Queen of the Night

Not that kind of Queen!!!


So Chesa and I decided that we would wear tiaras to ErnteFest on Saturday night. First let me set the scene. Erntefest is held in the town of Freistatt, Missouri. Freistatt has a population of about 497 people. Erntefest is about 5 acres of mowed field with cattle fence around it with a polka band playing at one end and beer vendors and drunk people everywhere! It usually draws a crowd of about 20,000 people. Because of the amount of people expected to be there, Chesa and I knew we would have to work just a little bit harder than usual to be the center of attention. So, we were off to the local Wal-Mart supercenter’s toy section for tiaras. We did find some Beeeuuuutiiiful ones!!! Mine was all rhinestones and silver and rather large with rounded tops, while Chesa’s was the pointed variety with pink fuzz lining the bottom. We figured we would get some attention with these flashy things on our head, but we had no idea the power that these would really hold! The entire time we were there strange people would come up and talk to us about our crowns, where we got them, how we got them, could they buy them from us. Chesa was proclaiming to be the ‘Corn Bread Queen’ and I declared myself the ‘Watermelon Queen’. When asked what we did to get our crowns we usually responded with ‘oh, we earned them’ with a wink and a sly smile. By the end of the night we literally had a following of people. We received some very strange offers, including but not limited to, a couple asking my husband if we were swingers and if we were interested! We also got a husband’s French kiss with a tongue piercing in exchange to wear a tiara for 10 seconds. We also got two men offered to us in trade for our crowns. So, my advice is if you ever need a bit of attention or just want to feel very powerful in a large crown, this can be purchased at Wal-Mart for $3.97, who knew it was such a bargain?