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

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

Even though there are 237 more days until Bristol opens, you go to their website  to see if there are any specials, so that you can tell family members what they can get you for Christmas.

[Dinobabe]

Even though you live over 600 miles away, haven't been in 4 years, and probably won't get a chance to be back for a while, you have always been signed up on the Bristol e-mail list and look forward to getting the updates throughout the year.

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

Even though you live over 600 miles away, haven't been in 4 years, and probably won't get a chance to be back for a while, you have always been signed up on the Bristol e-mail list and look forward to getting the updates throughout the year.

I know what you mean!  It is the same with me and the MN faire.  I haven't been since 2007, live a 6 1/2 hour drive away, but I'm still signed up for the K95 radio station promotions where they give discounts on tickets.

[Lady Rebecca]

It's cold outside, but you don't want to shut your window all the way overnight, so you throw your long wool cloak on top of your comforter. Toasty warm!

[Tipsy Gypsy]

Closing day of faire always leaves you with mixed feelings- glad for a break and a chance to sleep in Saturdays, but sad that it was over so soon...

[Al-Nimer]

...your son tells you he has to build a Trojan horse for a school project over Christmas break, and immediately (thinking full-size) you say "I don't think we have enough wood for that...not even grandpa has enough for that."   

[Tammy]

...your son tells you he has to build a Trojan horse for a school project over Christmas break, and immediately (thinking full-size) you say "I don't think we have enough wood for that...not even grandpa has enough for that."   

Oh...you should totally post pics of his mini trojan horse!! I'm sure it'll be awesome!!! I loved school projects that really brought out the creativity!!!!!

[Dragonlord]

You're male, you're 38, you don't have a daughter, but when flipping through the channels you come across Barbie and the Three Musketeers on the Disney Channel and watch it just because.

[iain robb]

You're male, you're 38, you don't have a daughter, but when flipping through the channels you come across Barbie and the Three Musketeers on the Disney Channel and watch it just because.

Somebody get this man a renfest fix -- quick!

[Var Greyshadow]

Your colleagues know you well enough that the poster they create for your wedding party has crossed swords, castles, knights and even a Scotsman wooing his fair lady (exactly dead-on for us - he was in the kilt when we met, when he proposed, and will be in it for the wedding).

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

when your work asks all employess for pictures of you and your honey to post on the 8 wide screen televisions around the call center to celebrate Valentine's month.  And you and said husband are the only 2 people in pirates garb.  Because we don't have any pictures at all of us in "regular" clothes.

[Queen Bonnie]

 EVERYONE in my city knows I do Renfaires and asks about Sherwood whenever we meet! "Are you going to be out there? " "Yes! I am going to work there! Huzzah!"

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

when you stop at the gym on your way home from work and decide you don't want to carry in a gym bag with your exercise clothes, change in a cubicle barely wide enough to turn around, and then try not to forget your work clothes in the dressing room.

So when you get into the parking lot, you stop the car, slip your arms out of your winter coat, grab your tee shirt & pull your sweater over your head and put the tee shirt on in less than 5 seconds.  Then you open the car door, slide your feet out of your boots and put your sneakers on.  Next, get out of the car and in the parking lot, pull your exercise pants up underneath your skirt and then slip skirt down and step out of it.

And you do this without blinking an eye or even thinking about it, because you've changed so many times in the parking lots at many different faires you've been to.

When I got home and told this to my husband, he had one better.  He went to the gym on the way back from an appointment, and he got out of the car in the parking lot, took his pants off and stood in his boxers, then put his exercise pants on and then his sneakers.   When I sort of squeaked, "You stood in the parking lot in your UNDERWEAR?' he replied that he didn't give a ----, it's not different than getting dressed at faire.

I'm sure we are both bordering on demented.   

[cowgrrl]

you find bagpipes soothing.


(seriously.  We were at the North Texas Irish Festival Saturday & listening to the Pipe & Drum band was like a lullaby for me.  DH commented on the same thing)

[Ginette]

You and your best friend (she's a rennie too) are at lunch together with a coworker who isn't a rennie.  When our drinks are brought to you, you bust out without Huzzahs and scare everyone within ear shot of you ... as well as the coworker.  (saod coworker says she isn't having lunch with us anymore).