WonderCon 2009
I believe that we had a successful convention weekend. I went to the convention all three days, as did the rest of the family. Evelyn spent most of the convention confined to her stroller, but we had both an experiment in letting her be free on Saturday, and we let her walk at the end of the convention on Sunday.
Friday was a costumeless day for the family, with me wearing my normal amount of Steampunk gear, Chris being in his work clothes, and Evie in her favourite dress.
Saturday, we were a Steampunk family with Chris and myself wearing outfits inspired by the Girl Genius paper dolls. We looked awesome. It resulted in us getting a lot of pictures taken. Of course, we were outshone by the exquisite La Legion Fantastique. They are always a lot of fun, and they had a Moon Suit. My costuming just cannot compete with that kind of amazing. Nonetheless, it was a wonderful day. I got to look at far too many cool items, picked up a few comic collections, and found a wonderful skirt with adjustable bustling that I plan to wear to the opera on Friday. We also discovered that even with one of those toddler monkey backpacks with the long tails, Evelyn is far too easily distracted, and exhausted far too easily, to let her stay on her feet at a convention, and Chris had to go home to get the stroller.
Sunday was a quieter day, and Chris and I wore our more standard Gil and Agatha costumes from Girl Genius. Even then we were easily identified as into the whole Steampunk thing and were photographed more than a few times, occasionally with declarations of amazement. I looked for things for my dolls all weekend, but I may have to go to an Anime convention to really get a good selection. Almost every thing for dolls there was for smaller ones. We picked up a few more books, and we bought a gun from Steam Alchemy, blowing what was left of our convention budget. It was worth it.
Afterward, we went to dinner with friends. I really like going out with friends and wish it happened more often. I had a lot of fun.
Of course I spent a lot of time at Studio Foglio's booth. It is always nice there; I can point people directly to the comic I am dressed as, I can get away from the crazier press of people, and I can get into conversations with other Girl Genius fans. The most important thing is that Phil Foglio doesn't mind my hanging around.
I guess that is all for now.
Friday was a costumeless day for the family, with me wearing my normal amount of Steampunk gear, Chris being in his work clothes, and Evie in her favourite dress.
Saturday, we were a Steampunk family with Chris and myself wearing outfits inspired by the Girl Genius paper dolls. We looked awesome. It resulted in us getting a lot of pictures taken. Of course, we were outshone by the exquisite La Legion Fantastique. They are always a lot of fun, and they had a Moon Suit. My costuming just cannot compete with that kind of amazing. Nonetheless, it was a wonderful day. I got to look at far too many cool items, picked up a few comic collections, and found a wonderful skirt with adjustable bustling that I plan to wear to the opera on Friday. We also discovered that even with one of those toddler monkey backpacks with the long tails, Evelyn is far too easily distracted, and exhausted far too easily, to let her stay on her feet at a convention, and Chris had to go home to get the stroller.
Sunday was a quieter day, and Chris and I wore our more standard Gil and Agatha costumes from Girl Genius. Even then we were easily identified as into the whole Steampunk thing and were photographed more than a few times, occasionally with declarations of amazement. I looked for things for my dolls all weekend, but I may have to go to an Anime convention to really get a good selection. Almost every thing for dolls there was for smaller ones. We picked up a few more books, and we bought a gun from Steam Alchemy, blowing what was left of our convention budget. It was worth it.
Afterward, we went to dinner with friends. I really like going out with friends and wish it happened more often. I had a lot of fun.
Of course I spent a lot of time at Studio Foglio's booth. It is always nice there; I can point people directly to the comic I am dressed as, I can get away from the crazier press of people, and I can get into conversations with other Girl Genius fans. The most important thing is that Phil Foglio doesn't mind my hanging around.
I guess that is all for now.