Instead of cleaning the house

I will tell you about my wonderful weekend. After being disappointed about not going to the fair on Thursday due to bf not getting off work, we planned to go Friday. After being disappointed about not leaving as early as I wanted, we finally left for the fair about 3:30. Which meant we did hit some traffic, and we didn't enter the gates until almost 5. But we had all night. And it was pretty much perfect! The weather was amazing. I brought a little jacket, but didn't need to put it on until about 9pm.

We didn't see many shows, but we did eat. and eat. And ride rides. I didn't know my bf was a ride kinda guy. I guess I shouldn't assume with him anymore. He used to work in the summers at an amusement park, so he ran the rides. But not in a carney type of place. A regular place. Makes a big difference :) Anyway, the rides we did were pretty tame. But still expensive.

After getting a lemonade, on my recommendation, we watched a dog show. It was Dancing With The Dogs. Kind of lame in my opinion. I've seen better dog training at the fair before. A few were pretty good. A little wiener dog walking backwards was pretty precious. Anyway, then we went on the hunt for corny dogs. We were going to attempt to eat only pork and corn products all night :) We were mostly successful.

We also ate grilled corn on the cob (roasted is much better, this was kinda soggy). Then we did the Ferris wheel. I didn't know it was the tallest ride in the western hemisphere. It was pretty nice...at sunset. On a cloudless day. Did I mention the weather was perfect? Not even windy up there. Then we went on the hunt for the deep fried bacon. You heard me correctly. It was good, but not exactly something you want to eat every day. We ran into bf's old boss and his wife. I never run into anyone I know. We missed the pig races though :( Then we did the tall slide going down on a sack. You have to climb all the way to the top! It was tiring. Only because you would do something like this at the fair and no where else...we went into the little booth with the sign that says World's Smallest Horse. Every time I have been to the fair, I have always wanted to go look. Because the people coming out never have a readable expression, like ha ha that was lame, or OMG that was incredible. So my curiosity bloomed. I will leave it for you, and not spoil it with my opinion. Other than to say, I'm guessing miniature ponies must not have counted in the contest.

We headed over to the little pond to the swan paddle boat. It was fun, although the water was pretty rank smelling at times. But again, it was perfect...we hadn't been in the water very long when the fire works show began. And we could see most of them from our spot. The show was very short and disappointing, but I wouldn't have picked a better vantage point to watch it. Then we saw the pyramid sand sculptures...pretty neat.

Then it was time for dessert! I let him pick, and we got the fried peanut butter and jelly and banana sandwich. I'm not a big fan of bananas with stuff, but this was pretty good. The second section I had had more jelly and less banana, and it was yummy. The bread was like french toast consistency. The milk beverage choice was the best decision of the night. It was ice cold and very complementary to the sandwich.

We did walk by the main stage to see Jessica Simpson. I wasn't impressed for the 2 minutes we listened. And it wasn't overflowing with people, like I expected. After breezing through the car show, we had spare tickets. We were stuffed, so we decided to do one of the fun houses. Again, not something I would have done on my own, but that's the fun of it, right? We did the house of mirrors. It was hard to get the maze! So much harder than I thought.

We left a little after 10, and it was a very short walk to our car since we got there when lots were leaving. It was perfect!