TAYLOR SWIFT'S SWIFTIES: Just Swiftie Things

My Swiftie memories #1

HEY HEY HEY!! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas, if you celebrate, anyway I decided to do this update because it's almost 2016 and it crazy thinking that means I've liked Taylor for almost a full decade!!! I decided to share some of my most prominent memories as a Swiftie.

Here it goes:

1. Okay so I guess I'll start with the moment I knew (HAHAHA I HATE MYSELF SOMETIMES THAT WAS ACCIDENTAL OMG) that Taylor was going to be a part of my life. I know I've told this story at least 5 times in the course of this book but you're going to hear agian because why not?? :) Besides there's more details :)
So it all started when we were driving home from Tacoma, and we were on this loopy road leading to the freeway (We still drive on it all the time so every time we drive on it I think of this memory) and the sun was really in my eye because we were facing it and I was getting really frustrated when I heard the familiar sounding "Love Story" and I wasn't so irritated anymore. Because who cares about the sun being in your eye when there's Taylor playing on the radio?? And then I saw my mom reach for the radio and she tried to switch the station. Of course I flipped, I was like "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO MOMMY PLEASE DON'T CHANGE IT!" She didn't, but she gave me the look. And I said "Thank you" obviously because I am not completely an evil child. Needless to say she NEVER has touched the radio since when Taylor comes on. Anyway at that moment I knew. I could feel Taylor was going to be a part of my life. I recognize her from previous singles like "Tim McGraw" and "Tear Drops on My Guitar" (I remember hearing that song for the first time and being only 5 but I could feel Taylor's pain. And I loved the pretty guitar sound.) but "Love Story" what really hooked me.

2. I guess my next one would have to be my 8th birthday. I got the Fearless album and that was all I listened to. I remember marveling at her beauty and not really understanding the lyrics but I knew I loved them and I knew they meant something more than some of the trash on the radio and I knew they were deep and they were kind of like a diary but put to music and I adored it. I think that's part of the reason I feel so hard for Taylor, because I am also a writer. I don't write songs but I've always excelled at writing and I think that is why I connected so well with Taylor. Because I knew she was writing about how she felt and I did that too even when I was 8. I remember learning all the lyrics to all the songs in like a week. I felt as though they were embedded into my heart. I bugged my best friend at the time about it. I would always tell her at recess "Dude Track 6, "You Belong With Me", is SO GOOD. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT. LISTEN TO IT ALL." Everyday. Nothing much has changed honestly...

3. MY FIRST TAYLOR SHIRT OH MY GOD THIS IS A BIG ONE. So I was going back to school shopping with my mom and dad and we went to a store called Justice (was Limited Too) and THEY HAD A WHOLE TAYLOR WALL. I SQUEALED IN THE STORE. And what's funny is I had been begging my mom for a Taylor shirt and when I saw them there I died. My mom told me to pick out one and I chose one with diamonds on it and it had all the songs from Fearless on it and it had a gorgeous picture of Taylor on it. My mom told me to go try it on and as I was trying it on I was all squealing and saying thank you to my mom through the curtain. I was probably the happiest 8 year old there. I wore that shirt at least once a week. I still have it, it's itty-bitty so it doesn't fit anymore. And for the longest time I wanted Taylor to sign it for me if we meet and I don't know I kind of want her to sign my first poster more... If she can both. Both concerts I've been to I only brought the poster but next time I'll bring my shirt too because bringing this memory up is making me all sentimental. ANYWHO NEXT MEMORY MY FELLOW SWIFTIES:

4. The time my best friend was all "I don't like Taylor that much." was the first time I ever had to defend my baby. So here's how it went down: The bell had just rang for lunch?? Recess?? I don't know but we were getting out of our seats and I was babbling about Taylor and she went "I don't know I just don't really like her, I haven't really listened to her." I was wearing my Taylor shirt so my immediate reaction was "COVER YOUR EARS TAYLOR" and I put my fingers to where Taylor's ear were. And then we laughed. And then I was like "Okay. Seriously. Check out Taylor more. She is amazing." And then she became a Swiftie :) HAHAHAAA.

5. LAST ONE FOR NOW.
MY FIRST TAYLOR POSTER. So my dad's friend has two daughters both older than me and they live RIGHT NEXT TO THE PUYULLUP FAIR. NO JOKE YOU CAN SEE THE ROLLER COASTERS IN THERE BACK YARD. And of course they always go there when it's open in September and April. And there's this booth where if you hit a poster with a dart you can choose a poster. Normally they have Taylor. And I didn't know about it until these girls told me about it because I was taking about Taylor and how I didn't have any posters yet (I was still 8 at this time). So they whipped out a pretty nice sized Taylor poster from their closet that they won at the booth and I dropped my jaw. It was beautiful! And they went "Do you want it??" OF COURSE I SAID YES! And I am forever grateful to this day for those girls. They're awesome. And I always go to that booth and win a Taylor poster. I have like 7 now (they don't always have Taylor posters so... ).

There you have it 5 of my early Swiftie memories :) Hope you enjoyed guys!!!