You Know You're a True Rennie if...

[Amyj]

You spend $250 on Pyrate Cask 23 rum, specifically to SHARE at faire with others because...A) it's the 10th anniversary of the faire and B) you just love everyone there so much!!! 

THIS is how we are stimulating the economy by golly!!!!

[Once Debauched]

You spend $250 on Pyrate Cask 23 rum, specifically to SHARE at faire with others because...A) it's the 10th anniversary of the faire and B) you just love everyone there so much!!! 

THIS is how we are stimulating the economy by golly!!!!

HUZZAH to Amyj, of Amy & Bob, stimulating economy! 

[Amyj]

Weeeeellllllll, there seems to be a glitch.  It is possible that the rum is "corked" like wine can get...it is supposed to be smooooooottttttthhhhhhhh...however it tastes like cheap whiskey.  We are taking it back to the liquor store we purchased it at to see if they can tell if something is wrong.  I hope so, I would really be sad to see that the $35 Pyrat XO is better than the higher grade rum.  Stay tuned! 

Bad rum makes me sad. 

But it's still better than good water!

[Al-Nimer]

...you wear a doo-wrag & ren boots (slashed shoes, mostly covered by black jeans) and black & beige "loud print" shirt on casual Friday, and get called a pyrate by your boss' boss.
...you wear your slashed shoes or ren boots any time you wear black, because they're the most comfortable black shoe/boot you own.

[Blue66669]

...When you get the RendezFLU kissing disease from TN and decide, eh, what the hell, I'll probably still kiss all the same people all over again in a couple of months...

[AnyuBoo]

Oh my, I can definitely relate to a LOT of the previous.  Here's a couple more:

- when you go shopping (for just about anything) and you find yourself thinking, "Hmm, that would look good as an accent piece on a doublet." or "How can I turn THAT into garb..."

-when you actually buy a shirt you didn't really need, just so you can pull the decorative buckle off it to use for garb (guilty on that one).   

[Amyj]

Quick Update:  The Cask 23 was not bad, it just needed to breathe....it tasted WONDERFUL today (so say all who had it...I even got some kisses!!!)  Huzzah!!!

[Sir Michael Geare]

...if you have more faire friends than regular friends.
...If you have Sunday afternoon boogers the size of knuckles.
...If you're losing weight despite eating more than normal on weekends.

[Once Debauched]

When early morning at faire you get thunked in the head by a 2x4, are taken to the hospital and find you have suffered a concussion, but mange to end up at faire in danes anyway.

Huzzah to Donna (Charity) of the LimeyBirds!

[Woodland Artisan]

Quick Update:  The Cask 23 was not bad, it just needed to breathe....it tasted WONDERFUL today (so say all who had it...I even got some kisses!!!)  Huzzah!!!

I was still enjoying that wonderful after-taste late into the afternoon (the rum, that is ... didn't get a kiss, unfortunately)   

VERY much enjoyed the rum and visit this weekend!

[Blue66669]

.....if you request time off for a "fairemily gathering" and the boss doesn't even bother asking what a "fairemily" is.

[CahirDochartaigh]

...if you buy a family-sized tent that sleeps 11 even though you're single and have no children...

...if you are constantly getting in trouble at work for visiting this (and other) faire-related sites

...if you brave the Texas heat in full garb made of wool, and the only fluids you ingest contain alcohol

...if you find ANY excuse to wear garb outside of faire (and I do mean ANY)

...if you've successfully converted every girlfriend you've ever had into a full-fledged rennie

...if your co-workers get pissed off at you for listening to renaissance and celtic music nonstop a month before faire...

[Captain Cornelius Howard Duckman]

-If the real worry behind a divorce/break-up is not who gets the kids/cats, but who gets which faires.

[jinx]

-You don't even -realize- you've converted your husband...until he says "So, you're getting all this stuff for -your- garb...what about that wizard outfit you're sposta make me?"  (I thought he'd forgotten!  T.T)

-You "stimulated the economy" by buying a new bodice and Faire season pass.

-Your manager leaves the room when you start talking about Faire...and you do it on purpose, just so she will.  (What can I say?  She starts bragging about her grandkids or new dining room, so I start talking about Faire.  If she can get on my nerves, I'll get on hers.  She believes in Faire stereotypes.)

-Your husband begs you for two years to stop cutting your hair so short, but you only stop when you get interested in actually doing your hair for Faire.  The ecstatic hubby is just an added bonus.  (A year and a half ago, I could spike the back of it.  Now?  It's past my shoulders.)

[BubbleWright]

...when you are watching a historical drama for the first time at the cinema or on DVD, you ignore the plot (which you already know) to concentrate on looking at the costumes, weapons, incidental props, furnishings and set decorations because you seek ideas to use at Faire!!!!!! If you have the DVD, you press the pause button to get a closer look at items of interest... numerous times.