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  • #21
    HaHa!

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    • #22
      Now I know what to get you for Christmas

      a blinged out belt with jazzy purple rhinestones

      and a browband to match it

      I'm going to start saving up now

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      • #23
        Originally posted by 2DogsFarm View Post
        But you can't take the barn out of the girl:

        At a horsy friend's outdoor September wedding all of us dressed nicely in our civvies - heels, hair done, makeup, the whole 9 yards.

        But our table was placed out of the shady part of the grounds...and it was hot...

        So 6 of us picked it up & moved it.

        Very elegant, don't ya think?

        You lost me there?

        You picked up the table and moved to the shade....

        NVM, I am barn girl, it never struck me as odd....

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        • #24
          So what would you say is the opposite of a dressage queen? Still loves dressage but is far from being a queen.

          Dawn
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          • #25
            an oximoron

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            • #26
              Originally posted by LarkspurCO View Post
              ... when arriving with my horse to attend a clinic, at the barn where I've been riding for a couple of years. I was wearing the same breeches I've worn there many times (freshly washed), a newish shirt, tucked in with belt (don't normally wear a belt) and sunglasses. My horse was groomed and wearing his new plaid Kensington fly sheet, but otherwise no new jewelry or makeup.

              The office manager looked stunned after I began speaking to her and then said, "Oh, I didn't recognize you OR your horse. You're all cleaned up and I thought you were a DQ!"

              Not sure what this says about my everyday attire, but I thought it was funny. Maybe I need a new wardrobe.
              larky thats funny----- just go like a muppet next time

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              • #27
                Whenever is suspect that someone I meet outside of the stable environment is a rider, I always think, hmmm, she seems horsey to me.

                How to tell a horsey girl:

                no makeup but looks great
                blunt cut hair with streaking from the sun
                jeans
                an aura of health coupled with an absence of vanity
                2012 goal: learn to ride like a Barn Rat

                A helmet saved my life.

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                • #28
                  Originally posted by TheHorseProblem View Post
                  Whenever is suspect that someone I meet outside of the stable environment is a rider, I always think, hmmm, she seems horsey to me.

                  How to tell a horsey girl:

                  no makeup but looks great
                  blunt cut hair with streaking from the sun
                  jeans
                  an aura of health coupled with an absence of vanity
                  ummm...not always.

                  If you count me as a horsey girl, it would look like this:

                  no makeup, bags under eyes from staying too late at the barn and then getting up too early the next morning
                  hair with hay bits
                  mud stained jeans (or breeches)
                  an aura of "What day is this?" coupled with a lack of vanity and sanity
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                  a 501(c)3 organization helping 501(c)3 equine rescues

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                  • #29
                    LOL...I'm the receptionist at our ballroom studio, and I've had ten-minute conversations at competitions (while I'm in full makeup, hair done, in a Latin dress or a long gown with a warm-up jacket on) with new students who have, in the process of starting lessons, done BIG financial transactions with me, chatted for twnety minutes at a time once or twice a week for a for a month, seen me at parties...and I'll realize they don't know who I am. Apparently, I look THAT different in street clothes.

                    So I've started wearing makeup to work.

                    My country girl/barn clothes would blow their minds, I'm sure...ponytail, t-shirt (or sweatshirt over turtleneck with barn coat and gloves and knit hat if it's winter), jeans, grubby work gloves, muck boots, and in the right weather and mood a battered Aussie stockman's hat with a turkey feather I found stuck in the band.
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                    • #30
                      My most-repeated barn comment to fellow riders: "Wow, hey, sorry, didn't recognize you without the helmet." Usually to people I've known for years. I rarely see anyone actually dressed up, except to show - an alarming experience, as suddenly a familiar grub is transformed into a cranky butterfly.

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                      • #31
                        Originally posted by DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho" View Post
                        ummm...not always.

                        If you count me as a horsey girl, it would look like this:

                        no makeup, bags under eyes from staying too late at the barn and then getting up too early the next morning
                        hair with hay bits
                        mud stained jeans (or breeches)
                        an aura of "What day is this?" coupled with a lack of vanity and sanity
                        2012 goal: learn to ride like a Barn Rat

                        A helmet saved my life.

