Musings from the road...

The car AND the hubcaps were both fuschia...

Musings from the Mall...

From what I understand for the first time in forever, sales of jeans are down. Why you ask? It seems more and more people and by people I'm going to assume women, have taken to wearing yoga pants to the office. Unless your butt can fit in a teacup please do us all a favor and don't wear your yoga pants to work

Musings from the mall...AKA reviews from the State Fair of Texas Big Tex Choice Awards

Our table (Paige McDaniel, Cynthia Jones O'Kelly) and I agreed our 3 top favorites are (drum rolll please)...Fried Gulf Shrimp Boil, the Fried Sweet Texas and the Chicken Fried Loaded Baked Potato - not necessarily in that order. I had such high hopes for the Deep Fried Texas Bluebonnet, but it just tasted ...like a blueberry muffin. The Fried Sriracha Balls tasted like something served in an elementary school cafeteria. Twisted Texas Tacos - not bad. Funnel Cake Ale - NASTY! ugh! Deep Fried Breakfast for Dinner - so, so. the cinnamon made it rather odd..

So....run to the Fried Sweet Texas (three desserts in one, brought to you by the same guy who brought us Deep Fried Thanksgiving Dinner and Fried Bubblegum, Justin Martinez. This tasty treat consists of mix of pecan pie, peach cobbler and buttermilk pie, served with a scoop of vanilla Blue Bell ice cream. Yum!!!! The Potato dish consists of The inside of a baked potato, mixed with butter, bacon and cheddar cheese, get a spicy battered coating, to create a combination of fried crispy crust and creamy loaded baked potato. Served with a ranch dipping sauce.

Thanks to my friend Sheri for the tip on how the line formed up. We were in the top 10!

This is a Don't Miss! fundraising event - mark your calendar for next year. Proceeds benefit scholarships given out to kids by the State Fair . See you opening day of the fair!