Jeff and I went to the Fargo Street Fair last night, and had a blast.

It was pretty windy, and some of the booths felt like they were going to fall apart while we were looking at them.

I was trying to look at some necklaces that were hanging on a dowel at eye level, and they kept blowing away, so I gave up because I was scared that I would knock them down.

Other than that it was great.

We ended up looking at - or at least looking into - all of the booths, and we stopped at Josie’s Corner for a coconut macaroon and beer cheese soup.

We saw so much fun stuff, and ended up getting a blue butter crock and spoon rest from one of the pottery booths - I forgot to get a card, and I can’t read the signature on the pieces. It’s the one with the bird feeders/baths out front if you’re interested though.

We also ended up getting one of the carousel paintings for me, and one of an angel tucking a little girl into bed for the baby’s room.

That’s the only thing we got her, since she isn’t born yet and since I don’t want to get too much personalized stuff until she’s born.

I guess I’m superstitious - and of course there’s the fact that she doesn’t have a nursery yet, and we’re running out of room to store the stuff she already has.

We also looked at several cute coats and sweaters for baby, but in several booths the first pieces I picked up had stains on them.

I was pretty disappointed with that - who wants to buy stained clothing at an art show - especially when the clothing is still regular price.

I also saw a fish painting with sequins that I liked, but when I went back to get it, it had spots on it as well. I guess that will teach me to look at stuff up close before I decide I want to buy it.

I knew the spots would drive me crazy, so I didn’t get it.

I’m kind of glad - I like the other pieces I got from Fleming Art better.

We thought about getting a weather vane, but we didn’t know where we’d put it, and we didn’t love amy of them, although the pig with wings was adorable.

Of course if we ever told Lily “When pigs fly” she wouldn’t have to wait to long to do it around here if we had that in the back yard.

I also got some soap from the Blue Heron Soap Company.

I saw their name when I was looking at the map, and I remembered them from 2007, so I did check out their web site before I left.

Of course when I got to their booth I wasn’t thinking about essential oils or fragrance oils at all, I just got what smelled good to me and DH.

Yesterday, that happened to be an Unscented bar for the baby (I guess we did get her something else ), Vanilla Oatmeal, and a sample of almond oatmeal.

I also loved the smell of Blizzard, Peppermint and Oatmeal.

There were also a ton of cute earrings.

I don’t know why I’m drawn to earrings when I’m allergic to them.

I loved some of the dichroic glass.

The Wyoming Silver booth was so full, that I didn’t even bother trying to fight the crowd to get in.

Other than that most of the booths weren’t too crowded, and we had a lot of fun.

Jeff is surprised that I don’t want to go back today - but hey I am 6 months pregnant, and that’s a lot of walking for two.

It’s almost street fair season, and I’m getting pretty excited.

The Fargo Street Fair will be in Fargo, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and I’m looking forward to going.

I haven’t told my husband yet, but we’re going to end up looking at more booths this year, since we’ve got a baby on the way.

A lot of the booths we skipped last year because they were too crowded were the children’s booths, so we’ll see what happens this year.

I hope I won’t be too tired to see everything.

If I am - well we’ve got three days to see it, so it’s a good thing we are close.

I don’t really know what I’m looking for this year.

I’ve gotten art by Vincent Fleming for the past two years, but I don’t love the piece I got last year as much as I love the first one I got, so we’ll see if anything grabs me this year.

I have trouble making decisions anyways, and with hundreds of designs to choose from it gets hard.

I don’t think we’ll get too much stuff for the baby - it’s hard to know what size clothes she will wear, and we really don’t have room to store much of anything else until we get the nursery done, so …

I’ll let you know what I find though.

Will you be there?

You’ve heard of monster brawls, monster trucks, and monster mashes, but what about a monster spoon rest?

This Spunky the Creature Spoon Rest, ($16) from the Pickled Aliens Cantina is guaranteed to get people talking.

Of course I can’t tell you if they’ll love it or hate it, but they’ll definitely talk about it!