What I did on my last day off...

Does the picture give it away? We always try to make it to at least one fair during the season and sometimes more if we have the time.  I love to check out the sewing and art entries and of course, the animals! Is it just around here, or are county fairs declining? It seems there are less animals, garden, and craft entries every year.  I always get inspired by seeing other's work and think "I should really enter my stuff".  Then a year rolls by and I forget about it.  Maybe that's part of the decline.

Anyhoodle, we walked around the small vendor hall and for whatever reason I became interested in mattresses.  We have a waterbed that we bought when our backs were acting up and it had been good for a number of years in easing our pain.  Not so much any more...waking up with a backache that forces you to get out of bed is not a good thing!  So here we are and I drag Tom over to the first booth and he is not really into it. "Nothing to compare it too", he says. Except the 4 other booths!!! He spied a TempurPedic booth and I'm thinking "oh, why did I start this?" because you all know how pricey those mattresses are!  We laid on one and it was like heaven (I didn't say they weren't worth it!)  The owner had another knockoff brand there as well and had us try it.  That mattress felt even better! And the price was better! He offered us a special deal (don't they always?), so we ended up buying a new mattress that day.  It won't go into service until after we return from Europe, but it will be so nice!!! The fair is such a good place for spontaneous shopping! :) Maybe it was the lack of farm animals.  And only one sewing machine booth (Pfaff)...Montavilla wasn't even there!

For entertainment we enjoyed the Dock Dog competition.  Here are a few shots from the afternoon...

And here as a parting shot is a picture of my new dress...um, well part of it...I was sitting in the car with camera in hand waiting for Tom and was bored...