Me and the awesome Melissa de La Cruz (author of Blue Bloods, The Ashleys, etc) -- at the ALAN conference cocktail party.  I own four gray cocktail dresses. Mel owns five pairs of white slacks. We are each wearing a sample. (Though you can't see pants, obvs.)

More from Mel's conference adventures, with lots of pics, on her blog (from which I swiped photo!)