Michelle Obama’s first year at White House ‘outstanding success’

The first lady said she loved every bit of her first year, including the gate crashing incident at the Indian state dinner in November.

“The evening was so wonderful and it was so well-orchestrated that for me, the other stuff that everybody is talking about is a footnote to what the state dinner actually was. So I wouldn't do that over,” she said.

Mrs. Obama also named few of her most memorable moments in the White House, the top being her experiences with her daughters, meeting the pope, and having tea with the queen of England.

“That is so much the blessing of this job. We can see the world with our children and my mother,” she added.

Mrs. Obama measures people on what they do
The first lady, who sat in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, wore a short sleeved sienna colored dress and bangles on her forearm.

With above-the-knee Jimmy Choo boots, Mrs. Obama gave a chic look. She talked about her new bob haircut, and said that it’s “not so drastic that it will make news.”

On being asked about her take on Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, she said, “I measure people more so on what they do rather than the things that they say.”

First lady talks about life outside White House
The first lady, who is turning 46 this Sunday, talked about life outside the White House.

She proclaimed, “It's more comfortable for me to be Michelle than it is for me to be the first lady. And I think I am a better first lady when I'm Michelle than when I'm somebody else that is in a magazine.”

I ask people who have seen us over the years, friends -- I even check in. It's like, do you still recognize me? When we sit down, does this -- do I still feel like Michelle, or are you tripping?” added the stylish Mrs. Obama.

Upon calling the Copenhagen an unsuccessful effort, she said, “You know I would do it again.”

Mrs. Obama, who learnt of her ancestry last year, said, “When you look back on my history and finding out that my great-great-great-grandmother was actually a slave — we’re still very connected to slavery in way that is powerful.”