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                        • #32
                          Somewhere there is a picture of me longeing a horse in an evening gown.. I was on my way out and the barn called me to say they thought my horse had been lame coming in from turnout. I got there and he seemed fine at the walk so what is a girl to do? Someone took a picture of it. I am sure no one ever really put two and two together, that it was ME and not some imposter I really don't look at all the same when I am dressed up versus the daily dirt.
                          "Kindness is free" ~ Eurofoal
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                          • #33
                            Originally posted by EqTrainer View Post
                            Somewhere there is a picture of me longeing a horse in an evening gown.. I was on my way out and the barn called me to say they thought my horse had been lame coming in from turnout. I got there and he seemed fine at the walk so what is a girl to do? Someone took a picture of it. I am sure no one ever really put two and two together, that it was ME and not some imposter I really don't look at all the same when I am dressed up versus the daily dirt.
                            That is funny! Too bad nobody took a picture of me last Halloween when I went to the barn dressed as Morticia Adams. Sprayed my long blond hair black, full makeup, and long black velvet gown, though I did change out of my heels for running shoes to turnout and clean Dancer's stall. My friend who owns the barn just laughed when she saw my getup, but she's seen it before (we've known each other for a long time). Dancer gave me a look for a second, but otherwise wasn't too concerned. Got to love that girl. I can only imagine the reaction that outfit would have gotten from the racehorse guys at the barn. They think I'm "all dolled up" when I come into the barn in my work clothes, and I tend to push the office casual look to it's limits. Makes me wonder just how bad I look in my everyday barn clothes if they think that's dolled up!
                            ~~Some days are a total waste of makeup.~~

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                            • #34
                              Years ago - like at least 28 - a friend went to try out a new WP horse on a whim. Backyard barn in Norco. Wanted me to hop on so she could see how the horse went (backyard barn, owner had bad back etc). So I did. In a summer dress and sandals. Giddyap!

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                              • #35
                                Back when I was still in high school I took a few days off from horses and went to he city I grew up. Far Far away from horses or so I thought. I was also under the false impression that anyone I knew from horses would be at the show that weekend so I thought I was safe.

                                My friend and I were walking down town on our way to a store when I passed someone did reconize the person but something rang a distant bell in back of brain somewhere. I stopped and turned to see if maybe I was just imaginating it.. Apparently not because the person who I had passed did the same thing. We both did the pointing of finger thing as to say 'where do I know you from?" We start walking closer to eachother still doing hte pointing finger thing an when we are about 5 ft from eachother the DUH moment hit us both at about the same time. Turns out the person was someone I would show against almost every weekend. we just did not reconize eachother with out our horse clothes on...
                                She to decided to take the weekend off from showing...
                                Last edited by bumknees; Aug. 14, 2009, 05:51 AM. Reason: cant type.. didnt see major typo until pointed out
                                Friend of bar .ka

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                                • #36
                                  Originally posted by bumknees View Post
                                  Back when I was still in high school I took a few days off from hores
                                  Good for you!!!

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                                  • #37
                                    didn't realize there was so much "hore" activity in the country...
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                                    a 501(c)3 organization helping 501(c)3 equine rescues

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                                    • #38
                                      I went to the barn one evening to pick up DD from a lesson. I'd been at a school board meeting, and was in my business attire (suit, heels, etc.) with hair & makeup done. I wasn't recognized immediately either, but the girls couldn't believe I was in heels!!
                                      A proud friend of bar.ka.

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                                      • #39
                                        Originally posted by DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho" View Post
                                        didn't realize there was so much "hore" activity in the country...
                                        Here is a kids' writing assginment to show just how much "hore" activity there can be...http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/s...z/spelling.jpg
                                        A proud friend of bar.ka.

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                                        • #40
                                          Well, that's pretty bad and I understand your angst. But I think I can top that; my THOROUGHBRED was mistaken for a warmblood And to add insult to injury, they were vets at Fairhill Training Center

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