Off to the Faire

One of the large Fall attractions for South Central Texas is the annual Texas Renaissance Festival held two months out of the year near Plantersville, Texas. It's one of the largest of it's kind and is always a fun place to go for period shows, atmosphere and to just plain see people in some very crazy costumes. Some very nice and classical, others just down right creepy and scandalous, haha (chain mail bikini's by people who should not be wearing them). I've been several times before, but never before in costume. This year, Kristi and her roommate Suzie really wanted to go dressed up with a group, which of course meant me and Suzie's boyfriend Paul in costume as well. I was just hoping she didn't want me in tights! It turned out to be pretty fun. We picked out the patterns and the fabric and K used her great sewing skills to whip up some pretty nice looking outfits, and all in all it turned out to be a really fun day, and it was different than just going in street clothes.

Of course we ended up doing a lot of walking as usual (the place is like a Disneyland in the woods, pretty big!). We took in a lot of the sights and shops, saw the Ded Bob Sho again which is always hilarious, and caught the joust too. Our knight was of course the first to die. At least the French guy didn't win. We filled ourselves with turkey legs and beer of course too. You can't go to the faire without partaking in those. And we also managed to take a lot of pictures too, most of which there's no way I could post on here, but I'll probably manage to get up somewhere.



Me and Kristi in our costumes.


Suzie and her Monk (Paul), with K and me


This Pirate tried very hard to get me to buy this hat and sword, ahem, or rather trying to take my money like any good pirate would do.



I came pretty close to buying them too, especially after all the compliments the Kristi and Suzie gave me with my new additions.


One of K's favorites



Paul and Suzie



The girls being silly in front of a statue



The friar does love his brew.



The knights of the Joust





Some more of Me and Kristi