with you quest of GG3
hey love ur books where are the gg stuff sold? r they on ebay? well thankz,cant wait till u finish gg3 not to be rude pleaz hurry up... I check ur space and .com everyday waiting thankz
-bye-
First of all, your books ROCK. They totally deserve to be at Wal-Mart. Heh. Whenver I think of Wal-Mart I always think of that rollback smiley-face guy, even though they don't show those commercials in my area anymore. I mean, those commercials basically MADE Wal-Mart = Smiley Rollback Guy. Have you ever seen the commercials?
Congrats Ally! And I'm so happy...you're at....Wal-Mart! Which also means you're like at, wal-mart online. And which means you're like...a celebrity!!!! Which you are, of course.
And I'm also happy about your de-eviling the cabinets adventure. I love the last picture of cabinets...they are so....fancy!
And what happened to that title contest? GG3...
I so want one of those CoveOps books...
YAY ALLY!!!!!!!!!
This was totally youre day! You're de-evilfying the diabolical cabinets and got super pretty and organized cabinets!
Then, your books are at Wal-Mart! If they are at one Wal-Mart, your books are at all and there are like at least 5,000 stores nationwide! That really DOES make you a celebrity!
And the Gallagher Girls T-Shirts are super cute!
YAY ALLY!!!!!
-D n El
YAY Ally! YAY Ally! Congrats on having your book being sold in Wal-mart! There is no Wal-mart near where I live but still, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! I knew you would become this big someday!
~Shannon~
Walmart still exists? OMG!! I didnt know! No, seriously! here on Long Island, there are no Wal-marts.....ANYWHERE within a 50 mile radius. REALLY! But still. I know how big this is and i just wanna say...CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soon, you r goin to be one of the biggest authors known to mankind! Really! Well........maybe i'm exagerating a little, but still, you r goin to be huge!
~Shannon~
Yay! Wal-mart, The holy grail of retail! Hey. You're a poet + you didn't know it! LOL! I crack myself up! Hahahahaha! Joke. Anyway, congrats!
~The honor student~
Other than the slight safety isssue of recent tornados in my area, you need to visit my school, Ally! Please. With Gallagher t-shirts on top?
Oh, and Ally, you're gonna die when you hear this.
Guess where my mom bought Cross My Heart? You named it....Wally World! Just thought you should know.
So come see us....Columbia, SC. We love good books (considering there is nothing else to do around here....) So come visit us!!!
Well, maybe after the tornados, but you know what I mean!
haha thats funny with that walmart thing.actually Wal-Mart is where i SAW your book and i was just thinking that your book looked awesome and, well, it was.
Wal-Mart!!!?!?!?!?
Arizona?!?!?!?!?!?
BYEBYE EVIL(cabbys) HELLO BEAUTIFUL?!?!?!?!
Life just gets better every day doesn't it Ally?
Please Come to Illinois, we have some very creative people here.
Especially *ahem* in Orland Park and surrounding cities*ahem* *cough60462cough*
Great area if I do say so myself....
Thats sooo cool that ur book is at Walmart! Im soo happy. And about the cabinets... im glad your getting new ones. The bulletin board display was really cool. I liked it. Could u come to TN some time? That'd be nice. My cousin reads the TTYL books and she says there good so i might read them. Can't wait for GG3!
Luv ya lots.
hey ally!!!
i can't wait for GG3 to come out!!! I know this is a totally selfish request, but HURRY UP!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL !!! I can't wait any longer!!! Ever since I read Cross My Heart, I've been hooked on spy books!! Maybe you could recommend a few other books to hold us off until #3 comes out???
P.S. I will totally buy a t-shirt!!
OMG!!! That's so awesome! Yay for you!! Also, I cannot wait for GG3 to come out.
OMG!!! The bulletin had everything right down to the cross necklace that Liz fixed (my FAVE character!) I'm so happy that your book was at Wal-Mart, because, just like you, I live about 45 minutes away from the nearest wal-mart. Well, I hope you're writing GG3! You can only read the two so much. And I'm not lying, test me with the plastic ring that shakes when you lie.
Congrats on your Walmart posting!
Any amount of words couldn't express the joy I have when I read your GG books! I totally love them! They are my fav. books of all time!
Thanks for all that you do!
#1 GG Fan
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