Austen-tacious!!!

"This is an evening of wonders, indeed!"
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

I was giddy with anticipation for this evening!-- The Regency Romance Ball.  All hail Jane Austen! 

 "Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride-- where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

 Abe was nominated for the "Mr. Darcy Contest", but who is he kidding?  He is really more of a Mr. Bingley than Mr. Darcy.  My Mr. Bingley!

 "Every savage can dance."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

We spent the first two hours learning several dances.  It was a dream come true!  However, in my dreams my feet don't hurt, and they did hurt tonight.  Still fabulous!

"A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

I was not nominated for the "Emma Woodhouse, elegant young lady contest", but I am just going to say it outright:  If there had been a best-hair award-- I would have won it!  I created this regency look myself and I loved it!

"It's such a happiness when good people get together."
— Jane Austen (Emma)

We enjoyed the company of our good friends, David and Andrea Flynn.  David was the winner of the Mr. Darcy contest.  And the award was well deserved!  It's hard to beat a fine pair of breeches, tall boots and a top hat!

 "I do not cough for my own amusement."

— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

We do still have some sick kiddos at home, including little George.  But everyone, including little George, survived the evening in our absence and no one seems any worse for the wear.  It was a much needed, much enjoyed break for me. 

 "There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not in my nature."
— Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)

Andrea is the one who let us know about this event and strongly encouraged Abe to sign us up.

  "But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them."
— Jane Austen (Mansfield Park)

There certainly are not so many men who will take their wives to Regency Balls for Valentine's Day, but I'm very glad that mine will-- and he loved it, too!

"I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

 "And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

I just like this quote.