It's a Gifting Week!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas... And oh did it at the 1st Day of Giveaways on The Ellen DeGeneres Show!!

What better way to celebrate my Birthday than attend a taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, or so i thought... I was informed that the show was overbooked on November 29th, therefore, I was offered stand-by tickets for the 30th. Having never been to a talk show taping, I figured why not give it a chance. So, at 8am on November 30th I arrived at the WB Gate to receive my stand-by ticket. Once I received my ticket I was told to return to the WB Gate at 2pm. I was 14th in the stand-by ticket line (ticket # 265) and I overheard that people in line before had been there since the night before, oh boy! I returned to the WB Gate around 2pm to find a huge crowd of people waiting in line, there was definitely over 250 peeps!!! After almost an hour, I was excited to find out that I was able to attend the audience taping of the show, Yay! Form the moment we walked into the show's taping, it felt like one big party. If you have ever seen the Ellen DeGeneres show you would know there is none stop dancing at the beginning of the show, and well there was none stop dancing throughout the show! So much fun, this show had amazing energy!

The guests included Vince Vaughn with his mother Shea Vaughn. Ellen, Vince and Shea spoke about Shea's book Breakthrough and how she stays in such great shape, they all even did some exercises. Vince Vaughn definitely added some laughter to the show, as he is just as funny as his characters. Shailene Woodley was also a guest, she an actress who is the teenage daughter to G. Clooney in the new movie The Descendents. Shailene brought a jar of living water, she apparently goes to a spring well to gather the fresh water... might have to try it! Sounds so fresh! Bono also joined as a virtual guest to the show, he was promoting the AIDs foundation the he and now Ellen sponsor, the RED Campaign. Lastly, the band She & Him performed a christmas classic "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." What great guests to see on the Ellen Show.

I felt lucky enough to be invited to the show and because this taping happen to be the 1st Day of Giveaways I felt beyond lucky! Each audience member received many lovely fun gifts!! WOW!!!! Just to list a few of the awesome gifts given: an iPad2 with an iHome stereo system, Beats by Dr Dre earphones, and RED Campaign Products which included converse shoes. Amazing!!!

No words could ever express how thankful I am and will be for the experience of attending The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and for the gifts too! I have definitely caught the show bug and am looking forward to attending more live LA tapings. Which show should I go to next?