Well, We Had a Good Day at the Fair

Have you guys seen the movie That Thing You Do?

Hehe, so for this line, Lenny says it with a Southern/country-type accent to pretend he's competing in the fair. Several weeks ago Ryan and I went to the state fair here in Oklahoma, and Lenny's voice just kept coming to mind, narrating all our discoveries that night. At first we thought the whole joke about how the South can fry any food was exaggerated. But oh, how accurate it is! EVERYTHING at the fair was either deep fried, or on a stick. While at the fair we discovered an entire stand of bacon-covered/fried foods, fried Oreos, fried Reese's, fried cheesecake, fried twinkies (I thought they were a myth!) and many much moosen of fried foods. Naturally, we wanted to be able to show you guys proof, so our favorites are in photos below. 

Here you can see that we did in fact eat fried cheesecake.We regret nothing. It was delicious, in a feel-your-arteries-clogging-this-instant kind of way. Ryan and I were most perplexed by the sign to the left of the fried cheesecake. "Deep Fried Garlic Mashed Potatoes On A Stick". How. How do you fry mashed potatoes? And how on earth do you keep mashed potatoes on a stick? We didn't order any, so we may never know till next year, but the sign was great to read in Lenny's voice.

The fairgrounds are huge! We probably didn't even see half of the booths in the expo center, but we were privileged to make it to the butter-carving booth. :)  It was so cool to ride the Ferris wheel at night and see all the fair lights on one side, and all of the lights from downtown on the other!

It is actually colder here now (haha! but it was warm for Halloween!), but Ryan and I are doing well and looking forward to the coming holidays. We've been told winter here will bring many ice storms, so that's exciting. Ryan's started training to run another a half marathon, and I'm very impressed. Meanwhile, I'm attempting to learn how to sew. However whenever I sit down to sew,  I usually end up crocheting instead, so it's definitely going to take some time. All our love, deep-fried and on a stick!