Misery Loves Company

Yesterday I went to the State Fair once again, this time with Impatient Chicken and Impatient Bee. I don't mean to imply that my outing with them was miserable AT ALL. Quite the contrary, I had a glorious time with them. Lots of laughs, lots of chills, and unfortunately, lots of food. This is where the misery comes in to play. Would I learn from my previous outting to the fair with Jes, Roger, K-T, Eddo and Jubal? Or from all the previous years of gluttony? Contraire Monfraire. I consumed even MORE food, if that's possible. All under the guise of "sharing".

We got to the fair early, even before it officially opened, and noticed that most of the stands were not yet open. Including the famed FRIED Peanut Butter, Jelly and Banana sandwich stand, which had a long line to it when Jubal ordered his.








There was already a nip in the air, although nowhere near the chill factor that would encroach in the next few hours. So, we stopped by the one place that was open, Owens, where we consumed Sausage biscuits and hot cocoa. yummmm..

Please note that I had consumed 21 grams of fat BEFORE THE FAIR OFFICIALLY OPENED.

sigh.




After that, JLR and RR ate their funnel cake and we wandered around the fairgrounds, sitting in various cars at the auto show, and smiling at the farm animals.

Aren't these little ducks cute? Basking under their heat lamp. Too sweet.









I've always wanted a Jeep. Alas, this is about as close as I get to owning one though. Notice the fancy-schmancy sign on the fender requesting that one climb through the door to sit in the back seat instead of on the tire.










We ate our corny dogs, that were oh so fresh, and then went to watch the Frisbee Dog Show. You just can't go to the fair and not see these dogs fly for frisbees. They are all such sweet and SMART dogs. One of them even learned how to do a handstand on his owner's arm in 2 weeks. Unfortunately, I missed a picture of that.

This one looks like he's floating off the ground.






He really looked like he had springs on his paws. He was flying through the air.













We stopped to see the Budweiser Clydesdales. These horses are HUGE. I love their furry "feet".










It is tradition, that I eat Hast Texas Nachos every year at the fair. Are the chips too cute? Shaped like Texas and washed down with Sweet Tea. yummm..











I really did go to the fair with them. I have many cute pictures of them, but I'm under contractual agreement not to post any of them. I was given permission to take a picture of them "walking away". So here it is. PROOF!









To recap the day, it was cold, cold, cold. After being in the 90's the first part of the week, it was 37 this morning. Yesterday wasn't much warmer, I'm afraid. And I ate, ate, ate. I had a sausage biscuit first, then hot chocolate, a corny dog, nachos, french fries, and a nutty bar (ice cream). I even had two bites of JLR's fried cheesecake. Misery does love company!