Allison Carter

allison.carter@indystar.com

As of this writing, the Cosmopolitan homepage features stories like, "I binged 'The Hills' for the first time in high school and here's everything I learned" and "Quiz: Will he be good in bed?" Karen Pence, former teacher, mother of three, current first lady of Indiana and potential second lady of the U.S., is not the kind of woman typically profiled in the glossy magazine (or shiny website, whatever).

But Cosmo recently sought to better understand the spotlight-shy first lady of Indiana as she steps onto the national stage. Here are a few highlights:

Karen and Mike met at church. As IndyStar originally reported, Mike was smitten with Karen's guitar playing. He went to the registrar at the school where she taught at the time and begged for her number. After a few fumbling attempts at asking her out, the two shared taco salads. The rest is history. Also, their wedding was pretty adorable:

Karen Pence is right at home

She sells towel charms . Her company is (or was -- the website is currently inactive) called That's My Towel! For those who have never used a towel charm, they're used to differentiate one person's beach towel from everyone else's apparently. Charms included a baseball mitt, a hot dog and a sea shell.

. Her company is (or was -- the website is currently inactive) called That's My Towel! For those who have never used a towel charm, they're used to differentiate one person's beach towel from everyone else's apparently. Charms included a baseball mitt, a hot dog and a sea shell. She's a trained pilot. Her license is no longer active, but her father was a pilot for United, according to an interview on "Afternoons with Amos." Now, her son Michael is a flight instructor.

Read the full Cosmo story here.

Allison Carter is an engagement producer at IndyStar and needs more information on towel charms. Please tweet details to @AllisonLCarter.