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| the new and improved big tex |
my #1 thing i have never done before was visit the texas state fair. i took a friday off of work. with a farris bueler spirit guiding me, i hit the texas state fair. i went with a good friend who didn't have work that day so it worked out perfectly. our first ride was on the crazy mouse. it was great until we got stuck. excellent start, right? we made the most of it. with cotton candy in hand and an excessively swirly cart, we enjoyed every second of being stuck up there.
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you're never too old to decorate a pumpkin!
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next we made our way to the pumpkin patch. what talent those pumpkin carvers have!! there was a very dedicated man chiseling away at what was the largest pumpkin i had ever seen. he was surely working on a beautiful masterpiece. he inspired me so i made my way over to the kids table to work on a masterpiece of my own.
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| meet babe, the pig |
after our pumpkin extravaganza we headed over to see all the animals. i've seen plenty of farm animals in my day but it was exciting nonetheless.
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| we left no crumb behind |
my real texas state fair mission was next, indulging in fried nutella. i had seen numerous facebook and instagram posts raving about how delicious the fried nutella was. needless to say, i had to try it. with maps in hand and boots ready for walking, we set out to find the fried nutella stand. we walked and walked and walked. 2 directionally impaired girls trying to find a needle in a haystack posed a challenge. a very nice police officer, who must have seen us wondrously walking in circles offered us a ride to the fried nutella stand. he was our knight in shining armor. more like our knight in a golf cart, but you get the idea. once we got to the fried food stations our bellies were overwhelmed with options. fried butter, fried cookie dough, fried peanut butter and jelly, the list went on and on. we decided on fried nutella and cookie dough. a decision well made. the cookie dough was amazing. i wanted to eat every last drop. the nutella was good, but the cookie dough was amazing. i would highly recommend the fried cookie dough to any future fair go-ers. it was delicious and worth every calorie.
i'm not sure if it was the feeling of being a kid skipping school, the shameless tourist attitude or the greatness of the texas state fair itself, but my day was amazing. it was everything i wanted and more. such a perfect kick-off to my 25 in 25.
once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
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