:UPDATE-I added the two Pics below:

So, I decided to join my boyfriend, at Midwest Fur Fest for the first time. For my first furry convention, it was rather interesting. I could not believe how many extremely detailed full body fur suits there were running around. It seemed like there were a ton of wolves.

I started the day by doing some shopping in the Dealers Den. Because I didn't have anything furry on, the first thing I bought was a pair of rabbit ears, of which I bent to create cat ears, and a lanyard with paws on it for my badge. After playing with the many stuffed tails on display and riffling through the many t-shirt dealers, I found one dealer that was selling replica swords. Of course with me being somewhat of a sword collector, I started looking through all of the available options hoping to find one of interest. It was then, my partner in crime, Mario, spotted an item that our friend, would absolutely love. I decided it was best to spend my money on my friend instead of myself and bought the item and a t-shirt.

After putting the goodies in the car, both Mario and I made our way to Artist Row where I commissioned an artist to draw a pic of my character on a badge. Of course he was busy working on another piece so my badge was going to take a while to get done. I decided to take a walk through Artist Row, talking to all the artists and looking at their portfolios. I was looking at a comic when a voice appeared out of nowhere asking how it was. I looked up and there in front of me was a guy wearing a Team Luigi shirt. I just laughed...not at his work but at the fact that I was wearing a Team Mario shirt and was walking around with Fire Mario. Man put the two of them together and things got interesting. Needless to say, the comic I was reading was drawn by him and was amazing.

After walking through Artist Row, Mario and I decided to roam around and try to find Bowser....oh yeah so apparently there was a Bowser running around the fest. We heard about him from many different people but never came across him. Bummer. However, there was a Lucario who challenged Mario to a Brawl....after all was said and done, Mario pulled out a star on Lucario and Lucario ran off. Go Mario!!! After taking a sitdown break, meeting up with some of Mario's online friends and getting my commissioned badge, which by the way came out great, the evening was ended a bit early with a phone call...Boooo......

Unlike my counterpart, , I did manage to get two pictures in my awe.



Until Next Time!!

Hagaren3