I wandered over to the fair yesterday, dragging my family along for the ride. Because I'm still high on cotton candy, fudge, and some stale popcorn, I've decided to list my observations in a Top Ten list. In no particular order:

1. Why do people bring their dogs to the fair only to leave it in the car? I'm not talking about a little dog either. We had a Subaru pull up next to use with a gorgeous Weimaraner in the backseat. The 20ish looking driver hopped out of the car, cracked the four windows, and told the dog, "Sorry girl! You can't go in!" and then left the poor thing in the car. Ridiculous! Leave your mutts at home!

2. There were a lot of pukers this year. Everywhere I turned, someone was losing it in a garbage can, back of aride, or just down the midway. I'm a sympathetic puker so I did my best to avoid the vomit comets.

3. The $7 curly fries rocked - as usual. Nothing tastes better than a potato that's been curled up with a power tool.

4. I ended up with one first, a second and two thirds on my photography. I purposely looked for the biddy photos and discovered that her "unstackable" print didn't even place. Tee hee....

5. I'm going to prepay for tickets and armbands next year. It cost my family $24 to get in, $50 for armbands, and then about another $30 for junk food. I know I could save about $10 should I choose to plan ahead, but $10 is $10 - or three coffees at Starbucks :-).

6. It was great people watching this year. I especially loved the return of tight Levis, snakeskin boots, and mullets - and this was all on the same person.

7. The carnies weren't too unpleasant this year. The teeth to smile ratio still wasn't too high but most seemed clean and not under the influence while operating the heavy equipment. They were also playing fabulous music and I got my yearly dose of Danzig and Pink Floyd.

8. My kids were bummed they couldn't win a $10 goldfish to go with their $10 Fortuna Carnival goldfish. Can you believe that thing is still alive? Inconceivable!

9. There were a ton of hugely pregnant woman waddling around. Maybe I just notice the prego bellies becuse I think they're beautiful, but seriously, what the heck was everyone doing about seven months ago? Get a hobby! I think my baby fever has finally subsided with the realization that Gunny is sprouting horns rather than a halo.

10. And finally, it was nice to see such a good turnout at the fair. There were a ton of cars, lotsa people, and thousands of smiles. I think people were having a good time - including my family who's ride armbands were frayed by the time we left. Good times - my kids' brains are still fizzy from the Tornado.

Did you go to the fair? How was your time spent?