What Happens in Forks part 4.1

Let’s be completely honest…what could POSSIBLY top Stephenie Meyer herself showing up in Forks?  Nothing really – unless the entire movie cast showed up at once with that many fans there, I think.   Alas, it didn’t happen, but Saturday did bring quite a few fun things.  Despite having a huge hangover (I still blame Josh), having to sleep it off at least a little bit, and then dressing up for the day – it was fantastic.

The day truly started for me with dressing up in some fur, a long wig, and popping in a pair of contacts.  Trust me, do not get drunk the night before you decide to cosplay with contacts and a tight wig – it will not bode well for at least the first 3 hours of the day!  However, I trudged right on through and played the part the best I could.  We did miss a trip to the Hoh Rainforest, and for that, I’m sorry to my roommates.  I wish we could’ve gone and had fun (there’s always next year though).  One of the first thing on the agenda for Chang Mee and I was to eat.  Well, we all went, but it was nice to try and get some food in us since we didn’t attend the breakfast with the Olympic Coven.  After that, there was a little bit of vendor time, but it was quickly off to the costume competition hosted by the ladies of the Olympic Coven!  So, I was in fur, with a long wig…who could I have been? 

That’s right – I was Kate.  Okay I know this isn’t the best photo I could’ve used – but I’m still eternally grateful to the lovely girl next to me who was Bella because I got to use her as a prop.  “She’s a shield alright.  That shoulda knocked her on her ass.”  Thank you sweet person for not thinking me crazy for asking to use you as a prop!  No, I didn’t win…another “Kate” did because she hand made her dress.  I’m not to that stage of costuming yet (I still should have said I killed something and made the vest myself though!) 

Directly after this (and it had actually been happening while the costume competition was happening), there was arm wrestling with Emmett.  Now, how could a “cousin” pass this up?  Answer: no way would I!  I still hold claim that Emmett probably let me win, but 1) I am nowhere near that strong in my upper arms and 2) I still claim that he had more leverage by taking up far more of the table!  I’ve got long arms and my arm was quite close to me the entire time!  As you can see, Carlisle also made sure no cheating occurred, so I couldn’t use my shocking to help in any way.

We hit the ground running after we arm wrestled and went around to the vendor area as well as a couple of shops.  I managed to get a bit at the first place we stopped: Native to Twilight.  I found a pair of pajama pants and a travel coffee mug that match (they both say Bite Me), a Forks High hoodie, and a few other small random odds and ends.  After that, we went over to the vendor tables.  Low and behold, I found the Esme Barbie!  If you knew how long I’ve been looking, and how many eBay bids I’ve lost…this was a treasure!  Kathryn introduced us all to fry bread as well, and as I was starting to feel much better, I got my very own.  Even sharing the thing, I couldn’t finish it!  It was absolutely delicious though!  We headed off to Leppell’s from there, where Kathryn and I got a couple of scrapbook pages to contribute to “Project Thank You”.  (You didn’t know about this?  You want to contribute still?  Go HERE.)

We headed back to the hotel room to drop off our goodies, but knew we couldn’t stay too long since we wanted to do the group photo with the Olympic Coven!  That happened at Forks High School, Home of the Spartans!  Once the group photos were done, many of us got photos with the couples.  It was really fun to do that as Kate – getting pictures with the cousins and all.  I also got to speak quickly with “Victoria” about just how hot it gets wearing fur when Forks decides to be all sunny and nice!  It certainly was a nice day on Saturday!  I even gave up the “Kate smirk” for a few photos – this happens to be one of the best.  Thank you Esme and Carlisle (this was totally one of my favorite photos of the weekend).

Following all photo ops, it was coming close to 5pm, and since I’d promised Hannah and Hilly I’d see them while in costume – Karina and I headed back down to Leppell’s to see them before they left.  I don’t know how many photos I have now with them, but I think there have to be at least 5 different cosplays for me!  I was thrilled to see them again (even with seeing them the day before) and get what would definitely be…one last photo in costume with them!  Thank you ladies, I truly appreciate it!

Once all was said and done, it was time to head back to the room and get ready for the party of a lifetime…don’t worry you crazy followers…part 4.2 will be up tomorrow!