The Toth Family: Meeting Taylor Swift

Saturday, October 29

Meeting Taylor Swift - at Belk

Thursday night I heard (on the news) that Taylor Swift was going to be at the local Belk promoting her new perfume. My kids adore her, so I decided we would go and try to see her. I called the store early Friday morning to get details, and I learned that you had to purchase one of 300 packages on her website for a chance to meet her. Sold out, of course. The lady was kind enough to inform me of the exact time she was supposed to go down the escalator and we would be sure to see her. When we arrived at the store, there was a crowd of people who had purchased the special package. There wasn't a single person near the escalator. I asked a very helpful lady where we could stand, and I learned that there was a "Magical" package for sale that allowed us to stand in a ridiculously long line with a chance to see her. So I bought it. The general manager of the store took one look at the line, then glanced at my small kids, and asked me to come with him. He took us upstairs and we were able to stand beside the press line. We were interviewed by Inside Edition and Brentwood News. We found 2 plexiglass jewelry stands for the kids to stand on, and we were the 1st people that Taylor saw when she came out (almost 2 hours after the time I was told)! She waved at Maddie and gave Preston a high five. I thought we were so excited until my sweet girls eyes filled with tears. She didn't get to give Taylor a hug or high five. She forgot to put her hand out the way Preston did. My heart just sank for her, but I tried to keep her excited just for the experience. We were able to take pictures of the kids on Taylor's press line, and they loved posing for me. I have to say thank you to Greg Smith, General Manager, for caring enough about complete strangers and helping us be in such a great spot! It was incredibly kind of him, especially on such a busy night!