So last year I made a newsletter full of all sorts of information about our road trip. By this time last year I had sent out four different versions of it... it was kinda of embarrasing how obsessed I was. This year I've been alot calmer, but with the trip comming up in just 2 weeks, I finally made the news letter. There are a couple differences.
First off, last year we went to two faires. This year we're only going to the one (sorry four winds, get bigger and we'll talk!). This year also the price of tickets for Scarby has gone up from 19.99 to 21.99!!! What's with the price spike? This only makes the rumors of Scarby's untimely death, seem that much more real. And of course: we aren't camping this year. Thanks to the gracious Becca, and her glorious room mate (whom I have yet to meet), we have floor space and couches to lounge upon, and a nice air conditioned place to sleep. Thank you dear Becca for opening your appartment up to us for the weekend!
Other then that most everything else is the same. The cost for gas, my joke about bringing good smellie stuff because it will most likely be hot and I don't want to be able to smell everyone as they melt away inside their costumes. LOL. In other news, I'm axiously awaiting my dress. :) I don't think I can wait one more second for it to arrive, but I know I must, since it will be at least a week untill it is finished being made by the seastresses employed by Majestic Velvets! :)
It feels good to have a dress being hand made for me. I feel so special... like royalty! LOL!
I will be dressed as royalty for the very first time at a renaissance festival. I sat at this computer staring at this dress for a month before I broke down and bought it. I'm so excited. :) The only thing I dont have are shoes to go with it, but depending on how low to the ground it hangs, i might just wear my peasant boots with it! XD
Now where they got me on price is the hoop skirt, and lace cuffs were seperate. But thats ok, because I am not just going to wear this once! I'm going to wear it at scarby. If I don't work at trf I'm going to wear it most weekends I go. I'm going to wear it for halloween. Last but not least, I'm going to wear it to a halloween mascarade ball I'm going to later this year. So I'm definately going to get my money out of it. its not a one time costume!
here's a link to the dress because I want to share it with you all!
The inspiration for wanting this dress actually came from my Jack friends. After following two Jack Sparrows around for a day, I realized if I ever went out with them like that again, I'd want to get a LITTLE attention. I hated not having any attention at all... yes I know I'm just that needy! Lol.
We pushed the road trip back to the week after pirate weekend, because I will be running a booth at a local anime convention for a friend. :) I'm suddenly feeling more like a anime convention fan, more so then I am a renissance festival fan... but I think thats because the anime conventions happen much more frequently!
Anyways, life is... weird right now. I'm again between jobs, but I got my tax return so its not the end of the world, my weekends are super hectic... which they've never been that hectic before in my life o.o I'm doing two to three photoshoots a week, and I'm developing a new obsession with Jack Sparrow.
So I used to boo and hiss at jack sparrows at faire because... well lets face it, they are the wrong time period. Well a friend of mine who is a self proclaimed jack sparrow impersonator paid me to be his photographer for the day at scarby a couple weeks ago, so I did it... and now I want to dress up as Elizabeth swann. >.< I found a dress for under two hundred dollars but... still... its over hundred dollars and I dont have a job, so I'm trying REALLY hard not to buy it. T_T
Anywho here's a link to the photos I took of my pair of jacks :)
I'm planning the trip now :) with about a month and 9 days till the date :) I'm so happy that scarby and TRF are positioned exactly 6 months apart. It means I don't have to go very long without a faire... but 6 months is still a really long time. I am suffering from relaps!!! :(
So yesterday was my 20th birthday. :) Usually people forget but yesterday I had 10 text messeges, 40 wall messeges on face book, 5 aim messeges, and ten profile comments on my gaiaonline account. It was nice but.... really overwelming. I had to stay offline for a good part of the day just because it was so overweleming O.o
Brandon took me to see Coraline (I LOVED IT), then to get icecream. He gave me two Belle dolls from beauty and the beast (she's my favorite disney princess), and my mother made me brown sugar short bread (which was amazing).
I didn't get many other presents, but thats ok. I'm not a teenager anymore. :)
