The craft fair!

 Every year there is a fair held in Bell Buckle (a teeny tiny town located about 20 minutes from where I live) where people from all over set up booths and sell their handmade goods. Clothing, jewelery, candles, art... you name it, they got it. They also have huge booths set up devoted to selling delicious food and huuuuge cups of lemonade and sweet tea.

Well, that used to be the case.

Zach and I were pretty excited to check out the craft fair this year. He is from Chapel Hill and has never been. I don't know what happened this year. I can only hope that most of the good booths were gone already because we went on a Sunday rather than Saturday... but there were hardly any handmade goods to be found! Most of it was cheap wholesale jewelery and purses. I did manage to find some cool booths, like the one I pictured above that sold a ton of different teas. However, most were full of fail and we ended up heading over to one of the many cool antique stores around the area. Basically, we payed five bucks to park and visit the same stores we go to all the time.

Such a shame. Hopefully they get it right next year!

Life on Instagram

1. Cuddling before I headed home last weekend. I swear it gets harder and harder to go back to Shelbyville every weekend. Ignore my gross hair!

2. My grandparents when they were my age... I wish I had her hair and his skintone!

3. Zachary Hugh went out in the rain at 10:30 pm to get me meds so I could get some sleep.

4. Am I the only one who still plays this all the time?

5. Handsome boyfriend being handsome.

6. Rainy, gloomy weather... cheering myself up by wearing bright lipstick. (Fringe looks crooked. I promise it isn't!)

7. We fostered some sweet puppies! They have all gone to good homes now.

8. He was not wanting me to get ready that particular morning.

9. ... Or go to sleep a few nights later. He wants to cuddle constantly.

10. My huge second-day-hair. Gah!

This week in Instagram.

1. Four people in a tiny photobooth.... it was very warm. This is from a recent trip to Murfreesboro. I love my friends.

2. Last night with Matilda living here. I have had her since I was 15 and I am horrible and have yet to blog about her. She is so different from Murnau and very hard to get pictures of. She is very, very independent and only cuddles when she feels like it... which is rare. Since I rescued Murnau my tiny room has become too cramped with both fuzzy sneeze creatures living in here, so last week Zach took her since Murnau requires a bit more attention. I am crying like a little baby in the picture, so luckily it is dark haha.

3. My makeup this morning. It was gloomy, so I threw on some orange and purple to brighten my mood. AND I GOT BANGS. I love them. I am going to rock these for another week or so before going full pin-up fringe. Yaaaaay. Also, boo puffy allergy eyes. 

4. A picture I found of my aunt and mom.... oh my goodness. I love this. Look at those awesome handmade dresses my Mammie put on them. And I love the contrast between my dark featured aunt and my fair-haired mom. Looks like my family ran out of all the Native American traits before my grandma had my mom haha. Which is probably why I look so different from my cousins. Oh well.

5. Murnau enjoying belly rubs. He is getting to be a little lard ass since he doesn't have to share food. Lazy bum.

6. ANOTHER of Murnau. I miss Matilda a ton, so I am taking a ton of pictures of my Murmeooooow (Zach loves it when I call him that. And by "love" I mean he considers breaking up with me when he hears me do that.)

7. Posing with my friends before my first night clubbing. We went to Play in Nashville, which is a gay club. Everyone was really cool and it was fun not having to worry about getting hit on. We talked to some really cool people and I could seriously watch drag queen shows all night. They are beautiful!

8. On the way to Play. Sarah and I got bored (because we were lost and had been driving forever) and started taking silly pictures in the backseat. Look how sleepy I look and we weren't even there yet.

9. One of the drag queens. I want them to teach me to do makeup. I loved this one in particular because she was so unique. However, after the show, I was ready to go. I realized I am too much of an old lady for the wild nightlife.

10. My mammie's cooking. Fried chicken, mashed taters and peas, and egg gravy and biscuits. Oh my gosh. My stomach is growling just thinking about it.

11. An old pic of Zach, but one of my favorites. I am so bad about sneaking pictures of him because I think he is the most handsome thing ever. I think we had been together a little over 6 months when this was taken.


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