The Fair

Yesterday, my dad, a friend and I went to the fair during lunch.  The SC State Fair comes to Columbia every October and for some reason I keep going every year.  As a child, my parents took my sisters and I just about every year.  I loved everything about it as a child - the rides, the food, and of course the people watching.  There really is nothing like the people watching at a fair!  In fact, I think someone should start a website like the People of Wal-Mart for fairs all over the country. 

Anyway, back to the food.  I grew up always getting a corn dog from Bailey's Pronto Pups and french fries from Fiske Fries.  I have always loved both of these.  A few years ago, I went with a friend who introduced me to the little donuts and so that was added to my must haves as well.  Can we say grease city?  Yesterday, I indulged in ALL of the above mentioned foods.  I have been eating so good lately and totally blew it yesterday and I was miserable.  All afternoon I was so mad at myself for eating all of that junk and totally falling off of the bandwagon.  I was miserable and felt horrible from eating all of that crap.  Why do we do this to ourselves?  I know I feel better when I eat fresh foods.  I really don't even eat fried foods except for the occasional french fries and to top it off, I don't even like donuts.  Enough beating myself up.  At least I didn't eat this:

This is the new fair food this year.  A hamburger between two Krispy Kreme donuts with all the fixings.  Disgusting!  I of course had to walk over and look at it and talk about wanting to throw up!  They had the "doughnut burger" sitting on the griddle where all the grease from the hamburgers had collected.  I really about lost it. 

So after a disastrous day of eating, I just keep telling myself today will be a better day - we all do have our bad days and we just need to learn from them.  I really did not enjoy the food yesterday and don't know if I will ever eat fair food again.  Ok- I may still have to get a Pronto Pup :)