Because of the girl scout swim party, we didn’t get to leave on Friday until pretty late in the day. It was pretty awesome though to wander around and see all the cool costumes. We saw everything from angels to Disney princesses and a man in a striped Victorian-style swimsuit. That first night we went to a panel that taught us all about how to communicate and flirt using just our fan or hat or gloves. We also sat in on a question-and-answer panel with a local ghost-hunter. I think our favorite panel, though involved us being read Steampunk Children books and doing yoga. (I wasn’t brave enough, but the girls got an impressive amount of bending in around those corsets!)
I think the yoga scared Crafty out of her corset, because the next morning she left it home. Saturday was crazy-long! We headed off just after nine and didn’t get home til after midnight. We started out the day exploring the halls. We found lots of fun stuff for sale, some musicians performing, and even live birds! We went to several panels including more etiquette, and the manly view on steampunk, and budgeting short films (that was my favorite). We also learned two new dances - the Heel-Toe Polka and the Guilderoy. It was so difficult to dance in corsets! I was super impressed with the girls.
We ate lunch in the car, but then ran over to the nearby Target so that I could get some cash back. We got a lot of funny looks, but it was pretty exciting. Dinner was the same thing: lots of questioning looks, but we simply basked in it.
For a moment we didn't think we were going to dance at the ball and Crafty was heartbroken |
Well, we did need to make sure we made it to Menchie’s before they closed!
Wow, this sounds so fun! I've never heard of anything like it.
ReplyDeleteBUT I think I would pass on the corset yoga!
Hi, Sandy - yup, I've been to your blog before!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun outing for the girls - our friends went and had a photography booth there, sounds awesome.
I loved your post Drama Queen. You are an excellent writer. What a fun event and I love all the neat things you did. You are diffidently an awesome sister.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures were amazing and I didn't have a clue there was any kind of an event like this.
Blessings and hugs to all!