Packaging design? FWP.

Sorry I've been MIA- The head honcho at my company was supposed to attend a snazzy packaging design conference, but had to back out last minute, and i got to go in his place!  It's really awesome because as these are giant networking events for the CEO's and Design Directors of design firms all over the country (and world!), people like me are generally not invited.  It's also $1,000's of dollars to attend, so yeah- I basically never get to go.  So now, I'm kind of a big deal.

1.  I was going to do a blog post on one of the conference breaks yesterday, but when i went into the lobby, they had a hot pretzel bar.

You read that right.  Apparently, fancy conferences just give out hot pretzels like they are pens or lanyards or something.  If you were ever curious as to what the 1% is doing, they are making life altering decisions like "cheesy sauce" or "cinnamon butter."  It's not that i chose a hot pretzel over you guys, it's that i chose two hot pretzels over you.  And I'm sorry.  I'm not sorry.

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

2. I was supposed to take pictures at the conference so that i could present a topline summary to my entire office.  Sadly, the only picture i managed to take was this:

They had miniature soda's in GLASS BOTTLES!  Dying.  Also, i am pretty sure my boss is going to be pissed.  This will probably be the last conference i get to go to for a while...

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

3.  I got a ton of free samples of new and strange foods and beverages that have yet to be released, and I can't eat any of them until after the marathon for fear of a tummy ache!

UGH!

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

4.  I had to cram my feet into heels for this event.  It. was. brutal.  My feet are covered in blisters and sore spots.  Totes ready for that marathon this weekend...

Being fancy and successful is really hard and exhausting.

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

5.  I was BY FAR the youngest person there. This became abundantly clear while sitting in on a presentation on marketing to millennials.  I was the only millennial in the room other than the AV kid running the sound for the conference, and i'll be damned if they think they can market anything towards me.  Then the brand director in charge of that MiO water flavor stuff showed us this viral adspot they did during the MiO launch:

I kid you not, i almost peed my pants.  I was laughing so hard i was crying, as was the AV guy.  And i could stop either, even after the video ended and the speaker was talking about profits and ROI's.  I just kept giggling, and was crying all over the fancy silk tablecloth.  No one else was laughing.  So, so embarrassing.

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

6.  Open bar.  Top shelf.  Not drinking the week of the marathon.

I cried a little.

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

7.  Thats all i got.  I am slammed at work because I've been at this conference.  I don't even have time to compulsively check the weather, stress about what color compression socks to wear this weekend, or be snarky to everyone around me doing anything that might in anyway cause me stress or anxiety during my pre-marathon week of laziness meditation.

FIRST WORLD (design!) PROBLEMS.

If you need more problems, go check out Kelly's blog, she kept the problem train rolling!