Mildly obsessed.

I like these. A lot. And they are on sale at Target this week.

I'll meet you at the deep fried pizza...

Today I took the afternoon off and - you guessed it - went to the State Fair. This was trip number four. I must say, going on an afternoon during the week when school has already started is pretty amazing. I met up with Abby and Ryker to take advantage of the $2 food specials.

Deep fried pizza. I have to admit, this let me down. It was basically an elephant ear with some tomato sauce and parmesan cheese on it.

This was my favorite food of the day- a chicken parfait. Weird, I know, but yummy. It's barbeque sauce, pulled chicken and mashed potatoes.

The top of the parfait... a nice little smiley face with chicken nose.

Strawberry shortcake. Yum.

Deep fried cookie dough. I would give it a B+.

Non-food fair photos:

Love these two!

Ryker chilled in the stroller and took in all the sights and sounds of the fair. And old ladies LOVE him!

Yes, friends, this is a "Christian" pumpkin...

Ryker was not impressed with the animals.

I wonder if he has a complex...

Ok, well I think today was my last trip to the fair, but I'm not making any promises. It's still open for five more days, so we'll see.

Have Room; Need Guests

Well, my summer guest room project is all but finished. I need to get the wrinkles out of the comforter, and get a lamp, but I'm open for business!

Yep, those are Barbies on the wall.

I heart my bedside table.

Comfy tweed chair!

Reason # 264 Why I Love the State Fair

Free Stuff and The Ringleader

I'm not sure that words can adequately describe what I just experienced, but I'll give it a try!

WFMS is giving away tickets to the State Fair, via 'ticket stops' around the city. Since I love both the State Fair and free stuff, I thought I'd head to Dunkin' Donuts after work to take advantage of this excellent offer, where they were giving away tickets starting at 6pm.

It went a little something like this:

5:56 - I arrive and get out of the car. Lady parked next to me, sitting in her car with the windows down, looks up in anticipation which quickly changes to disappointment. "I thought you were going to be the person," she says to me. Seeing that WFMS isn't there yet, I remember that I have been meaning to try the iced coffee at DD, so I go inside to purchase it.

5:58 - I'm back outside standing on the sidewalk. There are 10 or 15 other people kind of hanging around. Some interesting characters, as you might expect to see at the fair.

5:59 - Lady in photo above, whom we'll call "the ringleader" starts getting all worked up. She tries to call WFMS, but they won't answer. And we all hear about it. Is there another Dunkin' Donuts? Where could they be? They better show up!

6:02 - Still no sign of WFMS. A few more people are arriving. Ringleader finds a friend who is also angry. They talk loudly about it. RL's friend walks over by me, muttering "this is ridiculous!" under her breath and decides to go sit in her car and turn the radio up really loud.

6:04 - I giggle. A lot. Still standing on the sidewalk sipping my iced coffee.

6:07 - We see WFMS van! Yay! But wait... it drives right past us and keeps going on 86th St. Ringleader + friend discuss which corner is Northwest. Van keeps going.

6:09 - There is talk of van turning around, but I was too involved in people watching to care.

6:10 - Normal-looking girl shows up, looks around, and comes to talk to me. We people watch together. I point out RL/friend and say, "I may have just taken a photo of that lady with my phone to post on my blog." We have a good laugh.

6:13 - Van has definitely disappeared. RL is on the phone with the radio station telling them all about it. I start fearing for the life of the van driver, who will no doubt turn out to be an intern.

6:17 - Wait! Is that the van? RL sends her husband out to flag it down. He stands in the middle of 86th street waving at it. We hope no one runs over him.

6:20 - Van pulls into DD parking lot. I still worry about the well-being of the driver. Why yes, he does appear to be of intern age. "WHAT HAPPENED? DID YOU GET LOST?" someone yells at him. He gets a couple boxes of free fair vouchers out of the van. Oh, all of a sudden we like him again because he's giving us stuff.

6:25 - Everyone has their vouchers. Life can return to normal.