pne-ness

(get it?)

The PNE had free gate admission today between 9am and noon, so Ed and hauled ourselves out of bed somewhat earlier than usual to take part. I’ve been wanting to go to the PNE but understandably reluctant to spring the $40 for gate admission, so waking up at a normal hour to save money seemed like an excellent idea. September is going to be expensive, so I must pinch pennies where I can.

The PNE was incredibly crowded, but kind of fun. We walked almost everywhere, bought the mandatory exhibition fudge and corn dogs, argued about hardwood flooring, and discussed my extreme unyielding love for this table. We watched some sort of redneck sport involving pickup trucks and forklifts, then made our way back through the rides where I begged Ed to win me a tiny guitar by playing a $5 game of water-shooty-thing. And he did! Now I have a tiny bright orange guitar (or as I prefer to call it, a 6-string ukulele) that I will learn how to play all over again! It’s a little known fact that I used to be in a ukulele band – a story for another time – but now I totally want to get back into it. Hooray! No one has ever won me anything at a carnival before – I feel so .. ridiculous, but it’s okay! I have an orange ukulele!