about a month ago i found out that grace helbig would be coming to the uk to do a couple of book signings, she is one of my favourite youtubers and my idol so it was safe to say i was ecstatic about it! i ended up going to two of the signings (out of four) because they were both close to me and i was available on both days so might as well go to both!!
first signing was at waterstones liverpool one on thursday, which was ticketed because there was going to be a q&a with grace beforehand. i had a workshop at uni on the thursday morning and i got the train to liverpool at about half two to meet molly (although it turned out that we were actually on the same train hahah) and we headed straight to waterstones at about quarter past four. we both said hi to our friends amy, poppy and em and joined the queue. we got given raffle tickets for after the q&a and we could meet grace in smaller groups (very organised, i like). molly then went to meet lauren at the train station and she soon joined us in the queue.
at about half five the queue started to move and we went to sit in rows of seats ready for the q&a.
whilst we were waiting for grace, we kinda heard through the grapevine that chester see would be coming as well and if i wasn't shaking before, i definitely was now! everybody was so excited and at about ten past six grace arrived, everybody screamed and started to freak out. i filmed the whole q&a which you can watch below (sorry for the shaky camera work at the beginning!)
the q&a was so funny and it made us all really relaxed i think before meeting her. she answered my question as well (at around 6:40) which made me very happy.
after the q&a myself, lauren and molly were in the second group to meet grace. i filmed us all meeting her.
she was so so lovely and she loved the jar of messages i gave for her and i can't believe she actually remembered me either considering i've met her once eight months ago!
we met up with poppy, amy and em afterwards to basically fangirl over what just happened. after we all chilled we went to get food and then took our individual journey's home.
next day was manchester! i got the train with poppy at about half one (although there were a couple of troubles with trains) and we met catty at the train station. we then headed off to waterstones in the arndale as poppy needed to buy another book. the queue for the signing didn't start until 4pm but we arrived at half two and there were about 10-20 people there. all three of us were pretty hungry so we headed to the food court for a subway where rachel and molly soon joined us.
at about half three we headed back to waterstones to meet sara and a couple of others, where at this point there were about 100 people waiting.
the queue was massive and it was a shambles to be honest getting as they literally told all the people waiting outside when it turned 4pm, 'okay you can go in now'. it was a massiv rush and push to get into the queue. fortunately i ended up quite near the front with molly and rach. in general meeting grace was pretty rushed and kind of stressful really. but i got to meet grace again and asked someone to take a polaroid of me with her which was cool. chester see was there again too so i kindly asked for a selfie with him which he gladly obliged to.
we chilled afterwards for about an hour before i headed back to the train station with molly. after a couple of delayed trains i was on my way home.
all in all, i had the best two days ever. the saturday afterwards i was very excited for my friends who were meeting her at bluewater so i lived vicariously through them, but in general i was on such a come down. so many of my friends have been like 'I'VE PEAKED AT 16' and it honestly feels like it!
so yeah, thank you so much for everything grace (and chester)! i hope you had a great stay in the uk and you come back soon!!
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