Happy
December everyone! Can you believe we have reached the last month of
the year and that there are only 28 days left in the year as I type
this? It doesn't seem possible, but it is.
I
hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. Mine was rather low-key and
uneventful which was nice. I was in charge of making the dressing, rolls
and coleslaw and also made a dessert. I believe that this year's
dressing was my best ever. It's never the same twice, but this year's
was top notch. Hopefully I can duplicate it at Christmas time because last year's Christmas dressing might have been my worst ever.
We
ate at 1:00 and after about an hour, half the guests had parted ways
and gone to their next destination. My grandmother and another lady
cleaned up the kitchen and I helped only marginally. I really don't even
know if you could consider it helping. I left about 3:45 and took some
food over to my Aunt Linda who did not get out because she had eye
surgery earlier in the week. When I got there, my cousins Chris, Amy and
Bennett were also there and we all got sucked into watching Family
Feud. So, after about two hours of the Feud, I headed home to deal with
my wild as a buck dog and the messy kitchen.
On
Black Friday, my dad and I got out for a little while. We have been
hitting the Black Friday sales since I was in college and used to wake
early in the morning to score gift cards and giveaways. Now that the
sales start on Thursday (ridiculous) we miss out on what few freebies
there are and so this year we got our latest start ever at around 9:00
a.m.
Our
first stop was Wal-Mart and we got a front parking spot which would
have been unheard of two years ago. I bought myself a small Christmas
tree for my den and an even smaller on for my bedroom. The trees were
not expensive and were an additional 30% that Friday, so I got both for
$27.50 - not bad. I got these because I decided that with Pippa around a
regular sized tree would not be a good idea. Instead I put the small
tree on top of the chest in my den so that she (in theory) wouldn't be
able to reach it. I am also not putting out my favorite Grinch pieces
because I don't want them to end up broken. Hopefully next year they can
make a return appearance.
After
our Wal-Mart stop, we went to Dick's Sporting Goods because my dad
likes to load up on the $5 golf gloves and golf balls. I bought some
socks because the majority of my athletic socks are worn thin or have
holes n them and I am way overdue for some new ones. We then went by
Belk where we were lucky to find a parking spot. I had bought myself a
new purse a few weeks ago and when my grandma saw it on Thanksgiving she
asked if she could have it. So, I went and bought her the exact same
one. They only had one left so it was a lucky find.
We
left Belk and went to another Wal-Mart and then went back to the first
Wal-Mart we had been to that morning and finally my dad decided on a TV
for my mom. This is not a surprise as he delivered it to her upon our
return. The rest of Friday was spent doing a whole lot of nothing - just TV watching and laundry and a little cleaning.
Saturday morning I took Pip to the vet to get her weighed and buy a heartworm pill for the month.
She weighed 32.6 pounds, which is only eight pounds more than she
weighed in October. I'm beginning to wonder if she might not turn out as
big as I had originally thought. I guess time will tell. That afternoon
was the now infamous Iron Bowl which I watched at my Aunt Linda's with
Chris and Bennett and Amy (for the last quarter or so). Alabama played
terrible so I wasn't really surprised they lost. I guess that's why they play the game.
I
went home afterwards and watched a movie and did some laundry and then
called it a night. Sunday was more of the same - church and being lazy
and church again and then Monday I returned to work.
Hope you enjoyed a happy Thanksgiving with those you love and that your plates and hearts were full.
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