fascinators required (seriously - or hats)! (vin's is hidden a bit.) i debated between a smaller purple one and this one...and decided to go ALL OUT. i mean, how many times can a girl wear a fascinator?
if you were wondering, i did not look ridiculous, as everyone else was wearing crazy headpieces, too. i DID keep running into things with my fascinator since it added a lot to my height. oops.
the queen comes to royal ascot every year. this is her parading in - she's wearing the sassy green dress - i loved it.
queen!
um, i have never seen our president in real life, but i got a good 5 minutes worth of the queen. it was awesome.
i would also like to note that the queen was surrounded by...2 security guards. 2!! and there were no metal detectors or anything when we entered the grounds. this would NOT FLY IN AMERICA. apparently everyone loves the queen, though, so no biggie. she just goes out in the world.
vin's the only one of us who won any money betting on the horse races. she won 6 pounds and 80 pence. big time.
we watched this horse named black caviar win his 22nd straight race. it was incredible - we were on the final stretch and he just BUSTED INTO TOP GEAR and pulled away from all the other horses at the last minute.
the odds on black caviar were 1-7. NOT 7-1. 1-7, as in, if you bet 1 pound on him you will win 1/7th of a pound. i had never seen this before. vin did not bet on black caviar; she won her money in another race by betting on a horse named waffle. yes! waffle! there was also a horse in that race named scarf. clearly we picked our horses based on their names.
perusing the odds...aka another awesome fascinator shot...
yay! thanks to vin for an awesome day!!
People that think you guys look awesome... Include me.
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