MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Huzzah!

We went to the Renaissance Festiveal today, a perfect summer day with temps in the 80s and sunshine, and a merciful breeze. Minnesota has a great RenFest out in Shakopee... large grounds, tons of cool shops, hordes of costumed folks to greet and taunt and joke with, dozens of shows and lots of great food. We were easily amused from 9:30 am until closing at 7 pm.

This was the first time I think I've ever gone with actual money to spend. Not gobs of money, but enough. Usually we've been on the verge of broke with back-to-school expenses that we've doled out our dollars carefully, sometimes even bringing a lunch along to make it affordable. But this year DH has his nice long-term contract and we are paying bills, so we indulged a bit... a leather hat for him, some jewelry for me. Nothing extravagant, but it felt so to us.

One highlight was watching younger DS on the "ride" he was drooling over (they have all sorts of strange, no-tech rides at the Festival). On this ride, you are strapped into a harness with huge bungee cords on each side reaching up to high poles. You stand on a trampoline and you are able to jump very high into the air at least 2 stories high, up and down on the trampoline. Younger DS has always been a very physical kid, and you could just tell he was totally in his element jumping high, flying practically, and doing flips constantly as he jumped. We ended up letting him go on it again later.

One thing I noticed about the RenFest is that weight doesn't seem to be much of an issue among the costumey crowd-- I mean, it's totally okay to be a fat woman in a gown, all round and bustley with your bosom spilling out of your neckline. The bigger the bosom the better, in fact. In fact, there are a lot of pluses to Renaissance-style clothing... those men in tights or kilts! I'm sure there are plenty of downsides to this kind of clothing, too, like the heat, but hey, maybe next year I'll get a costume and give it a try for a day.