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Jan. 7th, 2012
Springfield Wedding Expo
Jan. 7th, 2012 05:01 pmWell, that was certainly... an experience.
I kid. I think I was expecting it to be a lot worse than it was. Towards the end![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
deliriumdeva and I got a little twitchy but this was after 3 hours of walking around and being constantly accosted by people providing wedding services and contests. AAAAAAAAAAAGH lol.
Aside from that I think it was a useful trip. I have a bag full of business cards, some less than nebulous ideas about what I want out of this shindig, some ideas around the valley as to where to have said shindig and a strip of silly pictures of me and Kidzilla trying out one of the four photo booths that were there. Also Kidzilla surprised everyone by having a very good time - she got to climb in and out of the various transportation vehicles on the floor (various limos, including a Hummer one, 2 buses and a trolley. Yes. A trolley. With a bell and everything.) Also everyone at the expo had bowls of candy or cookies on their tables so she basically trick-or-treated around the entire convention floor and filled a bag full of candy as well as ate most of what she got so she was, um, sugared up and VERY bouncy by the time we left, lol. She's still coming down, actually.
I think one of the better bits of it was that the three of us stopped on our way out to watch the tuxedo fashion show. In addition to the older gentleman who came out and basically Fred Astaired his way down the runway looking very classy in his gray tux and cane, the hot bald guy, and the scarily clean waxed guys who pranced out at the end in their shirtless red-accented suits to the whoops and catcalls of the floor, there was one adorably grumpy little boy about Lil'Beast's age in a ringbearer tux who had clearly had it with the entire process and spent his time on the runway scowling at everyone before his dad finally convinced him to at least halfheartedly wave at the crowd. Adorbs.
So yeah. Profitable but scary.
I kid. I think I was expecting it to be a lot worse than it was. Towards the end
deliriumdeva and I got a little twitchy but this was after 3 hours of walking around and being constantly accosted by people providing wedding services and contests. AAAAAAAAAAAGH lol.Aside from that I think it was a useful trip. I have a bag full of business cards, some less than nebulous ideas about what I want out of this shindig, some ideas around the valley as to where to have said shindig and a strip of silly pictures of me and Kidzilla trying out one of the four photo booths that were there. Also Kidzilla surprised everyone by having a very good time - she got to climb in and out of the various transportation vehicles on the floor (various limos, including a Hummer one, 2 buses and a trolley. Yes. A trolley. With a bell and everything.) Also everyone at the expo had bowls of candy or cookies on their tables so she basically trick-or-treated around the entire convention floor and filled a bag full of candy as well as ate most of what she got so she was, um, sugared up and VERY bouncy by the time we left, lol. She's still coming down, actually.
I think one of the better bits of it was that the three of us stopped on our way out to watch the tuxedo fashion show. In addition to the older gentleman who came out and basically Fred Astaired his way down the runway looking very classy in his gray tux and cane, the hot bald guy, and the scarily clean waxed guys who pranced out at the end in their shirtless red-accented suits to the whoops and catcalls of the floor, there was one adorably grumpy little boy about Lil'Beast's age in a ringbearer tux who had clearly had it with the entire process and spent his time on the runway scowling at everyone before his dad finally convinced him to at least halfheartedly wave at the crowd. Adorbs.
So yeah. Profitable but scary.
