Spoils of the fair - 2011

Today, we went to the Del Mar, er, San Diego County Fair. One of the only things I really wanted to see at the fair this year was the flash mob that was going to dance to "Thriller". Two performances were scheduled, one around 2pm, the other around 8pm. Since I didn't plan on staying at the fair the entire day, I was hoping to see the 2pm performance. I kinda knew the area where it was supposed to happen (the area along the food vendors heading to the funzone), so I hurried through lunch so I see it. But I completely missed it! ARGH! Oh well.

We did hit most of the vendor exhibit halls. I picked up different spoils this year. I got some Flea Treats for Angelo (Advantix doesn't seem to be working for him, so hopefully this does), I got my  mom to 'pick a pearl' - a 6 1/2 mm gray pearl!, Ovation cell therapy for my dad (so he'll stop asking about 'Men's hair club' and 'Bosely'), and some cool kitchen slicers for me!

And what about all the new fried and/or unhealthy food choices at the fair this year? Well, I was hoping to be good this year, we even brought a fruit salad to eat before taking on some of the bad stuff, but it didn't happen as planned. First of all, we were supposed to eat the fruit salad first. Not quite. We got some chicken and beef kabob combos with fries and half a pita. At least I had a diet pepsi to wash it down. But I really should've nixed the fries and pita. Of the new fried goodies available this year, I wanted to try the Totally Fried Kool-Aid and the chocolate dipped corn-dog. I couldn't find the chocolate corn-dog thing, so I settled with the fried Kool-Aid. Not bad. Not too much sugar, on the outside, at least. It kinda tasted like a dough nut.

I was hoping to get a run in this evening after eating all of that stuff, but by the time we left, my body was worn out from walking around the whole day. We didn't even make it to the Arts & Crafts exhibits, how could I be so exhausted? I think it could have been because I was not as caffineated as I usually am during the work week, so it was a good thing I didn't fall asleep driving home.