Getting Ready For Faire. What do you do?

[Dallan]

Oops, forgot ... fill the flask!

[Will Gamwell]

Oops, forgot ... fill the flask!

That is always a must on the list!

[PurpleDragon]

Oops, forgot ... fill the flask!

You actually let yours become empty? 

[renren]

Think I'm gonna put rum in my flask this time!

[lilaney]

Start by panicking around October, (when SCREAMS is in full swing).
Determine if I really do have to take out the garb and resize it, again.
Ponder the thought of just making another outfit.
(from the ground up is less pain than man-handling an already 'perfect', even if it is two sizes too big, dress)
Get talked out of it, by SO who states that food is more important.
Actually have the conversation as to why this food is the priority and how cheaply I
can make a gown and just eat peanut butter and tuna for three months.
Start inventory.
Try to find all the stuffs I have loaned out over the season, figure what of these items I can do without, and what I need back.
Start working out, again. (Lower back particularly, and core muscles)
Get calls from friends who want their stuffs back, cause they need it for next season.
Start saving money specifically for Faire.
Find all my Faire boxes and bags and dump out everybody else's stuff and put my garb back in them.
Ensure my RIT he can have his 'Fort' back in June.

That's pretty much it for the ritual. All that takes about four months.

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

Think I'm gonna put rum in my flask this time!

My flask bit the dust.

[Welsh Wench]

Think I'm gonna put rum in my flask this time!

My flask bit the dust.

Have you frisked Blue? 
He's wily. 

[renren]

Think I'm gonna put rum in my flask this time!

My flask bit the dust.

Sweet Neptune! Jack without his flask?!

[fluffy tail]

-Start sewing around Christmas (I hate to rush) because I'll be pressed into service to sew someone else something. So I get mine done early.
-Mend what needs fixing.
-Give boss notice when I'm not working on Saturdays. (They hunt so they do understand)
-Check and see that everything is ready and all pieces are there.
-Then if we go out of state: plan where to stay, route, kennel dog and pack car.

[PurpleDragon]

My flask bit the dust.

Great Neptunes Ghost... a Pirate without his flask is like... is like... Well, I don't even want to imagine what that is like.  ~shudder~ May the Goddess smile upon ye again soon with another flask.

[remission]

For home faire, MDRF, not much but when traveling to faire we learned a lesson the hard way. No matter how sure we are that we packed each set of garb away in its entirety the last time it was worn; we now pull it all out and inventory everything, then repack it so it can go into the car. It was a real bummer to be two states away to find we had over looked a couple items.

What other faire's do you go to that are close by?  There's not much to prepare for, for the MDRF, since there is no camping, or weapons allowed .. *sigh* A shame. Im envious of others. I would love to try the camping thing, and didn't go to Penssic .Maybe next year.

May try out PA Renn sometime though, I've only eve been to the MD one.

[maelstrom0370]

What other faire's do you go to that are close by?  There's not much to prepare for, for the MDRF, since there is no camping, or weapons allowed .. *sigh* A shame. Im envious of others. I would love to try the camping thing, and didn't go to Penssic .Maybe next year.

May try out PA Renn sometime though, I've only eve been to the MD one.

Is there a campground near-by?  There's no camping at MiRF either, but there's a campground less than 2 miles or so from the Faire site.  I drive the RV (so's we haz a places to lives) and she drives the Aztec (so's we haz sumthin to get to and from Fairez) and all is right with the world! 

[remission]

Not sure if there is a campground by there. It is not that far from me, so i can normally just go up and back. But I would love to try the camping thing. I haven't  really ever been on a camping trip, other then 1 time at Pennsic 10 years ago with my ex bellydancer girlfriend.

[maelstrom0370]

Not sure if there is a campground by there. It is not that far from me, so i can normally just go up and back. But I would love to try the camping thing. I haven't  really ever been on a camping trip, other then 1 time at Pennsic 10 years ago with my ex bellydancer girlfriend.

LOL I'm not sure I'm legally allowed to call it "camping" as we borrow my parents 35' RV!    But it's all fun anyways! 

[Dallan]

For home faire, MDRF, not much but when traveling to faire we learned a lesson the hard way. No matter how sure we are that we packed each set of garb away in its entirety the last time it was worn; we now pull it all out and inventory everything, then repack it so it can go into the car. It was a real bummer to be two states away to find we had over looked a couple items.

What other faire's do you go to that are close by?  There's not much to prepare for, for the MDRF, since there is no camping, or weapons allowed .. *sigh* A shame. Im envious of others. I would love to try the camping thing, and didn't go to Penssic .Maybe next year.

May try out PA Renn sometime though, I've only eve been to the MD one.

We made it to PARF for the fist time last year and will probably go again this year. We've been going to VARF the last few years. It's totally different from MDRF and we love it. We also went to NCRF this spring and are planning on CRF this fall. That will be 5 different faires this year. Charlotte, NC will be the longest drive for faire so far at 7 hours. I don't think we can go much further with the boys (11 and 6).