Have you met Mandy?

On my new fave show “How I Met your Mother” (thanks, Thea), Doogie Howser (who calls himself ‘Barney’ on the show), plays this game with his friends: He walks up to strangers and asks, “Have you met Ted?” or “Have you met Robin?” and then walks away.

Today, I’d like to ask you all, “Have you met Mandy?”

No, I’m not trying to set her up. Mandy is spoken for. But she’s a cool gal and someone everyone should know.

Stats:

Name: Amanda "Mandy" Bartel

Age: 40ish (she won’t tell but she seems to have lots of birthdays)

Status: Married once, has two kids (April and Andrew), now engaged to Tad (no, not Ted. Tad).

Occupation: Works in accounting at Kolar advertising and marketing in Austin. She really might be the homecoming queen of the office. When it’s Mandy’s birthday (which it is A LOT), everybody eagerly gives money for her gift rather than moaning and reluctantly giving a $1. The lady rakes in like $300 from a 50 person office! Okay, that's only like $6 each but there's always deadbeats who don't give at all.

Hobbies:

Cooking. Mandy is the best cook ever! She makes cookies almost every day at Kolar (we love the rolo cookies) and is single-handedly responsible for the office collectively gaining 200 pounds this year.

Faxing. She loves to fax and helps Writinggal who still can’t do it.

Complaining about being fat. But she’s not fat. She’s just phat.

Secret hobby: Lying (including telling her children they were adopted, crank calling, crank emailing and spreading office gossip). Nobody suspects she’s lying because she’s so damn sweet.

Fave TV Show: Desperate Housewives. She and Tad (again, not Ted) fight about the plot line sometimes.

Girl Crush: Kelly Ripa

Little Known Fact: Mandy is the former Watermelon Thump Princess of Luling, TX.

Thanks for playing, “Have you met Mandy?” And if you would like to be featured on an upcoming installment of “Have you met (insert your name here)?” well you’ll just have to be patient. Or make me some of Mandy’s rolo cookies.