Snogged: An Insatiable State of Mind

I went to the Ren Faire this weekend and figured I would share some pictures.

( Party Like It's Spring Break 1599, or like it's Steampunk Invasion Weekend )

I got to go to the Ren Faire this weekend. Sadly, Nick was unable to tag along but good times were still had. I did end up leaving earlier than planned today though because it was so hot and humid and my body was just giving up on me (no matter how much water I drank or how many pickles I ate. Speaking of pickles...did you know that they're higher in carbs and electrolytes than any sports drink on the market? Thus making them good eats on a hot, sunny day.)

( A picture is worth a thousand words )

ETA: I'll catch up with the Harry Potter meme tomorrow. I'm really not in the mood tonight.

I finally got my camera cord back from my folks so I have some pictures to share from the last weekend of Bristol for any and all who are interested.

( Where has the time gone? It seems to have gone so fast )

I swear to the LJ gods that I'm working on an Ireland picture post but there's no way in hell I can post 550 pictures here so I'm sorting through them to find the good ones. In the meantime, I went to the Ren Faire on Saturday so you get to look at some of those pictures

( Ren Faire with Special Guest: Nick the boyfriend )

Made the trek out to the Bristol Ren Faire again and had an awesome time as per usual :) Plus, I got to talk to a celebrity! (America's Next Top Model Winner: McKey Sullivan was visiting her old nesting grounds. She used to work as a flower girl.)

Instead of a lengthy story though, I'm just giving you all a pic spam (because I know it's what you want anyways!)

( Oh, it's good to be back home again! )

It was totally worth the early morning. Except for the part where I got lost in road construction. But I made it out without a lot of difficulty (with Traveler's wonderful phone assistance) so I'd say it wasn't so bad.

I pretty much followed standard protocol...that is: once gates opened I headed to the chain maille shop, got dressed (for free), and then headed over to the Dark Cloud Twizted Leather Shoppe to give hugs to Jess, Loki, Xavier, Tables (nickname of a kid who hides under tables when things get scary), and Little Mike. Also found out what time I needed to come back so I could be a part of parade.

With the time I had before parade, I went wandering and ran into some great friends and got great hugs. Then I did parade and had an awesome time marching with the boys of Dark Cloud. Speaking of Dark Cloud, I got hooked up with a sweet pair of leather arm bracers with a beautiful purple butterfly design :) I'm so proud of Xavier. He's finally getting into making pretty leather things instead of just claws and metal and scary things (though that's pretty damn fun too).

After parade, I did more wandering and saw the Adam Crack Whip Show (nom nom nom) with Casey and Mandy. Then I headed over to the fairy glade and snapped some photos of the pretty fairies :)

Then, I got changed out of chain maille and back into my bodice and headed up to Drum Jam. Drum Jam was definitely amazing and I got the chance to dance with jewelledfairy! :) I also made some new friends: Becca (who rocks at hula hoop and sings opera while she does it) and Alesha (who drove four hours just to be there).

I'm a bit sad to say that I'm not gonna be at Faire a lot this year but I'm crossing my fingers and I'll keep all the Bristol Rennies on my flist posted.

( And what post would be complete without massive pic spam )

I'm not going into a lengthy post about Sunday. Simply put, I had a great time and it was nice to see everyone considering I wasn't sure I was going to make it back to Bristol before August. Oh yeah, and Drum Jam was everything I needed it to be and more. There were a few people that helped that happen for me but I'm not naming any names.

Onto the photos!

I know Jennifer's dad got some of me in parade so I will post those here when they get posted.

( Hip Hip Haza! )