So it is Monday and Comic Con is over and done with! I am
feeling pretty meh about it. BOO.
Friday rolled around and Matt had been having tooth ache all
week and it was getting worse. On Thursday night I was late to bed sitting up
with him why he was in agony. We had booked an appointment for Friday, but he
had been waiting over a year to have his wisdom tooth pulled out. Instead we
waited and it would get real bad again and they would patch it up and it would
get real bad again…. So I said to Matt let’s just pay private and get the damn
thing out, even though it would have been a hefty £150. Eep.
So the plan was for him to go along, get it patched up and
then book in for the following week to have the thing pulled. Didn't turn out like
that they pulled it there and then and said if was easy they would only charge
NHS price (£50) and if it went wrong it would be private price. THANK GOODNESS
it came out in one and he paid NHS price and walked out 1 tooth less. Bit of a
shock for both of us.
Anyhow onto the comic con things! So although I was relived
Matt wouldn’t be in crippling stabbing pain from his tooth I was now worried he
wouldn’t feel great having a big hole in his gum!
Friday I had lots to do… shower, get my outfit ready, get my
food shopping and start the washing (boring flat owning stuff I now have to do….
But I ordered my shopping online and I am VERY happy with that!).
So I packed my bag….
I made sure to bring deodorant, lady items, money, sun
glasses and normal glasses, sun cream, spare tights, tickets, photo holder and
then in the morning I packed sammichs, oreos, big bottle of water and my fully
charged camera and back up batteries for our phones.
The food shopping arrived by 10pm and I was in bed around
11pm but I won’t lie I didn’t sleep well, I was far too excited.
I had planned on getting up around 6-6:20am but got up at
6am, which I am pleased with as I ended up having less time than I had thought!
I straightened my hair as the weather had been pretty temperamental Friday and
my curls had ended up kind of huge and poofy! I did my make up and put on my
dress, I chose to wear my hell bunny fox dress, Matt bought it for me in
October and it was such a summer dress I just haven’t gotten around to wearing
it!
I was very happy with it and felt very good in it and just
before 7am we headed to McDonalds and got breakfast. I covered myself in
napkins in fear I would spill it all down myself on my very pale dress and
white cardigan.. I checked my watch and realised it was 7:07am and thought OOH
GOD OUR TRAIN COMES IN 11 minutes so we had to hurry it along a bit and headed
across the road to the train station.
We made it to the queue for just before 8am.. I was
expecting to walk round to a different entrance but we ended up queuing where
we queued in 2012 as the queue was pretty huge it went all the back along the
building. It didn’t take long until it snaked back up along the other side of
the street!
Time went pretty fast and the hour zoomed by and just after
9am the queue started to move quite quickly and we were in just before 9:30am!
We looked around a little bit as it was still quite calm in there and we then
headed to photo shoot area C to queue up for my photo.
We were going to go to the Doctor Who talk which was free
and then do the photo later, but I’m glad I changed my mind and went to the
photoshoot first as it ended up getting really manic for Richard Dean Anderson later
in the day so I have read.
I queued up and I was batch 2 so I was called in… and I went
through. He was just so amazing and smiley and happy…. He seemed like he
genuinely wanted to be there and was enjoying himself. I said ‘Hi’ and he gave
me a squeeze took a photo and the as I left he said, “you’re very pretty” with
a big smile on his face…. I swooned and said THANK YOU and then kinda ran off
to get my photo! I am SUPER happy with my photo too. I think it turned out
really well!
When then headed upstairs to the first talk which was
Richard Dean Anderson. The queues to be honest were a mess. We realised we were
in the wrong queue as we had batch 1, however it worked out and we got great
seats. On the way up we realised quickly the place was filling up and
getting up the stairs and through the crowds to the super stage was quite a battle.
