After Team SW left Phoenix, Arizona, we began the grueling drive across New Mexico. Where were we headed? Not anywhere in the southwest region of the United States, as you might suspect. We were headed to Lubbock, Texas. Our Midwest team is rocking it out there on the road, but the Midwest (primarily Texas) is just one big place with a lot of ground to cover. So we decided to tackle the event at Texas Tech University, where we helped pre-sell shoes for an event at a local Lubbock TOMS retailer, Chrome. They have an awesome event this Saturday, April 4th, from 10:00 – 6:00 PM, with lots of live music and food – and will, of course, be selling TOMS! Our Texas Tech campus rep Jordan and her roommate Jennifer definitely showed us some Texas hospitality – Jordan gave up her bed for us to sleep in! They were wonderful girls and really wish we could’ve stayed longer.

After Lubbock, we drove on to Dallas, where we stayed for the night to break up our drive north to Norman, Oklahoma. I have family in Dallas and Kelli has friends in Fort Worth, so it was nice to see them all briefly. The highlight of our time in Dallas, however, was the fact that we ran into two crazy girls who are traveling the country in a 15 passenger van, selling shoes at high school and college campuses! Wait…that sounds oddly familiar. You’ve got it, Team SW ran into the infamous Midwest Team, in all their glory. They were headed down to Houston for an event, but we had just enough time to grab breakfast with them, swap stories, and share some love. It was fun to see the Vagavans parked next to each other and snag some photos of us all reunited.

Before heading up to Oklahoma, we made one last stop in Dallas on our way out. We visited Kelsey Brandon, one of the OG Vagabonds, or a member of Vagabonds Season 1, if you will. This girl is probably the sweetest thing on earth. She had a bag full of goodies ready for us when we got there, as well as lots of smiles and hugs while she asked us how the tour was going so far.

When we finally arrived in Norman, OK, we were thrilled to meet Natalia – the best friend of our beloved HQ intern Danielle – who let us crash at her place for a few days. Our event at University of Oklahoma was the jam (props to both our campus rep Kelli and the former rep Kojo, for setting it all up), and we can’t wait to see what the next two weeks worth of events in Oklahoma are going to be like (most likely out of this world – duh).

We love you all! TOMS all day!

Krysten

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