ANNOUNCING GOLDEN HAT AWARD WINNERS, WOMEN'S DIVISION

AND HEEERE THEY ARE!!!

Cosmo had so much trouble picking only ten winners in the Women's Division that he went ahead and picked twelve! Even that was difficult, because every lady, or in some cases, woman, who wore Cosmo is a winner. You know Cosmo, he loves them all!  Some were left out because though Cosmo and Lowell still loves them, they de-friended us for some inexplicable reason.  They can still get back in. Vote for them. Vote for yourself.  You have 5 votes to use as you please, or more if you really want someone to win. Vote early and often!

HEATHER RHEA PRICE

VIKKI PRICE

LISA LEMIEUX

MISTY MICHELLE LASHBROOK

STACY MASON

KIMBERLY TONG

TINA DANT EVERETT

REGINA HAGAN

JILL PAYNE MCDONALD

STEPHANIE MATTINGLY

VALERIE ALEXANDER FERGUSON

RHONDA COMBS FULKERSON

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.  And if your picture is not on here, you can still win a coveted Hattie, by voting for yourself, or for anyone else who has worn the hat.

Cosmo has also decided to create two more categories. The NON-HUMAN, which would include animals, statues, and anything else that is not an actual person.  There will also be a SPECIAL CATEGORY for one of the first non-family hat wearers.  These winners will be announced soon.

CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE!  You have Cosmo's love and heart-felt gratitude for making him a star.  Well, minor celebrity.  Or something...

ANNOUNCING GOLDEN HAT AWARD WINNERS, MALE DIVISION

AND HERE THEY ARE!!!!

ERIC HAGAN

JEFFERY HARRIS, AKA UNCLE BUCK

JEFF EVERETT

JIMMY MALDONADO

SPENCER PRICE

ARTIE MARX

CHICAGO POLICEMAN

HERBERTO DUTRA

ASHLEIGH WOLFGANG

CESARE SALAD

Congratulations, gentlemen! You wore the hat well, or you wouldn't be here.  Cosmo Hatt is proud of you, and grateful the you were nice enough to wear him. He thanks you, one and all.

Winners received a handsome Certificate of Award, suitable for framing. Well, suitable if they choose to print it out from their Facebook profile page!  (Hats aren't rich, and they tend to be a mite thrifty.) Here is an example of the Certificate:

The Women's Division Awards will be posted soon. As soon as I recover from posting all this, which may be a day or two!

Remember, you can still vote in the Men's Division. You may vote for up to 5 candidates, or vote for yourself 5 times. We aren't picky. The 5 leading vote-getters will win a Hattie! The competition will probably be fierce, so vote soon.

SMALL RULE CHANGE

Hats have a habit of changing their minds, and Cosmo has changed his.  In trying to pick 5 Golden Hat winners in the Men's Division, The Traveling One found way too many great hat-wearers--so many, in fact, that he has decided to award 10 winners instead of 5.  The public can still vote on 5 more, if they wish, but 10 have already been decided, and the awards will be given out soon.

Since Cosmo had so much trouble selecting 5 male winners, he will also pick 10 winners in the Female Division. Again, the public can still vote on 5.  This will make a grand total of 30 winners overall, and there will be 10 more selected at some future date. Forty is a good round number.  Cosmo doesn't want to cheapen the award.  Almost anyone, for example, can be a Kentucky Colonel, including Col. Sanders and the infamous Col. Spanky. The Golden Hat Award, or Hattie, is meant to be special. So special that if in the future someone sees one of the winners, instead of saying,  "What a hottie!" they will say  "What a Hattie!"  Ouch.  Sorry about that one, folks!

COSMO COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT? HOLD THE PRESSES!!

There is big news coming out of Hattville, USA.  Cosmo Hatt, the world-famous Traveling Hat, seems to be getting bored with retirement, which he began back in June.  Recently he took a trip to Chattanooga, where he kept a very low profile, although he became secretly acquainted with a beautiful plaid hat whose name remains a mystery, and a knock-out pink number he refers to, slyly, as "Pinkie."  While he insists that no hanky-panky went on, we all know Cosmo.

Recently, The Traveling One announced that he is contemplating  a little something to give back to his adoring public.  He is considering something he calls the Golden Hat Awards, or the Hattie. These sure-to-be-coveted trophies (or whatever) will be presented to the ten best hat-wearers to date.  Ten Hatties will be presented in the Female Division, and ten in the Male. Only humans will be eligible.  Other hats, assorted animals (real and fake) and other non-humans will not be considered.  Judging will be on the basis of who wore The Hat best.  Cosmo will pick five winners in each category. The other five in each will be voted on by hat-wearers themselves. Please, one vote per customer, and yes, you may vote for yourself. If a picture of you wearing Cosmo is not available on this blog, in Lowell Wendell Eaton's Facebook photos, or elsewhere --due to de-friending, various fits of pique, spaz attacks, or whatever, you can still enter if you have a legitimate photo of you and Cosmo, but please, no fake pictures of other hats. Cosmo will recognize these. Hats have a long memory.

The awards...Cosmo hasn't decided. Something cheap, since hats aren't rich, you know. Possibly the Hattie will be a beautiful certificate, suitable for framing.

 To nominate yourself or someone else, upload a photo of the individual wearing Cosmo to Lowell's profile  page on FB, or send it in an e-mail to eatonwendell57@yahoo.com. Be sure to mention that you are nominating this person for a Golden Hat Award..  Good luck!  You are all winners in Cosmo's book!