This is definitely an historic day–and one I will definitely tell my future grandchildren about one day. What I will tell them is that after ensuring my ballot was cast, I went to get my hair done before going to work. This day is historic for two reasons, I not only was able to vote for the first African-American President but it was also the first, ever, Dress Down Day at Black Enterprise. Mr. Graves graciously provided us with part of our attire, our “Yes We Must” t’shirt emblazoned with Barack Obama’s picture.

After teasing Rahni, the salon owner, that my t-shirt was better than his he said “Well, yes you have a Black Enterprise t-shirt, mine is from Time what do you expect? But we are both fabulous. Then he proceeded to do my hair.

Sitting next to me at the dryer was a quiet, unassuming lady who smiled and ready her magazine as I read my book. In between pages, I noticed that a very striking woman, looking fabulous in all black, came over and kissed her on the cheek. I thought, how sweet. As the woman stood up I realized it was Michelle (Obama). Yes, my, our future First Lady, and I had been sitting on either side of her mother the entire time. I got Michelle’s attention and showed her my t-shirt, she beamed. I shared with her that it was a gift from Mr. Graves and I was wearing my t-shirt with pride.

She smiled and gave the perfect “head tilt” and said thank you, thank you very much. My first thought, classic, very Jackie O. How perfect. To top it all off, she had not gotten her hair done yet. She was rockin’ the same ponytail she wore to cast her vote.

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Jennifer Hill is the Director of Corporate Sales at Black Enterprise and based in Chicago