Recent Golden Globe winner and underdog Octavia Spencer woke up to some amazing news today-she was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance as Minny Jackson in "The Help."

"It's numbing," Spencer to People magazine, "There were no guarantees. I didn't think I was in it and then they said my name and it was just a sigh of relief."

After reality sets in, Spencer cannot wait to congratulate fellow nominee Melissa McCarthy: "I'm just going to call her and do a drive-by today," she says. "I'm thrilled for her!"

Any in any girls' preparation for a star-studded night out-Octavia brainstorms her fashion ideas for the evening.

"For me, it's about comfort and looking good for you," she says of her approach to fashion. "I don't need to wear a dress that a size-two woman can wear. I don't need to show a lot of skin. I have more skin than a size-two woman!"

Spencer also stresses the importance of fitting for your figure. "It's just about accentuating the positives and blurring the negatives," she says. "I want to accentuate the positive which would be cleavage - even though it's saggy cleavage, it's cleavage! - and give myself an hourglass."

With all this buzz around one woman, designers are begging to dress her for the awards, but Spencer has chosen to stick with the ones there from the start.

"I'm all about being loyal to the people who gave me free clothes for the publicity tour when there was nothing in it for them. ... I love it that the other people are clamoring but when I needed something, they weren't there," says Spencer, who appreciates that these designers "really know how to cut for more soft figures."

"My mom always taught us to dance with the one that brought you," she adds, "so I'm going to dance with the ones that brought me."