The Brome Fair

outfit details:
skirt & blouse: Killer Trash Vintage in Baltimore, MD
shoes, purse & belt: thrifted
sunglasses: H&M

Since I met Mike, labour day weekend has sort of been this stressful time when we have ten million things to get done before school starts. It doesn't help that he is usually right at the peak of his busy season at work, and that his band's big Fear & Loathing festival falls on the Sunday night. I think this year was the first year since we've been dating that we were able to really enjoy the holiday weekend, which was always my favourite holiday when I was a kid. It just seems like you can count on great weather, good garage sales and an all together great way to end your Summer on the right note!

The llamas made me think of you Jessica!

Mike's birthday was a week ago, and I'm sure most of you know that I was planning a day of surprises for him. I could never dream of matching his birthday surprise for me last year - we were on vacation in Europe, and he took me to Versailles and bought me macarons so I could pretend to be Marie Antoinette for a day - but I did my best with what we had at hand.
First things first, we went to this crazy tree climbing adventure spot, where you zipline down the mountain and climb in all these ingenious little tree houses up at the tops of the trees. It was loads of fun, although we're both pretty sore from all the climbing...Next stop was the Brome Fair, which has sort of been a Labour Day staple for me since I was a kid, but Mike had never been! It's mostly just a farmer's fair where their prize winning piggies and horses and cows are displayed, there are lots of creaky unreliable carnival rides and enough cotton candy and candied apples to make anyone -including me - sick to their stomachs! There is a tilt-a-whirl and country music playing from every speaker...There are tractor pulls and corn on the cob...it's pretty much a dream for country mice like us! We had a great time and were so excited when our wonderful friends Stef and Taylor decided to join us for the fun! We ended up going for dinner at the Spaghetti Ranch which was worth all the detours and getting lost on dark country roads...We spent the entire meal reminiscing and giggling about being fourteen and then headed home in our seperate cars for an early night!

I should also point out that Mike's band's festival was a huge success! Tons of people came out and all the bands played really well! It was loads of fun to see all kinds of people I never see because of my inability to stay awake past 10pm!
I can't wait to read about what everyone else got up to on their long weekend! I start school in about two hours and I've never been so giddy to walk to the subway with my brown leather backpack and brown plaid skirt (yes the one from my last post!)...Fall really doesn't dissapoint!