Richard Dean Anderson came on and he was just amazing, I think
it is probably my favourite talk I’ve ever been to. He was so down to earth and
genuine. He seemed like it truly was enjoying being there and he was more
eccentric than I imagined! He was just great! He told some funny back stage
stories from Stargate and was just really well timed and funny!
He also had a huge range of facial expressions that just
added to his charm! The 40minutes went WAY too fast and alas it came to an end.
There was half an hour before the Game of Thrones talk but
we decided to go straight out and queue again, which was a huge mess again but
we got good seats and waited for it to start.
I was a tad disappointed with this one. Charles Dance and Rose Lesile
cancelled alas, so it started with just Carice van Houten and Daniel Portman
however they were swiftly joined by Finn Jones and Keisha Castle-Hughes.. The
talk was enjoyable, but Charles and Rose were the main reasons I booked the
tickets alas….. They were funny and charming though and I enjoyed it!
It is great to hear that actually start filming season 6
today! However unsurprisingly couldn’t give any clues into the season!
We then came out and were pretty hungry as it was gone
1:30pm ( I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE MORNING WENT) and found a quiet spot to sit
on the floor and eat lunch. WRONG turned out it was quiet for like 1 minute and
we had actually picked a bloody terrible space to stop. Oh well!
Prepacked lunch over we hit the stalls. This year it was
over 2 floors. The amount and the quality of the stalls were in a different league
this year! There was SO MUCH TO LOOK AT and so much to choose from.
(This guy was amazing, i believe he is called Spock Vegas and for a donation to a Epilepsy Foundation you could get a photo of him or a selfie and I couldn't say no!
He didn't break character and sounded so much like the real Spock!)
(Just cause I love Arnie)
(My FAVOURITE cosplay of the weekend)
If you’ve read any of my other blog posts you will see I have
spent the last 1-2 years paying of debt. All over years have been tight with
money and guilt unusually stops me spending too much. This year though I
decided to just get what I wanted and enjoy myself. Any money spent would be MY
MONEY and I can do as I please with it!
And I did! I got less ‘bits’ this year. Usually I get some
necklaces and accessories. Instead I got bigger pieces, including one very
naughty buy!
- Star trek bow
- Wash and Zoe pop funks
- Baymax pop funko
- Lord of the rings ring
- Some art prints
- Brain slug hair thing
- And the big spend with the SDCC2013 exclusive Destructor and Gender Bender Futurama figure set… I just COULDN’T SAY NO! I would of regretted it if we hadn’t of gotten it! But it was rather a lot of money! I regret nothing!
We finished up about 5pm and Matt had been carrying my bags
all day so my back wouldn’t hurt me (best boyfriend awards right there) and he
wasn’t feeling 100% because of his tooth so we headed o a few last stalls and
visited Jenna and Mike at Get Ready Retro to say farewell and at just gone
5:30pm we headed home. I was VERY RELUCTANT to go, although we had been in there
for 8 hours I felt like it was only about half an hour and I had NO IDEA where
the whole day had gone! I was still full of energy and didn’t want it to be
over!
Once on the train home alas I did crash pretty hard and
realised actually I was EXHAUSTED… we got in a ordered Pizza Hut and ate some
and then fell asleep. I think we were in bed before 10pm which is unheard of
for us!
This year was much much bigger than any other year I have
been! I had an absolute blast though and I am already excited for the Winter
one. We usually go out for lunch and take lots of breaks outside but this year
was so intense and being spread over 4 floors in total didn’t allow us any time
to go outside! I am really glad we packed a lunch I will defiantly be doing
that again next time we wouldn’t of had time to go out for lunch.
I always urge people to go to conventions, the atmosphere is
great and being surrounded up like minded people is so much fun. It makes you
feel comfortable and at home!
So now the post con blues are in full swing, and the next
cool thing I have planned is the week I have booked off for my Birthday! But I
shall go and wallow in self pity for the rest of the week wishing I could
back! Haha!
I hope you all have a fabulous geeky week!
