So, yesterday my cousins and I went to the fair. I had a great time. I hope they did too. Here is the really great news. I was able to limit myself to only one corn dog!!! I know what you are thinking.... "But Susan, this is your one chance of the year to eat unlimited corn dogs! What were you thinking??!?!?!?" I may go back. There was a booth that had really great pillows and I have been wanting a new pillow. But I didn't want to have to haul a new pillow home with me yesterday. So, I didn't get it. Let me show you what I did get. I know at least one person who is going to be very jealous.
The insoles come out and you can just spray them down when they get muddy. As I am sure you can imagine, walking across my paved parking lot to the dumpster can be quite treacherous... Not! We each bought a pair of these. Well, except for Peter. He didn't get a pair. That would have just been weird. I'm sure that Cindy and Anna will be able to get a lot of use from these when they get back home to Oregon. I'm not sure that Terry and I will get quite as much use from them here in the Metroplex. But I'm taking mine to Nac today. It could rain before I come home and I must be prepared! These little jewels would have been nice to have had on my feet during at least one day in Barcelona a few years ago.
All in all, I think I did a very good job of walking past vendors yesterday without buying much trash to bring home with me. This is an achievement. I have a very low threshold for resisting the urge to buy junk that I don't need. After all, who among us couldn't use a steel jalapeno griller shaped like Texas???? You know the ones that hold the jalapeno standing up so that the cheese doesn't ooze out of it? I know I could use one at least once a year. So, the fact that I made it home without one is remarkable. I'm still not sure I'm in the clear as far as buying a steam mop goes. The demonstration for those beauties was pretty amazing. I actually handled one. My ugly miserable white tile would look so much better if I just bought a steam mop and there's a website.....
Here's something interesting to check out if you go to the fair.... There is a Celtic rock band playing there and I think the guy said they play 4 shows a day during the fair. I know what you are thinking.... Celtic Rock???? Really???!??!!? But give it a listen. You might be amazed. Who knew that anybody could rock the bagpipes like this? http://www.killdares.com/ That phrase just sounds crazy, "rock the bagpipes"?
I rode the train to Fairpark yesterday. Our DartRail system is kind of great. I must say that I parked my car at the Arapaho Station at 10 yesterday morning and even with hopping off and changing to the Green line at Pearl St. I was still inside the fairgrounds at 10:50 yesterday. While I could have gotten there in my car a little quicker than that, I would have paid $15 for parking, spent at least $4 on gas and driven around looking for a close parking place and then still walked 15 minutes from the parking area into the fairgrounds once I had arrived negating the time savings that I would have gotten on transport time. Taking the train, cost $4 roundtrip and they dropped me off at the front gate. I was standing next to Big Tex before 11.
The trip home was even quicker and easier! I walked out to the Fairpark train stop (at the front gate) a few minutes before 6 and the sign said a Green train would be there in one minute, it was. I got on and went to the Pearl St. Station where a Red line train was waiting, got on it and it left within less than a minute. I was back at my car by 6:30! I know that in the last year there has been some publicity about violence on DartRail. But yesterday, there was a strong presence of Dart Cops on the trains. My ticket was checked going in each direction which hasn't normally happened to me in the past. I liked it that someone with a uniform and gun walked through the train checking tickets and sort of checking the passengers out too.
I get aggravated when I spend the $4 for my local day pass and then no one checks it. I think to myself when that happens that probably half of the people on the train didn't even buy a pass and are just riding for free. I only saw one man get a ticket in the cars I was in yesterday. I don't know what the fine for riding without a ticket is, but $4 has to be cheaper.
Well, I am going to finish my coffee and get a little work done now so that I can hit the road. You guys have a great day. I'll talk to you tomorrow.
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