The Really Good Parts of MeowWorld, and the Swag!

The Cat Writers Conference, known this year as the MeowWorld side of the BarkWorld Expo, was all about humans who write about cats, networking and attending sessions. Blah, blah, blah. If you are a kitty, all you care about are the parties, right? And there was only one party at the conference that really mattered.

That’s right — the party Waffles threw to celebrate being on the Mike’s Harder Apple Firebomb Cocktail can! My human got drunk on one. She is a lightweight! She said it is tasty but just a little sweet, not overpowering.

Maybe the same could be said of Waffles. While nearly everyone tried out the drink, Waffles was really the draw of the evening.

Even though I could not be present in the fur, I was still able to say hello to Waffles! I rubbed all over my human’s bag before she left, and you can tell he got the message.

There were also people treats, some of them handmade by the human who helps Allie, Maxwell and Faraday with their blog.

And Waffles had his treats hand fed.

Okay, enough about the conference right now. Let’s get to the good stuff! Which means the humongous bag of kitty swag my human brought home! Sparkle left me notes telling me how awesome it would be, but I still could not believe my eyes!

This, I could believe.

It’s one thing to see a blog post with swag spread out like this — but it’s a whole ’nother thing to experience it yourself! I was truly amazed. It is going to take me a while to figure out what to keep and what to use for a giveaway!

Don’t worry, I was told not to take her input seriously.

What is not going into any giveaway is the nice gift bag my human got from the human of Sebastian. She very sweetly put these together for her blogging friends.

My human and I want to thank her lots. We loved everything she put in our bag!

My human’s favorite item was this black cat key chain that lights up and meows when you push a button.

My favorite was the plastic roach! It was so lifelike, I had to kill it.

Oh, and I almost forgot about the awards dinner the Cat Writers had the last night at the conference! If you remember, a few weeks ago, my human got seven Certificates of Excellence in the Cat Writers’ contest. If any of these entries got the most points out of all the entries, she earned a Muse Medallion, and… as you can see, she got four! One was for this blog (it tied with Crepes’ blog, Cat In the Fridge). So it was yet another nod to Sparkle’s legacy. And yes, one of the other Muse medallions was for Binga’s “Tortie” digital artwork!

This year, they were also giving out the winners’ choice of either a pin or a charm. My human chose charms, so she can link them together and put them on my harness! Isn’t that cool?
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