Santarchy

Compared to last year's Santarchy that was freezing, this year's started out in glorious weather. Dav left home early to catch the start, and Tes and I joined a little later. I really wanted to make an outfit, but there was no chance, so I bought a green elf costume package at a random party store. It was either the elf or Mrs. Claus which was more or less a gigantic red sack with a belt. I was afraid I'd meet 100 other exactly dressed elves, but luckily only met one (and she was a zombie elf....meaning looked rather dead and gory than merry and perky). Next year, I'll think about modifying this costume.

By and large, Tesla got ALL the attention. Everyone took pictures of her...and I have to admit, she was adorable. I'm sure she'll appear on flickr. She was even in a good mood, smiling and looking around at all the Santas. We joked that we've ruined the Santa concept for her since she will have memories of hundreds of naughty silly Santas running around (this year apparently there were about 400 Santas)

Unfortunately, it started to rain at 4pm. We joined friends in a bar to stay dry, but after about 30 minutes, I was booted out for having Tesla with me. No worries...Tes was tired and I was ready to get her home snug in bed anyway. Dav is still out there representing the Yaginumas : )